Future Horizons: eSummit 2034 – Charting the next decade for Gibraltar & the Gaming Industry

We will be gathering in Gibraltar for our annual eSummit on 27 June 2024 at what is expected to be an exciting time for the jurisdiction, with key regulatory and statutory developments agreed and enacted.

We are delighted that host regulator Andrew Lyman will be joined this year by his counterparts from the UK and Crown Dependencies’ gaming regulators, for a panel discussion which will explore the challenges and priorities they share as custodians of the industry.

Our breakout room programme will continue to provide concise impactful insights on key topics for the industry, whilst in the main room summit favourites such as the M&A session and the ever-popular operator panel will feature once more.

As we did last year, we will be running a pre-summit DEI seminar in collaboration with Global Gaming Women – look out for registration details for #WeAllWantToPlay seminar on 26 June coming soon.

You can register now for the eSummit - as both delegate numbers and hotel capacity will be limited, we would encourage early registration using the link below:

Main Room Agenda

    Main Room  
  Time Speaker(s) Topic 
  9:00 Registration Breakfast sponsored by TBC
ISOLAS 9:30 Stephanie Beavis (KPMG) & Aika Khaidarova (KPMG) Opening Remarks
9:35 The Hon. Nigel Feetham KC MP (Government of Gibraltar) Conference Opening
9:50 Intro/Moderator: The Hon Albert Isola CBE (ISOLAS) Gibraltar Reflections
  Panellists:  
  Peter Montegriffo KC (Hassans)  
  Peter Isola (ISOLAS)  
  Sir Peter Caruana, KCMG KC (Peter Caruana & Co)  
  10:45 Coffee Sponsored by Wiggin
Pragmatic Play 11:15 Ivor Jones (Peel Hunt) Global Market View
11:30 Moderator: Ivor Jones (Peel Hunt) Key drivers – The Legal Perspective
  Panellists:  
  Stuart McMaster (Mishcon de Reya)  
  David McLeish (Wiggin)  
  Steven Caetano (ISOLAS)  
  Andrew Montegriffo (Hassans)   
  Hermione Arciola (KPMG Malta)  
12:00 Moderator: Ivor Jones (Peel Hunt) Key drivers – The Operator Perspective
  Panellists:  
  Robin Chhabra (Tekkorp Capital)  
  Vaughan Lewis (evoke)  
  Anna Kutsenko (KPMG UK)  
  Dominic Mansour (Buzz Bingo)  
    Dan Waugh  (Regulus Partners)  
  12:30 Lunch Sponsored by ISOLAS
Hassans 13:30 Andrew Lyman (Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner) Gibraltar Welcome
13:45 Sarah Gardner (GB Gambling Commission) GB Gambling Commission Briefing
14:15 Moderator:  Spotlight on the Regulators: Challenges & Transformations
  Jeremie Kanter (Continent 8)  
  Panellists:  
  Andrew Lyman (Gibraltar)  
  Steve Brennan (Isle of Man)  
  Dr Jason Lane (Jersey)  
  15:00 Coffee Sponsored by CMS
Keystone Law 15:30 Bill Robinson, Economist Long-term Future of Gambling Regulation
16:00 Moderator:  Industry Leaders Panel
  Micky Swindale (KPMG)  
  Panellists:  
   John O'Reilly (Rank)  
  William Woodhams (Fitzdares)  
  Neil Banbury (Kindred)  
  Grainne Hurst (Entain)  
  Vaughan Lewis (evoke)  
  Irina Cornides (Pragmatic)  
16:50 Will Hawkley (KPMG) KPMG Thank You
  17:00 Drinks Sponsored by Gibtelecom

Breakout Room Agenda

    Breakout Room  - Sponsored by Hassans  
  Time Speaker(s) Topic 
  9:00 Registration Breakfast sponsored by TBC
  9:50 Moderator:  UK Market Regulatory & Industry Developments
  Wes Himes (Betting and Gaming Council)  
  Panellists:  
  Stuart McMaster (Mishcon de Reya)  
  Bethan Lloyd (Wiggin)  
  Tamsin Blow (CMS)  
10:25 Rab Grewal (GB Gambling Commission) Market Insight from the GB Gambling Commission
  10:45 Coffee Sponsored by Wiggin
  11:15 Nicky Macias (Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association) GBGA Update
11:30 Power presentations - Session 1  
11:31 Bethan Lloyd (Wiggin) Advertising and “strong appeal”
11:38 Jaideep Mehta (Rzolut) Leveraging AI for more effective compliance and risk management
11:45 Tom Whitton (Mishcon de Reya) Regulating markets: key entry considerations
11:52 Mariana Cuervo Garcia (KPMG Gibraltar) & Shaun Zammitt (Gibtelecom) Mobile Gaming a new horizon
12:00 Louise Federico (Hassans) A New Act for a New Era…..Anticipated Changes to Gibraltar Gambling Act
Hassans 12:30 Lunch Sponsored by ISOLAS
  Power Presentations - Session 2  
13:30 Peter Murray (Mitek Systems) Combatting identity fraud and crime rings
13:45 Jesus Martinez (Government of Melilla) New Opportunities as a Centre for Digital and Remote Gambling Services
14:15 Power Presentations - Session 3  
14:16 Emily Sheard (CMS) Assessing customer risk: Where does UK regulation stand?
14:26 Richard Williams (Keystone Law) Direct marketing – the new rules for remote operators (GB)
14:36 Samuel Rondot (Damex Business) Moving Money to Make Money
14:46 Louise Grima & Ruth Bonnici (KPMG Malta) The evolving Maltese and EU tax landscape for gambling operators
15:00 Coffee Sponsored by CMS
  15:30 Jo Abergel (Ethical Gambling Forum) Supporting Industry Colleagues Through Gambling Harm: An Interactive Workshop for Line Managers
Hassans

17:00 Drinks Sponsored by Gibtelecom

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With more than 79 offices in over 47 countries and 5,000+ lawyers worldwide, CMS offers deep local market understanding with a global perspective. We are focused on building strong relationships with our clients, our people, our industry sectors and wider communities.

As a Future Facing firm we take a bold, dynamic and agile approach helping clients of every size face the future with confidence. We have an immense depth of understanding of the sectors in which we operate and our lawyers are genuine experts in their fields. They are, able to advise on current challenges, as well as anticipate those on the horizon that are likely to shape the future.

We want to ensure that we build a culture of trust, respect and support embracing all aspects of diversity and inclusion, leading the legal sector in social impact and sustainability. Our aim is to inspire, impact and support our clients and our people, helping them to maximize their potential and thrive.

Our deep knowledge of the gambling sector allows us to advise our clients on how to recognise, protect and optimise their opportunities within this shifting landscape. Our gambling practice comprises lawyers drawn from across the firm, including our Commercial & Regulatory, Corporate, Tax, Dispute Resolution, Financial Services, EU & Competition and Intellectual Property practices and our expertise extends to all gambling products including betting, gaming, lotteries, prize competitions and promotions, both remote and land-based.

CMS

Founded over 25 years ago, Continent 8 Technologies is an award-winning, multi-jurisdictional, global network solutions provider that connects, manages, and secures a company’s most valuable information.

We power many of the biggest brands in online gaming, as well as companies in the finance, payment processing and public services industries.

We have data centres and points of presence in 100+ connected locations across four continents and are growing monthly.

Our customers benefit from continued investment in advanced data centres, high quality networks and one of the best global teams in the business.

We believe in delivering solutions to today’s technology and infrastructure challenges, by providing a comprehensive foundation of connectivity, a trusted layer of managed services encompassed in a critical layer of security. Experienced in navigating the intricate world of heavily regulated industries, we have augmented our offering most recently with compliance solutions, specifically geoloc8, powered by Radar, a geofencing platform built for the regulated gaming industry.

With multiple centres of excellence around the world, all connected onto a global private network backbone, Continent 8 provides a truly global service capability, with a local and customised approach.

Continent 8 has invested significantly in Gibraltar both in terms of infrastructure and a dedicated team on the ground. Our highly secure data centre is uniquely located within the Rock of Gibraltar. The Continent 8-owned and built, ex-United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) facility, is the most secure and well-equipped hosting centre in the jurisdiction. A comprehensive suite of services and solutions are available from our Gibraltar data centre, ranging from traditional co-location and fully managed Cloud infrastructure solutions to a full suite of cybersecurity products.

We provision unparalleled High Availability IP Transit and MPLS services in Gibraltar. We achieve a high level of resiliency and performance not normally available from local providers.

In 2021, we launched our flexible and scalable Public Cloud solution in Gibraltar, responding to changing market conditions and the demand for innovation in infrastructure by Gibraltar businesses.

Continent 8 Technologies

Games Global is a leading supplier of unique and innovative iGaming content. With a proprietary catalogue comprising of 1,300 games, a record-breaking progressive jackpot network, 40 studios, and a world-class distribution channel servicing some 650 global gaming brands, Games Global delivers force and direction to online gaming, bringing together the industry’s biggest and brightest stars.

Games Global

Gibraltar Finance is the platform for the promotion of Gibraltar’s vibrant financial services sector, ensuring that Gibraltar effectively communicates its position as an international finance centre of excellence. Gibraltar Finance acts as a conduit to attract investment to Gibraltar.

Gibraltar Finance provides the international financial services community, professionals and corporate and private clients alike, a resource hub whereby information can be obtained and all the relevant Gibraltar-based professional associations can be accessed. It acts as a forum that provides engagement between Gibraltar’s financial services sector and the Government of Gibraltar for the consideration of strategic and policy issues, creating the responsive, proactive environment that so benefits investment.

Gibraltar offers a well-regulated, transparent jurisdiction where financial services are supported by a modern environment with high-quality infrastructure and which provides access to financial markets. To these strengths, Gibraltar adds an enviable choice of highly-qualified experts providing professional services to investors and entrepreneurs, a well-respected, innovative and robust regulatory system, and a stable, democratic political system that fully supports financial services as the one of the foremost sectors of Gibraltar’s buoyant economy.

Gibraltar Finance

Gibtelecom provides customers with best-in-breed data centre facilities, managed solutions and cloud services, coupled with the fast and highly resilient global network connections needed by todays internationally connected organisations.

Gibtelecom has worked very closely with the gaming industry in Gibraltar for over a decade to become a globally connected provider that can meet operators’ growing bandwidth and technology needs, and during this time has developed tailored solutions specifically for the industry. It operates cloud hubs and hosting facilities in Gibraltar, London, Malta, Dublin, Singapore, Malaysia and Brazil and continues to expand its international network and product portfolio with additional Points of Presence (PoPs) planned in LATAM coming online in 2024. The backbone of its global private network is built on the solid foundations of the Europe India Gateway (EIG) stretching from London to Mumbai with onward connections to locations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Products & Services:

  • Infrastructure
  • Cloud Solutions: Private, public and hybrid cloud
  • Cloud Connect to hyperscale providers
  • Back-up as a Service
  • Co-location & Data Centre Services
  • Connectivity solutions
  • Business communications solutions
  • Managed Security

Gibtelecom

Hassans was founded in 1939 and is the largest law and fiduciary firm in Gibraltar. It is an internationally recognised firm which offers dynamic and proactive client service in an environment committed to sustainable business, technology and innovation.

Hassans are trusted advisers to clients both locally and overseas who seek legal guidance in a fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional world. Though rooted in Gibraltar, the firm has an international clientele in key jurisdictions around the world, including the US, the UK, Israel and Europe with many assignments involving cross-border advice and major multinationals, banks and building societies.

Over the last 18 years, Gibraltar has grown rapidly to become a first-class, internationally renowned hub for the online gambling and e-commerce industry. The team at Hassans consists of Peter Montegriffo KC, Andrew Montegriffo and Louise Federico. They have advised many of the industry’s leading operators such as Entain, William Hill, Bet365 and 888 amongst others. The team provides a full range of commercial and regulatory advice, including setting up operations in Gibraltar and listings. The team was also heavily involved in assisting the Gibraltar Government and industry in reviewing the current gambling legislation and identifying areas for reform.

Contact number
00 350 20079000

Social media links
twitter: @gibraltarlaw
facebook: hassansgibraltar
linkedin: hassans

Hassans

Gibraltar's longest established law firm and a leader in online gaming/gambling legal services.

ISOLAS was established over 130 years ago in 1892, making it the longest established law firm in Gibraltar. ISOLAS is today proud to be considered one of the leading law firms in Gibraltar. ISOLAS is consistently ranked as one of the leaders in the market by all the major international directories, and is a Band 1 leading law firm as ranked by Chambers and Partners.

Our focus is on our interaction with the client which we strongly believe forms the basis of our success in establishing long-term relationships. The commerciality of the advice that we provide, close attention to cost considerations, our professional network in Gibraltar and beyond, as well as our dedication to leveraging information technology solutions for the benefit of the client, make for a compelling package of advantages over our competition in the local marketplace.

Our experience in the Fintech/cryptocurrency space, online gaming, gambling and e-commerce legal services marketplace is second to none, with the expertise, network and commercial approach to help your business survive and thrive.

ISOLAS, at the top of our game since 1892

ISOLAS

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. Central to the Group is Mishcon de Reya LLP with a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services.

Mishcon de Reya LLP is based in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas So LLP). The firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. Its work is cross-border, international and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

The firm has a dedicated Betting & Gaming Group of lawyers, recognised as experts within the gambling sector with significant experience advising operators on M&A, regulatory and compliance, AML, cyber security, data protection, trade mark and brand protection, sponsorship, affiliate marketing, sports law, dispute resolution, IP and reputation management. The group also provides specialist advice on eSports, crypto-currencies, blockchain and AI. The Mishcon Betting and Gaming team is ranked in the top tier in both Chambers and Partners and Legal500.

The Mishcon de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR Brand Management, MDR Cyber, MDR Discover, MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR One, MDRi, and MDRx as well as the Mishcon Academy, its in-house place of learning and platform for thought leadership.

Mishcon de Reya

We are dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge AI technology and deep domain knowledge to provide actionable insights for customers across the spectrum. Our mission is to emerge as the top-choice wholesale data utility through strategic partnerships and alliances.

We specialize in data management, particularly in risk and compliance, diligently addressing crucial areas such as KYC, TPRM, and acquisitions. Through our advanced technology platforms, we seamlessly integrate data solutions with risk management strategies, ensuring optimal outcomes for our partners. Our customers take advantage of our world class RZOLUT Screening, RZOLUT Diligence and RZOLUT Monitor platforms to create visibility and take control of the entire counter party lifecycle.

Led by a seasoned team with global experience in AML, forensics, investigations, and data analytics, we have developed robust data assets including PEP and sanctions databases. Our track record includes successfully managing KYC/TM operations for numerous banks worldwide, coupled with regulatory compliance expertise gained through collaboration with FIUs and regulatory bodies. By implementing state-of-the-art ML & AI technologies, we empower our clients to stay ahead in the dynamic landscape of risk management and compliance.

Wiggin is a leading global law firm advising on the international operation of betting and gaming. We offer full-service, sector-focussed support for all forms of betting, gaming, lotteries and competitions.

Our team have unrivalled regulatory, commercial and M&A expertise - many of our lawyers are ranked as leading individuals in both UK and worldwide legal directories and we are the largest specialist betting & gaming practice in the UK.

We assist all businesses whatever their function in the gambling ecosystem on all their day-to-day legal, regulatory and compliance requirements, as well as working on complex projects and strategic advisory matters. Outside our core gambling team, our tax, technology, advertising, consumer law, brand protection, litigation, data protection, employment and property specialists regularly advise gambling businesses on all aspects of their business.

Our role as leading advisers to the global gambling industry’s largest players requires us to understand national and international laws and regulations like no other practice. Our services are backed up by many years of extensive industry experience and by one of the world’s largest teams of specialist lawyers dedicated to the full-time practice of gambling law on an international basis.

Twitter - @WigginLLP
Contact - gambling@wiggin.co.uk

Wiggin

London based Keystone Law is ranked by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a leading law firm with a key specialisation in gambling. Chambers states that “Keystone law advises domestic and international clients on a range of gaming issues, including those relating to online gambling apps and NFTs” and clients report that Richard Williams “is generous with his time and a pleasure to work with” and “someone you can always rely on and you know he’s always going to give you the right advice”. Richard specialises in gambling and practices alongside 400+ partner level lawyers at Keystone Law, with specialists advising the gambling industry on cryptoassets, payments, corporate transactions, offshore structuring, tax, litigation and debt recovery.

Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Facebook, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft.

Pragmatic Play supplies an award-winning portfolio of content, available in all major regulated markets, languages, and currencies. Powering up new possibilities of play through a single API, the industry-leading provider offers a multi-product range consisting of Slots, Live Casino, Bingo, Virtual Sports, Sportsbook, and more. Pragmatic Play is home to the legendary Gates of Olympus, Sweet Bonanza, and Big Bass game series, along with hundreds of other player-favourite titles, including Sugar Rush, The Dog House, and Zeus vs Hades – Gods of War. Driven by a persistence to craft immersive entertainment experiences, Pragmatic Play consistently delivers games that players love time and time again.

Damex Business helps medium and high-risk clients improve the efficiency and profitability of their global payments processes through the movement, management and integration of digital and fiat assets. Our clients use our solutions to protect themselves against volatility, to gain stability and predictability, to reduce costs and to increase the speed and efficiency of their payments systems. Often payments sent through banks can be slow and expensive, particularly international cross-border payments. Payments made with stablecoins using blockchain technology are instant and low-cost. Blockchain technology also means that all the records of every transaction are recorded and cannot be altered, so both the sender and the recipient can be certain that their funds are secure.

Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK) is a global leader in digital access, founded to bridge the physical and digital worlds. Mitek’s advanced identity verification technologies and global platform make digital access faster and more secure than ever, providing companies new levels of control, deployment ease and operation, while protecting the entire customer journey. Trusted by 99% of U.S. banks for mobile check deposits and 7,900 of the world’s largest organizations, Mitek helps companies reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements.

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