Macau Gaming Law: Volume IV • Articles 32 to 57, Annotated with comments

Macau Gaming Law Book - Volume IV Volume IV covers articles 32 to 57 of the Macau Gaming Law. That includes the provisions of the tax obligations and rendering of accounts (Chapter III) not covered by Volume III - comprising the information reporting, inspection and monitoring actions, external audit of annual accounts and extraordinary audits, and duty of cooperation, as well as provisions on assets allocated to casino gaming concessions (Chapter IV) namely the assets of the Macau SAR, delivery affidavit, consideration for the use of assets of the Macau SAR, assets revertible to the Macau SAR, inventory of assets allocated to the casino gaming concessions, and improvements, provisions on non-fulfilment and extinction of the casino gaming concessions (Chapter V), including administrative offences, sequestration, extinction, redemption, termination due to breach and termination on the grounds of public interest, and the final and transitional provisions - containing the dissolution of non-contracting companies, complementary regulations, revocation rule, and entry into force. ”These volumes chart how from a monopolistic control model, Macau has become the most competitive & largest gaming destination in the world. The author António Lobo Vilela is one of the few people who is qualified & competent to appreciate the subtleties & complexities that had to be navigated to affect this transformation as a member of the legal advisory & drafting team to the Macau Gaming Commission. That this work has now been completed will provide both an anthropological and technical legal record of this amazing transformation of Macau. Study it, understand it & I hope you will appreciate its subtleties & character which is a reflection of Macau itself.” in Preface to Volume IV by Grant R Bowie Former CEO & Executive Director, MGM China Holdings Limited Please visit macaugaminglaw.com for shipment to other locations not available here. About the Author António Lobo Vilela holds a law degree with honours from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. He was a senior legal adviser to the Commission of the first public tender to grant casino gaming concessions in Macau (2001-2002) and to the Macau Gaming Commission, a consultative body of, and presided over by, the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR (2003-2009). He was also a member of a think-tank where he was charged with (co)drafting the legal and regulatory framework for the gaming industry, which is still in force, and the casino gaming concession and sub-concession contracts. He was a partner and founding member of LVT Lawyers, a boutique law firm focused on gaming law, before being invited in 2016 by the Macau SAR Government to serve as a legal adviser to the Secretary for Economy and Finance on gaming and gaming-related matters. Currently, he is a Master of Laws – LL.M. candidate on Gaming Law & Regulation at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas.