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GambLinG An overview of our services in Spain
internationaL scope, LocaL expertise
DLA Piper has a dedicated cross-border gambling team to assist with all of your international strategies, whether engaging with governments, negotiating with regulators or commercial partners, or structuring your business for what lies ahead. We can guide you around the pitfalls of working in new environments and are ideally placed to help you run and support successful international businesses with global brands.
The Gambling Group of DLA Piper Spain is the undisputed leader in the provision of legal services to gaming operators and providers acting in the Spanish market. Our experts in this field have in-depth knowledge of all relevant issues in connection with the launching and management of all types of gaming activities in Spain, being able to immediately respond to clients and proactively identify and address any questions that may be potentially important for a company.
The Group consists of a multidisciplinary team of specialised lawyers, who have extensive experience not just in connection with regulatory or commercial issues, but also regarding other significant areas of expertise which may affect this sector such as tax corporate, labour, real estate, advertising or public law.
our serVices
We have a unique ability to provide local knowledge within a global framework. Our team is equipped to provide legal solutions that an operator or any other company connected with the gambling industry may require. As an international law firm, we regularly work with other DLA Piper offices in cross-border transactions, advising both foreign gambling and gaming operators or providers with operations in the field, in Spain as well as Spanish investors abroad.
Our main areas of expertise are (but not limited to) providing:
■ regulatory advice connected with any relevant issues for gambling operators including, without limitation, management of applications for obtaining licenses, fulfilment of legal, technical or reporting duties, introduction of new varieties of games or technical developments, formal consultations to the authorities, etc.;
■ drafting and negotiating all type of commercial agreements connected with the operation of gambling activities and/or the promotion of those activities;
■ advising on any type of international and local corporate matters related to gambling operators, including, without limitation, acquisitions, mergers, purchase of assets;
■ assisting gambling operators in connection with procedures of proposal and development of new regulations;
■ representing clients in regards of any type of litigation including, without limitation, court procedures related to public law, trademark infringements, unfair competition, domain names, tax issues or labour matters;
■ providing legal advice on general advertising regulations, e-commerce and consumer protection legislation as well as on applicable self-regulation codes of conduct;
■ assisting clients with international expansion projects, coordinating the advice to be received in regards of relevant legal fields in different jurisdictions; and
■ providing training to clients and their compliance and marketing departments on all legal matters.
02 | Gambling – An overview of our services in Spain
As the Gambling industry continues to mature, our dedicated team of regulatory and commercial advisors, who work full time for the industry, is ideally placed to guide clients through an ever-changing environment.
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recent experience
We have extensive experience and expertise working for both gambling and gaming clients. Below we highlight some of our experience.
■ Global advisor in Spain of the top online gaming operators and multinational gaming companies. DLA Piper Spain provides legal advice to these companies on all relevant areas of Spanish law including gaming law, IT law, intellectual property, advertising, public law, tax law, real estate, litigation and labour law.
■ Advisor of leading software development and turnkey services providers in connection with their Spanish operations and contractual negotiations. Our advice also covers on-going contacts with the Spanish authorities in order to clarify relevant issues for the operation of this kind of business in Spain.
■ Representation of leading online gaming operators in Spain in connection with court procedures related, without limitation, to public law disputes, trademark infringements, contractual disputes and unfair competition claims.
■ Advisor of a leading global betting company in connection with the development, in cooperation with the Spanish authorities, of new regulations for the operation of new types of games under Spanish law.
■ Advisor of numerous online gambling operators in connection with investigation procedures launched by the Spanish authorities as well as on relevant questions deriving from the day-to-day operation of their businesses.
■ Representation of a technical certification laboratory in relation to the regulatory process for being approved by the Spanish authorities as an official testing and certifying entity for gaming operators in Spain.
■ Advising a major online gambling operator in connection with the launching of its social media platform.
■ Recurrent advice in connection with advertising campaigns for multiple online gambling operators.
■ Local advisor in connection with multi-jurisdictional corporate transactions related to gaming operators.
■ Legal advisor of international software provider in connection with process for obtaining regional licenses for the launching of an online gaming platform in cooperation with a local operator.
“Albert Agustinoy of DLA Piper Spain is greatly admired for his knowledge of Spanish gaming law, and regularly handles cross-border matters”.Chambers Global – Gaming and Gambling 2013
DLA Piper is a global law firm operating through various separate and distinct legal entities.
Further details of these entities can be found at www.dlapiper.com
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albert agustinoyPartner Madrid t +34 91 788 [email protected]
Diego ramosPartner Madrid t +34 91 790 [email protected]
about us
With 4,200 lawyers in more than 30 countries, DLA Piper is positioned to help companies with their legal needs anywhere in the world.
Our locally and internationally trained lawyers, operating from offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice areas than any other law firm.
Our core practices include Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Finance (with particular strength in the technology, venture capital, restructuring and private equity sectors), Real Estate and Real Estate Capital Markets, Regulatory and Government Affairs, Intellectual Property and Technology, Employment and Tax.
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