Glenn Light

About Glenn Light

Glenn Light is a partner in Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie\'s Gaming Practice Group in the firm’s Las Vegas Office. He assists clients with a variety of gaming and transaction matters relating to land-based and interactive casinos, horse racing, sports betting, sweepstakes and contests. ‎In particular, Glenn guides individuals, operators, manufacturers, distributors and service providers ‎through the licensing process - from advising clients on how to best structure operations from a ‎licensing standpoint to working with the regulators to obtain the necessary licenses.Most recently, Glenn played key roles in the opening of two casino resorts in Las Vegas - both of which received a significant amount of funding through the federal EB-5 Program. Prior to these transactions, the EB-5 Program was seldom-used in the gaming industry. Glenn also serves as lead counsel to a client who, in the span of approximately two years, has purchased four hotel/casino properties in Nevada, a publicly-traded gaming company, and numerous public card room operations in Washington State. Glenn provides counsel on nearly every aspect of these complex transactions, including the ownership and management structure, financing, and drafting numerous ancillary agreements relating to hotel and casino operations, staffing, and vendors.Glenn is licensed in Nevada and New York and regularly appears before the Nevada Gaming Control ‎Board and Nevada Gaming Commission. He has significant experience conducting multi-jurisdictional licensing projects and has participated in regulatory and licensing matters in ‎numerous tribal, state, and foreign jurisdictions including Australia, the Bahamas, Colorado, the Dominican Republic, Iowa, Mississippi, Ontario, the Philippines, Singapore and Washington.‎Glenn was born and raised in Romsey, England. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife, two daughters, and son. ‎He enjoys watching English Premier League soccer and is an avid supporter of Southampton F.C.‎

Experience

1. Partner - Gaming Practice Group

   Lewis Roca

   Nov 2007 — Present

   Mr. Light is a Partner in the Gaming practice group of the firm’s Las Vegas Office. He focuses his practice on casinos, restricted gaming locations, horse racing, sports betting, internet gaming, sweepstakes and contests. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Nevada.

Education

• University of Southampton

  LLB

  2002 — 2005

• Notre Dame Law School

  LLM

  2005 — 2006

Skills

• Casino
• Legal Assistance
• Bankruptcy
• Civil Litigation
• Leadership
• Legal Research
• Appeals
• Administrative Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing