Maria McDonald is a Swedish lawyer, with extensive experience as in-house counsel with international operators. Maria is specialized in all legal matters related to gambling, media and sponsorships but also has extensive experience of working with dispute resolution, IT and data protection. Maria has during the majority of her career worked as in-house legal counsel and as the Head of Legal in Unibet and in Lagardère Sports. Maria has also previously acted as Chairman of the Danish Online Gambling Association (DOGA) and treasurer of the Swedish Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS). Maria is also the author of the chapter of Sweden in the latest (2020) version of the International Comparitive Legal Guide to Gambling 2020. You can read that chapter here. Maria is based in Stockholm.