Blandy & Blandy LLP specialises in venue licensing, and is frequently instructed by major sporting and entertainment arenas. The team is well-equipped to support clients with the full range of license-related aspects of a project, including representation at contested licensing committee hearings. Assisting a diverse client roster which includes hotels, bars, and restaurants, ‘stand-out individual’ Sue Dowling leads the team from Reading, and is recommended for her broad knowledge of alcohol and entertainment licensing and related compliance issues.
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‘Sue Dowling is our sole and primary counsel for all licencing matters. Diligent, thoughtful and robust, she is always available to support our projects whenever required.’
‘Blandy & Blandy are good at coming up with a licensing plan on how we can achieve what we want, sometimes having to be creative.’
‘Sue Dowling is a stand-out individual. She works well with and interacts well with the in-house legal time as well as catering and publican colleagues. She also is able to work her way through local authority procedures with charm and ease.’
‘The licensing team have assisted on literally hundreds of high-profile and highly sensitive matters for us, such is their ability.’
‘Sue Dowling is responsive and very approachable in her advice.’
Key clients
- The FA Group
- Wembley National Stadium
- Tottenham Hotspur Ltd
- Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co Limited
- Rugby Football Union
- AEG Europe
- The O2
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- AEG Presents Ltd
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Sue Dowling