Gambling License M&A and Investor Readiness — due diligence and transfer planning

Gambling License M&A and Investor Readiness is a consulting service that prepares licensed gambling companies for sale, investment or fundraising. It covers regulatory due diligence, license transfer planning and the compliance review a buyer or investor will run before the data room opens. The service is aimed at owners and buyers of licensed iGaming operators.

Service scope and delivery

The service covers regulatory due diligence on license status and validity, reporting history, compliance breaches, technical integrations and fit-and-proper checks on owners. Due diligence on a licensed target checks license type, scope of activity, validity and renewal date, the ownership chain to natural persons including source of funds and source of wealth, and bank and PSP relationships with their change-of-control terms.

Transaction and transfer planning

License transfer planning covers the choice between a share deal and an asset deal, regulator approvals and notifications, and the transaction timeline. Ownership changes are notified to the regulator within its deadlines, and in Romania within 5 days for offline changes. A compliance gap analysis identifies what a buyer or investor will find and what to fix before the data room opens.

Investor positioning and matching

Fundraising positioning covers the regulatory story, structure and documents that make the business investable. The service also offers confidential matching that introduces buyers and sellers of licensed companies, handled discreetly.

Owners preparing a licensed operator for sale get a pre-data-room review of license validity, ownership chain and bank relationships, along with the regulator notification deadlines that govern the transfer.