EX-5.1 5 ex5-1.htm

 

 

27 April 2020 Our Ref: RN/NN/G3415-A01673

GAN Limited

Third Floor

Park Place

55 Par La Ville Road

Hamilton HM 11

Bermuda

 

 

Dear Sirs

 

GAN Limited

 

We have been asked to provide this legal opinion to you with regard to the laws of Bermuda in connection with the initial public offering of 4,055,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 each, together with an additional 608,250 ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 each, subject to an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters by the Company (collectively, the “Ordinary Shares”), in the capital of GAN Limited, a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (the “Company”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-237372) (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), initially filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020, under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended), and the related prospectus that forms part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”).

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals or copies of the documents listed in Schedule 1.

 

In giving this opinion we have relied upon the assumptions set out in Schedule 2, which we have not independently verified.

 

We are Bermuda Barristers and Attorneys and express no opinion as to any laws other than the laws of Bermuda in force and as interpreted at the date of this opinion. We have not, for the purposes of this opinion, made any investigation of the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction.

 

Based upon the foregoing examinations and assumptions and having regard to legal considerations which we consider relevant, and subject to the qualifications set out in Schedule 3, we are of the opinion that the Ordinary Shares have been duly authorised and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when issued and paid for as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

This opinion is limited to the matters referred to herein and shall not be construed as extending to any other matter or document not referred to herein. This opinion is addressed to you in connection with the sale of the Ordinary Shares as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter. We understand that the Company wishes to file this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement as Exhibit 5.1, to be filed on the date of this opinion, and to reference this firm under the captions “Cautionary Statement on Service of Process and the Enforcement of Civil Liabilities” and “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus, which will be deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement, and we hereby consent thereto.

 

Walkers
Park Place, 55 Par La Ville Road, Third Floor, Hamilton HM11, Bermuda
T +1 441 242 1500 www.walkersglobal.com
 
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WALKERS

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This opinion shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda.

 

Yours faithfully  
   
/s/ Walkers (Bermuda) Limited  
WALKERS (BERMUDA) LIMITED  

 

 
 

 

WALKERS

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Schedule 1

 

LIST OF DOCUMENTS EXAMINED

 

1. The Certificate of Incorporation dated 13 December 2019, Memorandum of Association as registered on 13 December 2019, Bye-laws adopted on 18 December 2019, form of bye-laws as adopted by the shareholders with effect immediately prior to the issue of the Ordinary Shares on 14 April 2020, register of members dated 24 April 2020 (“Register of Members”) and register of directors and officers of the Company dated 24 April 2020 (together the “Company Records”).
   
2. A copy of executed minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Company dated 13 April 2020 setting out the resolutions adopted at such meeting and a copy of executed written resolutions of the members of the Company dated 14 April 2020 (the “Resolutions”).

 

 
 

 

WALKERS

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Schedule 2

 

ASSUMPTIONS

 

1. There are no provisions of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Bermuda which would be contravened by the execution or delivery of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and, insofar as any obligation expressed to be incurred under the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is to be performed in or is otherwise subject to the laws of any jurisdiction outside Bermuda, its performance will not be illegal by virtue of the laws of that jurisdiction.
   
2. The originals of all documents examined in connection with this opinion are authentic. The signatures, initials and seals on the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are genuine and are those of a person or persons given power to execute the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the Resolutions or any power of attorney given by the Company to execute such documents. All documents purporting to be sealed have been so sealed. All copies are complete and conform to their originals. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform in every material respect to the latest drafts of the same produced to us.
   
3. The Company Records are complete and accurate and all matters required by law and the Memorandum of Association and Bye-laws of the Company to be recorded therein are so recorded.
   
4. The Resolutions were duly adopted at duly convened and quorate meetings of the board of directors of the Company and such meetings were held and conducted in accordance with the Memorandum and Bye-laws.
   
5. The Resolutions have been duly executed (and where by a corporate entity such execution has been duly authorised if so required) by or on behalf of each member of the Company in respect of the member resolutions, of the and the signatures and initials thereon are those of a person or persons in whose name the Resolutions have been expressed to be signed.

 

 
 

 

WALKERS

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Schedule 3

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

1. We express no opinion upon any provisions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which contains a reference to any law or statute that is not a Bermudian law or statute.
   
2. Except as explicitly stated in this opinion, we express no opinion in relation to any representation or warranty contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus nor upon matters of fact or the commercial terms of the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
   
3. “Non-assessability” is not a legal concept under Bermuda law. Reference in this opinion to shares being “non-assessable” shall mean, in relation to fully-paid shares of the Company and subject to any contrary provision in any agreement in writing between the Company and the holder of shares, that no shareholder shall be:

 

  (a) obliged to contribute further amounts to the capital of the Company, either in order to complete payment for their shares, to satisfy claims of creditors of the Company, or otherwise; and
     
  (b) bound by an alteration of the memorandum of association or bye-laws of the Company after the date on which he became a shareholder, if and so far as the alteration requires him to take, or subscribe for additional shares, or in any way increases his liability to contribute to the share capital of, or otherwise to pay money to, the Company.