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Harris Hagan Offices
6 SNOW HILL
LONDON
EC1A 2AY
England
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John Hagan
Work Department
Gambling and leisure.
Position
Managing Partner
John co-founded Harris Hagan with Julian Harris in May 2004. Specialising in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law, and with over 20 years’ of gambling law experience, John is recognised as a leading gambling lawyer by operators, suppliers and regulators throughout the world. He advises many of the world’s largest land-based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as many start-ups, investors and leading law firms. John has extensive gambling legal, regulatory and licensing experience advising on legal classification, non-remote and remote operating licence applications, casino competitions and premises licensing, personal applications, change of corporate control applications, transaction due diligence, corporate investments and transactions, complex group restructuring and the rationalisation of group licences. He also has extensive compliance and enforcement experience advising on general compliance and reporting requirements, compliance assessments, regulatory investigations, corporate evaluations, operating and personal licence reviews, and developing associated remedial compliance programmes and action plans.
John is a regular conference speaker and contributor to industry and specialist legal publications.
Career
Trained and qualified at Wedlake Bell, 1993. Biddle/Pinsents, 1998-2004. Founding partner Harris Hagan, 2004.
Memberships
Trustee and former Deputy Chairman of Gamcare; Former Chairman of the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling; A Past President of the International Association of Gaming Advisors; International Masters of Gaming Law.
Education
Royal Belfast Academical Institution; University College, Dublin (1989 BCL).
Leisure
Rugby; football; golf; chess.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
(Hall of Fame)Described as a ‘market leader in gaming law‘ Harris Hagan maintains a strong position in the market acting on big-ticket corporate transactions, Gambling Commission compliance investigations and licence reviews. The team is instructed by major land-based and online gambling businesses, start-ups, governments and trade associations. John Hagan
co-heads the practice and frequently contributes his licensing and regulatory expertise to transactional mandates. Fellow co-head Bahar Alaeddini is also General Counsel of the International Association of Gaming Advisors and co-chairs its Programme Committee. David Whyte frequently advises on enforcement action taken by the Gambling Commission, while Jessica Wilson is a key contact for US based operators and suppliers.
Lawyer Rankings
- Gaming and betting London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Hall of Fame London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting