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3 Raymond Buildings

Licensing

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3 Raymond Buildings

Rankings

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Licensing - London (Bar)

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

3 Raymond Buildings is home to an accomplished set of barristers known for their extensive coverage of the whole gamut of licensing disputes. Members act for restaurants, festivals, nightclubs, marketplaces and police services. The set has particular expertise in handling matters surrounding sexual entertainment venues, premises licence applications and gaming licensing. An interviewee comments: "3 Raymond Buildings is a very strong set geared towards delivering a professional service." Another source commends the "excellent legal advice and approachable counsel".

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Strengths

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  • Eddie Holland, senior clerk, is brilliant and clerk Charlie Tennent is very helpful.

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  • Eddie Holland is great. Charlie Tennent and Emma Makepeace, deputy senior clerk, are just really pleasant to deal with and very efficient.

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  • Chief clerk Eddie Holland is so personable and he always has outside-the-box suggestions and improvements.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Sarah Le Fevre
    Sarah Le Fevre

    Sarah Le Fevre

    Sarah Le Fevre is a standout advocate who continues to impress with her methodical and strategic approach. She is regularly involved in high-profile cases involving premises licences, chiefly representing operators, but is also able to assist the Metropolitan Police Service. She has also been active in highly complex SEV licensing matters, and has provided licensing advice relating to restaurants, hotels and casinos.

    • Sarah Le Fevre is very impressive on her feet, she is very prepared. Clients and licensing committees really like her.

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    • Sarah Le Fevre is really well known and respected, she is a really impressive character.

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    • Sarah Le Fevre is fantastic and very hard-working.

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  • Stephen Walsh
    Stephen Walsh

    Stephen Walsh

    Stephen Walsh KC is a very highly thought-of standout KC and a silk of choice on licensing matters for prominent events spaces, casinos, late-night venues and restaurants. He is also adept at dealing with licence reviews, variations and new applications. He receives special praise for his practical approach to matters, his excellent client manner and his all-round regulatory knowledge.

    • Stephen Walsh is eminently sensible, very pragmatic and exceptionally good with clients.

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    • Stephen Walsh is incredibly bright and a great advocate. He is the 'magic circle' of the Bar.

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    • Stephen Walsh is a brilliant advocate and very commercially aware.

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  • Guy Ladenburg
    Guy Ladenburg

    Guy Ladenburg

    Guy Ladenburg boasts a broad practice and acts for the police, as well as restaurants. He is experienced in representing nightclubs in licence review cases.

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  • Matthew Butt
    Matthew Butt

    Matthew Butt

    Matthew Butt KC advises various players in the market, such as restaurants, bars and casino operators. He has an established practice handling premises licence hearings and reviews.

    • Matthew Butt is fantastic - he is really well researched, he thinks outside the box, and his client care is second to none.

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  • Michael Bromley-Martin
    Michael Bromley-Martin

    Michael Bromley-Martin

    Michael Bromley-Martin KC acts for a host of licensees, especially those connected with the late-night entertainment industries, in various proceedings. He brings his criminal law advocacy skills to bear in contentious matters, representing clients in appeals and licensing issues.

    • Michael Bromley-Martin is just brilliant on really contentious licensing matters.

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    • Michael Bromley-Martin is a consummate advocate.

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  • Saba Naqshbandi
    Saba Naqshbandi

    Saba Naqshbandi

    Saba Naqshbandi KC is an accomplished advocate who frequently advises well-known operators and is called on to act on challenging licensing applications and variations. Widely praised for her work on enforcement cases, she boasts a strong track record of representing iconic venues in highly contentious matters.

    • Saba Naqshbandi is absolutely brilliant and lovely to deal with.

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    • Saba Naqshbandi really digs deep to make sure the client is prepared for every eventuality. Her attention to detail is like no other.

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