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Nick Nocton
Work Department
Betting & Gaming
Position
Nick is a Partner in the Innovation Department and Head of the Firm’s top ranked Betting and Gaming Group. With over 20 years’ experience advising companies from all parts of the gambling and games industries, Nick’s practice addresses commercial and regulatory matters, including regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, licensing, AML and regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, and corporate/M&A.
Nick is active in rapidly evolving areas such as skill gaming, esports, social gaming and gamification generally, where the regulated sector is converging with digital entertainment. Nick is also the co-lead of the firm’s esports and Digital Entertainment group.
Nick’s clients include multinational gambling operators; game publishers; software developers; gaming machine and equipment manufacturers; investors and financial institutions; as well as regulators.
Nick is identified as a “gaming and betting expert” by Chambers UK and Chambers Global with clients deeming him a “tremendous lawyer“. Legal 500 have recognised him as a Leading Individual in this sector and he is part of the Hall of Fame.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Memberships
Nick is a general member of the International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL).
Education
University of Bristol, LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
(Hall of Fame)Noted for its ‘practical approach and thorough knowledge of the industry’, Mishcon de Reya LLP
‘s varied offering includes regulatory projects, tax and structuring advice and private and public company M&A. The practice has seen an increase in contentious instructions from clients who wish to challenge decisions made by regulators. Nick Nocton
spearheads the team’s offering; his expertise spans digital assets and jurisdictional reviews of the legal and regulatory risks in various territories. Susan Breen is praised for her ‘innovative legal advice’ on issues such as cross-border commercial arrangements. Stuart McMaster is well placed to advise on data protection and data sharing matters, while Niki Stephens specialises in assisting B2C and B2B clients with regulatory matters. Tom Whitton is singled out for his commercial contracts advice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Gaming and betting London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Hall of Fame 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
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- 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
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- 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)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- 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) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Court of protection