Gaming, Gambling & Interactive Entertainment

LCF Law Group advises and represents businesses in the gambling industry at every stage — from structuring business frameworks and ensuring legal protection to establishing strategic partnerships within a complex regulatory environment. We help our clients adapt, expand, and maintain operational stability.

Our team combines expertise in administrative, tax, corporate, and competition law with recognised proficiency in complex dispute resolution. Our track record includes providing legal support in obtaining licences, structuring business operations, and representing clients in tax and administrative proceedings — particularly in challenging cases involving financial penalties. We also provide comprehensive legal support during regulatory inspections and in exceptional circumstances, including under martial law.

With extensive experience before PlayCity — Ukraine’s sole gambling regulator and successor to KRAIL — LCF Law Group is trusted to handle complex regulatory matters. We also act for clients before the State Tax Service and the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) on tax, administrative, and competition issues. As legal advisors to the Ukrainian Gambling Operators Association, we help shape transparent standards and raise industry benchmarks.

Our clients include gambling operators, software providers (including developers of gaming content for the gambling industry), technology start-ups, investors, and digital platforms operating in highly regulated environments. We also advise on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the gambling sector, file merger clearance applications with the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, and represent clients in court proceedings to protect their interests.

Our services:

• Corporate and tax structuring
• Market entry advisory for Ukraine
• Licensing and permitting assistance, including full regulatory support
• Tax advisory services
• Preparation for tax audits, full legal support during audits, and challenging audit results
• Banking and finance mandates, including financial monitoring compliance
• Contract drafting, negotiation, and management
• Employment and labour law advisory
• Representation in proceedings concerning the imposition of financial sanctions (fines)
• Compliance and enforcement matters relating to gambling advertising regulations
• Regulatory audit and inspection support
• Representation in litigation at all court levels, including appeals and cassation appeals
• Defence and representation in dealings with law enforcement authorities
• Criminal defence and representation