Carl Rohsler > Memery Crystal > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Memery Crystal
165 Fleet Street
London
EC4A 2DY
England
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Work Department

Commercial, IP and Technology

Position

Carl Rohsler is a Partner and Head of the Commercial, IP and Technology (CIPT) team at Memery Crystal.

Carl specialises in intellectual property (IP) work and is well-known for his expertise in the field of gambling law.

Carl’s practice covers the full range of IP work, including patents, trade marks and designs, copyright and confidential information.

Although working on both contentious and non-contentious matters, he is best known for his work as a litigator, having been involved in a number of leading IP cases in the last 25 years. He became a Solicitor Advocate (Civil) in 2001.

Carl is also known as one of the UK’s leading experts on gambling law, having acted for many of the leading gambling operations in the UK and across the world. He has advised leading names such as 888.com, Caesars Interactive, Gala Coral, The Health Lottery Limited and Gaming Realms plc, as well as advising governments and regulators on gambling policy.

He is the author / editor of several leading academic works in his field including:
– The Statute Guide to the Gambling Act 2005 (Sweet & Maxwell 2005)
– The Statute Guide to the National Lottery Act 2006 (Sweet & Maxwell 2006)
– Licensing Law and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell 2008)
– General editor of The Gambling Law Review 2015-2022

Carl also has considerable experience in advertising and marketing regulation, data protection, e-commerce and labelling and packaging law. He is an occasional visiting lecturer at the University of Bordeaux, France.

Career

2018 – Present: Partner, Head of Commercial, IP and Technology, Memery Crystal
2003 – 2018: Partner, Squire Patton Boggs LLP
1995-2003: Associate, Norton Rose
1993 – 1995: Trained Norton Rose Fulbright2003
1991 – 1993: University of Law, Chester
1988 – 1991: Merton College, Oxford, MA History

Languages

French

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting

(Hall of Fame)

Carl RohslerMemery Crystal

Praised for dispensing commercial advice with ‘a clear eye on practical realities‘, Memery Crystal handles a broad range of matters, including casino acquisitions, the clearing of gambling products for the likes of ITV and Telegraph Media Group, lotteries, and gambling risk in a wide range of jurisdictions. Practice head Carl Rohsler is a contributing editor of the Gambling Law Review and frequently assists governments and regulators with efforts to regulate betting. Capital markets specialist Lesley Gregory contributes her corporate expertise, while Jonathan Riley is well placed to advise on IP matters and online gaming.

London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design

Memery Crystal handles a range of matters arising out of the media and fashion to technology and healthcare sectors. ‘Standout’ Carl Rohsler assists clients with trade mark, copyright and trade secrets mandates, in addition to registered and unregistered designs cases. Jonathan Riley is well-versed in IP-driven transactions, and Chris Pulham acts for clients on a vast array of non-contentious IP work.