Joanne Attwood > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
Burges Salmon LLP Offices
ONE GLASS WHARF
BRISTOL
BS2 0ZX
England
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Joanne Attwood
Work Department
Licensing
Position
Heads up Burges Salmon’s Licensing practice. Advises clients on all issues arising under the Licensing Act 2003 and Gambling Act 2005 as well as a number of other licensing regimes including applications, variations, reviews, contractual drafting and general regulatory compliance issues. Also advises clients on the commercial aspects of event organisation. Clients come from a variety of industry sectors including leisure and tourism, charities, education, transport, retail and real estate development as well as smaller independent operators and private individuals. Work highlights include advising on licensing issues for a globally recognised event, advising on the management of a multi-million pound licensed property portfolio and advising on licensing issues connected with a major group company restructure.
Career
Qualified 2008; associate 2012; senior associate 2014. Secondment to regulatory body (2010-2011).
Memberships
Institute of Licensing; Gambling Commission’s Industry Lawyers Forum.
Education
Attended University of Bristol (Geography BSc (Hons), 2003) and College of Law Birmingham (Graduate Diploma in Law, 2005; Legal Practice Course, 2006).
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
(Leading associates)The team at Burges Salmon LLP has extensive experience in dealing with licensing and gaming regimes across multiple industries. The firm regularly assists with issues relating to multi-site licensed portfolios across the hotels, education and property management sectors, as well as advising a range of players from the leisure sphere, including sports stadia, racecourses, heritage sites, museums, and caravan parks. The firm has recently seen an increasing amount of work in relation to online retailers and operators. Practice lead Joanne Attwood ‘is simply superb in her knowledge of the licensed sector’.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
Burges Salmon LLP‘s client base extends from hotels to leisure venues, sports stadia and festivals, and it has also seen a recent increase in instructions from online operators. The team advises on alcohol and entertainment premises licence applications and variations, as well as gambling, taxi, street trading and other licensing matters. Leading the group is Joanne Attwood, who ‘offers keen strategic awareness combined with admirable personal and social skills’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates South West > Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Licensing South West > Crime, fraud and licensing
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport