Nick is the lead Partner in the Betting & Gaming team, having responsibility for Operating, Personal and Premises Licences under the Gambling Act 2005.
Nick acts for a wide variety of leisure operators from large international corporations to single-site operators, including casinos, bookmakers, bingo operators, family entertainment centres, adult gaming centre arcades, clubs and gaming machine and software manufacturers and suppliers. His clients are from both the terrestrial land-based sector and online gambling world.
Some of Nick’s major leisure clients include; MERKUR.com AG, Blueprint Gaming Ltd, Blueprint Operations Ltd, Regal Amusement Machine Sale Ltd, MERKUR Slots, Palatial Leisure Ltd, Bede Gaming, Haven Leisure Limited, Namco, Bandai Amusements Europe Ltd, Paddy Power, Parkdean Resorts Uk Ltd, and Tenpin.
He successfully acted for Nikolas Shaw Ltd in the first appeal relating to the new casinos under the Gambling Act 2005.
He is retained as a legal advisor by the Bingo Association and sits on the a number of client compliance committees. He has written gambling law qualifications and regularly delivers training to local authority officers, councillors, the police, operators, staff and Personal Management Licence Holders.
Nick regularly contributes to the trade press, including the Institute of Licensing Journal and he writes for Lexis-Nexis.
The Chambers & Partners Guide regards Nick as “very personable, well informed and widely connected and respected throughout our industry.” The Legal 500 Guide describes him as “the stand out partner.”