Bio

Santiago Asensi is the Managing Partner of Asensi Abogados, an expertise law firm in the Gaming and Gambling sector with offices in Madrid, Mallorca and Bogota. Asensi provides legal advice to a large number of gambling operators (online and terrestrial), software providers, slot suppliers with interests located in Spain, Europe and Latin America as well as to gaming jurisdictions. Santiago is a Trustee at the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) and one of the European co-partner law firms of the portal Gaminglaw.eu. He is also general member for the IMGL. Santiago is included in the Gaming & Gambling section of the independent and leading publication Chambers Global (''Band 1''), being mentioned as ''a pioneer'' in his field, ''an obvious go-to guy for gaming advice'' and ''has built a strong reputation over a number of years''. In 2015, Asensi Abogados won a public tender before COLJUEGOS, the Colombian gaming regulator, in order to develop the first regulatory regime in Latin America for online gambling. In 2014 and 2016, Asensi Abogados was awarded as the best service provider in Spain in the JDigital-eGaming Awards. In October 2012, Santiago Asensi received the IMGL President Award for Extraordinary Services. He is co-author of the Gaming Law Book (Editions 2012 / 2014 / 2017/ 2019) published by Thomson Reuters and of the Spanish Gambling Market Report for MECN (Editions 2007 / 2011). Asensi is frequent speaker at the major gaming conferences and publishes articles about the Spanish gaming industry on a frequent basis.