Chris Elliott > Wiggin LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Wiggin LLP Offices
9TH FLOOR, MET BUILDING
22 PERCY STREET
LONDON
W1T 2BU
England
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Chris Elliott
Work Department
Betting & gaming
Position
Chris is a partner in the Betting & Gaming team, concentrating on providing UK regulatory and compliance advice to various stakeholders in the online gambling and gaming industries. He specialises in all aspects of gambling law and has extensive legal, regulatory and commercial experience advising many of the world’s largest online and land-based B2C and B2B gambling businesses. He engages with stakeholders on a daily basis, whether they are operators, software suppliers, regulators, payment service providers, start-ups, investors or financial institutions. He also increasingly advises video gaming, esports, skill gaming and other related media and entertainment businesses and helps clients to navigate developments in regulation and self-regulation as their business models and practices evolve and converge with the regulated sector.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
(Next Generation Partners)Combining a ‘full service offering across commercial, corporate, litigation and regulatory work with extensive industry knowledge‘, Wiggin LLP‘s offering encompasses regulatory investigations, venture capital investments and white label arrangements. Practice chair Stephen Ketteley
is praised for his ‘extensive and incomparable knowledge of gambling regulation’. David McLeish is an authority on M&A work in the gaming and betting space. Chris Elliott is described as ‘particularly strong on the details of British gambling regulation’. Bethan Lloyd has in-depth knowledge of strategic partnerships, while Oliver Tenzer‘s time as legal counsel at a leading sportsbook provider informs the commercial and regulatory assistance he gives to clients. Jason Chess became a consultant for the practice in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Gaming and betting London > Crime, fraud and licensing
- Next Generation Partners London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital