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Niki Stephens
Work Department
Betting & Gaming
Position
Niki is a Partner in the Betting & Gaming Group within the Firm’s Innovation Department. Niki is a regulatory specialist with twelve years’ experience advising clients in the gambling and gaming sectors.
Niki regularly advises licensees in connection with compliance assessments and regulatory enforcement action by the Gambling Commission including licence reviews. She also advises operators, software developers and platform providers in connection with regulatory and compliance matters including anti-money laundering, responsible gambling, consumer protection and marketing requirements.
Niki specialises in advising clients on the gambling regulatory aspects of sales, acquisitions and investments including regulatory due diligence and the impact of regulatory matters on the transaction documentation. She also advises on a full range of corporate transactions, including sales and acquisitions, reorganisations and joint ventures, and has worked on numerous cross-border transactions. Her experience covers a wide range of sectors including betting and gaming, technology, retail and leisure.
Niki has been recognised by Legal 500 as a ‘Next generation partner’ and is acknowledged as ‘up and coming’ in Chambers & Partners.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Trainee, Mishcon de Reya
BPP Law School, Holborn LPC
University of Surrey, Guildford, Law (LLB)
Memberships
Niki is a general member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL).
Education
BPP Law School, Holborn LPC
University of Surrey, Guildford, Law (LLB)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
(Leading partners)Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s ‘astute and commercially minded’ team is renowned for its deep industry expertise and thorough regulatory knowledge, further enhanced by the firm’s strong international practice. The team offers a wide range of gaming and betting advice and is particularly recognised for its proficiency in handling contentious regulatory enforcement and criminal proceedings involving the Gambling Commission. The practice is led by Nick Nocton
, who is highly experienced across all facets of the sector and advises businesses in the games and interactive entertainment industries, including developers and publishers. Susan Breen provides significant expertise in cross-border commercial arrangements, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. Niki Stephens has developed expertise in advising clients whose business models have not previously been tested against existing UK legislation. Stuart McMaster rounds out the team with a focus on advising on the impact of overlapping regulatory regimes, particularly data protection and gambling regulation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Gaming and betting London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Leading partners London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates