E-commerce, online contracts and social media
The National Lottery Commission. We advised the NLC on all day to day commercial aspects of the National Lottery, including all legal aspects of the introduction of new lotteries by Camelot via new media such as the sale of lottery tickets via the internet, interactive TV and mobile phones.
ValueClick is a leading global provider of Internet advertising solutions for online advertisers and website publishers. As a pioneer of the performance-based advertising model, ValueClick provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of online advertising solutions. We advised ValueClick on advertiser and host web-site terms and conditions, software licensing, on-line sales promotions and data protection.
Whittard of Chelsea PLC has been specialising in the finest teas, coffees and gifts since 1886. It prides itself on its reputation for quality and innovation. Walter Whittard, the firm’s founder, had a philosophy to ‘buy the best’. The success of the Whittard product range lies in an uncompromising attitude towards quality of product and packaging. We helped Whittard to launch its online store as a fully ecommerce-enabled site for the marketing and sale of its teas, coffees and other specialty products.
We advised Sporting Index in relation to all legal aspects of the establishment and operation of “SportingOdds.com”, its offshore internet betting operation. This included advising on the migration of the existing business from the UK to Malta under a tax-effective structure; advising on on-line gambling legislation in the major customer markets including UK, US, Germany, Italy and Australia (including project management of advice from local lawyers in relevant jurisdictions); advising on the advertising and promotion of online gambling in the UK in all online and offline media; drafting the online customer terms and conditions and advising on website structure and related legal issues, and advising on the structuring of call centre operations in the Republic of Ireland to comply with gambling legislation in that country.
We advised StoreFinancial on the regulatory and contractual aspects of the establishment of its electronic store loyalty card program in the UK, including payment arrangements with ABN Amro (including advice on the outsourcing of payments services by ABN Amro to StoreFinancial), terms and conditions for the cards, including compliance with FSA and e-money requirements, and contractual arrangements with shopping centres including MacArthur Glen and Bluewater.
We advised this electronic payments service provider on a suite of services and customer contracts in relation the provision of an electronic payments system for store cards and also electronic payments for gambling services, including a joint venture with Proc-Cyber Services, and arrangements with William Hill and Camelot (the UK national lottery operator).