Stuart McMaster > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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70 KINGSWAY
LONDON
WC2B 6AH
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Stuart McMaster
Work Department
Betting & Gaming
Position
Stuart is a Partner in the Betting & Gaming Group in the Innovation Department. He specialises in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions for both public and private companies. He advises on listed company transactions, including flotations, takeovers and fundraisings. He also advises on joint ventures, private fundraisings, shareholder disputes, regulatory issues and corporate re-organisations.
Stuart is a member of the Betting and Gaming group, and has extensive experience within this sector. Representative examples include advising two substantial shareholders of PartyGaming Plc on its merger with bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and advising on private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions within the gambling and technology sector. He also advises on wide range of regulatory issues within the online gambling sector. Stuart also acts for clients in a number of other sectors, including real estate, technology and renewable energy.
Stuart also advises on the corporate aspects of insolvency-related transactions, including insolvent business sales, debt for equity swaps and schemes of arrangement.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Trainee, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Research Assistant, Law Commission
Hertford College, Oxford University – BCL
Hertford College, Oxford University – BA (Hons) Law
Education
Hertford College, Oxford University – BCL
Hertford College, Oxford University – BA (Hons) Law
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