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Hospitality

Bazzani Scully Brand has one of Melbourne’s largest and most experienced hospitality practices. We have extensive expertise in liquor and gaming law, having acted for many prominent clients in the Australian hotel, club and gaming industry.

The firm acts for many hotel groups within the industry who have a number of licensed establishments as well as for many individual hotel owners, in both city and country. The directors of the firm have acted in some of the largest transactions involving hotels and gaming venues in Victoria as well as conducting a number of landmark applications relating to the establishment of new hotel and club venues with gaming machines.

We provide extensive advice on due diligence and compliance issues for transactions involving licensed premises, with or without gaming machines, so as to ensure expeditious settlement of transactions for the benefit of clients. We understand the complex regulatory framework governing many licensed transactions and pride ourselves on ensuring applications are settled as soon as possible so as to avoid costly delays for clients.

Bazzani Scully Brand’s hospitality practice includes:-

sale and purchase of licensed businesses
sale and purchase of venues with gaming machines
acquisition of freehold properties subject to leases of licensed businesses
preparation and advice concerning leases of licensed businesses

All types of applications under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 including:

new licence applications

transfers or variations of existing licences

appearing at VCAT on behalf of licensees relating to applications by Police, Councils or the Director of Liquor Licensing Victoria to cancel, suspend or vary a licence or to suspend a person from being involved in the liquor industry

appearances before panel hearings at Liquor Licensing Victoria.

acting for objectors against the grant of a new licence or a variation to an existing licence.

applications to VCAT to review a decision of the Director of Liquor Licensing

All types of applications under the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 including:

grants of a new Venue Operators Licence

renewals of existing Venue Operators Licences

applications for approval of premises to operate gaming machines

applications to increase the number of gaming machines of a premises

disciplinary proceedings against licensees or individuals under the Act