Bahar Alaeddini > Harris Hagan > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harris Hagan Offices
Hamilton House
1 Temple Avenue
EC4Y 0HA
England
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Bahar Alaeddini
Work Department
Gambling and Leisure.
Position
Partner
Career
Specialising in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law, Bahar is recognised as a rising star. She 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. Bahar has extensive gambling legal, regulatory and licensing experience advising on legal classification, non-remote and remote operating licence applications, 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. She 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.
Bahar is a regular conference speaker and contributor to industry and specialist legal publications. She is also co-editor of Chambers Global Practice Guide to Gambling and Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide to Gaming Law and co-author of the UK chapter and author of the Alderney chapter of the same publications.
Bahar is recognised by The Legal 500 as “a rising star, exceptional and creative and of “sharp intellect and a practical approach to advice”.
Languages
Persian.
Memberships
General Counsel of International Association of Gaming Advisors, Global Gaming Women, The City of London Solicitors’ Company.
Education
King’s College London, 2007.
Leisure
Leisure interests include intrepid travelling, walking her dog, scuba-diving, gardening and anything to do with Sicily.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
(Leading partners)Harris Hagan
’s boutique practice is highly regarded for its in-depth industry expertise, offering comprehensive advice on licensing, compliance, and enforcement to both online and land-based gambling businesses. The firm is particularly noted for its work on Gambling Commission compliance investigations, regulatory matters, licence reviews, and cross-border transactional work. The practice is co-led by John Hagan
and Bahar Alaeddini, both of whom are specialists in online and land-based gambling law, having advised major industry players, start-ups, governments, and trade associations. David Whyte brings a unique perspective to the team, drawing on his previous in-house roles at a land-based casino operator and as general counsel for an online operator, to advise on complex compliance and enforcement mandates. Jessica Wilson adds further strength to the practice with her extensive experience in major corporate transactions and changes of corporate control, particularly those involving US publicly traded companies. The team benefits from the extensive experience and expertise of consultants Julian Harris and Hilary Stewart-Jones.
Lawyer Rankings
- Gaming and betting London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Leading partners London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting