Danielle Bush holds the position of Senior counsel at McCarthy Tetrault LLP, one of Canada’s largest and most pre-eminent law firms. Danielle has more than three decades of experience in all facets of the gaming industry. She is widely recognized as one of Canada’s foremost experts in the online gaming space and applicable Canadian law. A testament to her deep and extensive knowledge, Danielle is repeatedly ranked Band 1 in Chambers for gaming law (one of only three lawyers in that Band in the 2023 rankings). She has also been named as one of Canada’s top gaming lawyers by Best Lawyers.

Highly sought-after for her astute and strategic counsel, Danielle regularly acts for a wide range of companies in the gaming industry and in sectors that intersect with gaming, including online sportsbooks; casinos and poker rooms; companies active in the eSports vertical; daily fantasy sports providers; casino operators; provincial lottery corporations; and gaming regulators. She represents many of the world’s largest online gaming companies, advising them on obtaining listings, ongoing regulatory and compliance issues, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory issues. Danielle’s representative experience includes assisting many of the world’s largest online gaming operators and suppliers on their applications for licenses to operate in the newly-opened regulated online gaming market in Ontario.

Danielle is a director of the Canadian Gaming Association as well as a member of the Executive Committee in her capacity as the Secretary of the Association. She is also a long-standing member of the International Masters of Gaming Law.