Reed Smith LLP

SRA number

389662

Authorisation

Licensed body (ABS)

Authorised since

5 November 2019

Organisation type

Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised

Constitution

Limited liability partnership

Practising offices

8 (7 branches)

Head office

London E1 6RS

Branch towns

Abu Dhabi, Athens, Dubai, Shanghai, 200040, Paris, Beijing, Riyadh

Areas of law reported to the SRA

7: Employment, Litigation, Commercial property, ADR, Corporate (non-listed), Intellectual Property, Corporate (listed)

Website (SRA record)

reedsmith.com

Head office phone

020 3116 3000

Companies House status

Active (OC303620, file 1 May 2026)

Incorporated

23 December 2002

Company type

Limited Liability Partnership

Previous names (SRA)

Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP; Reed Smith Rambaud Charot LLP

SRA firms in Tower Hamlets

187 (46 residential property)

Reed Smith LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2019 and recorded under SRA number 389662. The SRA record lists 8 practising offices: the head office at 1 Blossom Yard, London, E1 6RS, plus 7 further offices in Abu Dhabi, Athens, Dubai, Shanghai, 200040, Paris and Beijing and 1 other town. The register carries 2 previous names, most recently Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.

In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 7 areas of law: Employment, Litigation, Commercial property, ADR, Corporate (non-listed), Intellectual Property and Corporate (listed). Residential property is not among the reported areas, so the firm does not appear in the conveyancing lists on this site's town and city pages.

The head office postcode E1 6RS falls within Tower Hamlets (London), where the SRA register lists 187 authorised firms with a practising office, 46 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Independent Pension Trustee Limited (same postcode, London), Beaufort Trust Corporation Limited (same postcode, London), Michelman & Robinson UK LLP (same postcode, London), Bishopsgate Law LTD (same postcode, London) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP (100 m, London). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.

Companies House records the firm as REED SMITH LLP (company number OC303620), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 23 December 2002, 23 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 2 earlier registered names, most recently REED SMITH RICHARDS BUTLER LLP. The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.

Offices on the SRA record

Areas of law reported to the SRA

Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.

Companies House record

REED SMITH LLP, company number OC303620, limited liability partnership, incorporated 23 December 2002. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 December 2024 (group). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.

Nearest SRA-regulated firms

• Independent Pension Trustee Limited · Londonsame postcode
• Beaufort Trust Corporation Limited · Londonsame postcode
• Michelman & Robinson UK LLP · Londonsame postcode
• Bishopsgate Law LTD · London · residential propertysame postcode
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP · London100 m