Poppleston Allen is the largest firm of licensing solicitors in the UK, specialising in alcohol, gambling, food hygiene, entertainment licensing, regulatory crime and related training.

Each year we advise on over 8,000 applications for some of the country’s leading restaurant, pub, bar, club, retail and leisure brands; and the clients we help range from one-off and unique operators through to small groups and national multi-site brands.

Many of our licensing solicitors work with professional bodies, speak at industry events, write for the national trade press and advise central Government on licensing regulation.

All our advice stems from the same sense of purpose: To use knowledge and hard work to get you the results you need to run your business how you want to.

We do not see ourselves as just legal advisors but as a part of the licensed trade.

‘By far the standout firm for licensing in my opinion.’ – The Legal 500, 2025 Edition