Profile
Bahar Alaeddini
020 7002 7636
Before joining Harris Hagan in April 2012, Bahar worked for two years in the fitness to practise department of the Health and Care Professions Council in London, investigating and prosecuting disciplinary cases against health professionals. She also worked on the Turks and Caicos Islands public inquiry with the Rt Hon Sir Robin Auld, investigating allegations of government corruption, and taught criminology and human rights to undergraduate law students.
Specialising in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law, Bahar is recognised as a rising star. She advises many of the world’s largest land-based and online gambling businesses (B2C and B2B), as well as many start-ups, investors and leading law firms. Bahar has extensive gambling legal, regulatory and licensing experience advising on legal classification, non-remote and remote operating licence applications, premises licensing, personal applications, change of corporate control applications, transaction due diligence, corporate investments and transactions, complex group restructuring and the rationalisation of group licences. She also has extensive compliance and enforcement experience advising on general compliance and reporting requirements, compliance assessments, regulatory investigations, corporate evaluations, operating and personal licence reviews, and developing associated remedial compliance programmes and action plans.
In her spare time, Bahar enjoys travelling, walking her dog (Pippa), gardening and anything to do with Sicily.
King’s College London, 2007
Call to the Bar (The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple), 2008
Law Society of England & Wales, 2012
Band 1, Chambers UK 2025
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2025
Band 1, Chambers UK 2024
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2024
Emerging Leader of Gaming 40 under 40 2024
Named in the top 10 iGamingBusiness Most Influential Women 2023
Band 1, Chambers UK 2023
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2023
Band 2, Chambers UK 2022
Band 2, Chambers Global 2022
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2022
Band 1, Chambers Global 2021
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2021
Band 2, Chambers UK 2020
Up and Coming, Chambers Global 2020
Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2020
“Bahar Alaeddini has excellent knowledge and dedication to client service”. Chambers UK 2025
“Bahar has deep relationships in the industry and an ability to solve complex gaming issues in a client-friendly way. She is second to none in that regard.” Chambers UK 2025
“It is always a pleasure to work with Bahar because you know that you will have your matter resolved in a timely manner.” Chambers UK 2025
“Bahar is a powerhouse for any legal matters related to gambling.” Chambers UK 2024
“Bahar is a master at solving complex issues and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of gaming laws and regulations.” Chambers UK 2024
“John Hagan, Julian Harris and Bahar Alaeddini are prominent leaders in the gaming law field.” The Legal 500 2024
“Bahar Alaeddini and Jessica Wilson get full marks.” The Legal 500 2024
“I appreciate her level of detail.” Chambers UK 2024
“Bahar Alaeddini has a deep knowledge of the law and its practical implementation by the UK Gambling Commission.” Chambers UK 2023
“Always available, always responsive and always with answers. From partner to associate, the competence and knowledge was exemplary, notable names being Bahar Alaeddini and Jessica Wilson – I would go as far as saying our dream team in gaming law.” The Legal 500 2023
“We work with Bahar Alaeddini and John Hagan. It is longstanding cooperation which we value very much. Great industry insight. Super legal solutions and very service minded. You trust the advice you get and it is a pleasure to work with both. At the same time you get value for money.” The Legal 500 2023
“very pragmatic and straightforward. She is very knowledgeable, provides advice, which is clear and helpful, and is very approachable.” Chambers UK 2022
“She offers extensive experience and excellent client communication.” Chambers UK 2022
Bahar Alaeddini is highly regarded in the gaming and gambling sector for her considerable strength in advising an array of clients on complex regulatory and licensing matters. Chambers Global 2022
“a rising star, exceptional and creative and of “sharp intellect and a practical approach to advice.” The Legal 500 2022
“Bahar stands out as an highly intellectual lawyer at the top of her profession who deals with her clients in a an easy manner.” The Legal 500 2022
“John Hagan and Bahar Alaeddini are very good lawyers with a remarkable knowledge of the gaming and gambling market, as well as operators, platforms and payment providers and affiliates. They have an impressive international network. They both have a great sense of humour and keep a clear mind in situations with a lot of pressure.” The Legal 500 2022
Bahar Alaeddini is praised by market sources for her considerable expertise in advising major international clients on UK gambling law matters. She is particularly noted for her skill in licensing and regulatory compliance issues. Chambers Global 2021
”Bahar Alaeddini is a focused and common-sense lawyer who excels in the regulatory law field, being able to confidently analyse a given set of circumstances and give straight forward advice.” The Legal 500 2021
“Exceptional and creative” The Legal 500 2020
“She is very pragmatic and straightforward. She is very knowledgeable, provides advice which is clear and helpful, and is very approachable.” Chambers UK 2020
“Considered “an excellent gaming lawyer,” peers describe her as “very commercial, very straightforward – she makes things understandable.”” Chambers Global 2020
“She has an uncanny intuition for all things related to gambling commissions, as well as being very technical and straightforward with a commercial bent.” Chambers UK 2019
“Sharp intellect and a practical approach to advice” The Legal 500 2019
“She is focused and hard working, and is able to take a practical approach to complex regulatory issues.” Chambers UK 2018
“A rising star” The Legal 500 2017
VIXIO GamblingCompliance Executive Advisory Board (Founding Member, 2022-present)
International Association of Gaming Advisors (Co-Chair of Programme Committee and General Counsel 2022-present)
Global Gaming Women
The City of London Solicitors’ Company
Co-author, UK chapter, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on Gambling Law
Editor, The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on Gambling Law
Editor, Chambers Global Practice Guide to Gambling
Co-author, UK chapter, Chambers Global Practice Guide to Gambling
Editor, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide to Gaming Law
Co-author, UK chapter, Thomson Reuters Practical Law Global Guide to Gaming Law