Business
Licensing Law

Our team of expert licensing solicitors knows that every business has different needs, and we can advise and assist in all aspects of licensing and regulation.

Practical, professional advice for licensed trades and other regulated businesses

Gilson Gray has an experienced and expert licensing solicitor team that operates across all business sectors from alcohol and betting and gaming to festivals and events, and hotels and bars.

Within these sectors, we act for a broad range of clients from single-site operators and owner-managed business to multi-site operators and national companies. Our licensing lawyers know that every business has different needs, and we can advise and assist in all aspects of licensing and regulation. In terms of licensing, we set the bar high.

Our licensing solicitors can advise on:

Liquor licensing
Short-Term Let Licences – The New Rules
HMO licensing – including landlords and student accommodation managers
Transfer of premises licence
Betting and gaming advice
Late hours catering licences for shops and food outlets
Street traders licensing for permanent sites and events/festivals
Pop up bars and event/festival bars
Reviews of premises and personal licences
Personal licence training, applications and management
Adult and family entertainment centre advice
Taxi licensing and private hire advice
New licence applications; changes to current licences; transfer of licences
General premises operation and management guidance and due diligence reviews

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Legal Director

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Solicitor

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What our clients say

Fiona Campbell
Chief Executive, The Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers (ASSC)

“Joanna Millar has offered vital and much appreciated professional legal advice and support to the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) during a time when the sector faces it’s single greatest threat (aside from Covid-19): the introduction of Short-Term Let Regulations including a Licensing Scheme and Planning Control Zones Process.

Joanna assisted with the ASSC’s robust response to the STL consultation, ensuring that we had enough legal knowledge to evidence our response. This support was invaluable.

On a personal level, Joanna has been at the end of the phone at all times of the day and night in moments of crisis, with a calm and pragmatic explanation relating to my immediate concerns. Professional, friendly, calm and endlessly knowledgeable, she has allowed me to do my job with the legal backing that is vital right now, to support a vital sector of Scotland’s tourism offer.

Gilson Gray are valued Partners for Business of the ASSC and we believe that Joanna Millar, representing Gilson Gray, should be recognised in the Chambers and Legal 500.”