- SRA number
- 401323
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 14 (13 branches)
- Head office
- London E1 6AD
- Branch towns
- Duesseldorf, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Dubai, Singapore and 5 more
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 6: Corporate (listed), Intellectual Property, Employment, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Commercial property
- Website (SRA record)
- aoshearman.com
- Head office phone
- 020 3088 0000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC306763, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 30 January 2004
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Tower Hamlets
- 187 (46 residential property)
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 401323. The SRA record lists 14 practising offices: the head office at One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, plus 13 further offices in Duesseldorf, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Amsterdam and 7 other towns. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 6 areas of law: Corporate (listed), Intellectual Property, Employment, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed) and Commercial property. 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 6AD 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 Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Holdings) Limited (same postcode, London), Akin Gump LLP (same postcode, London), Baker & McKenzie LLP (100 m, London), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP (100 m, London) and Freilibertas Law Limited (100 m, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING LLP (company number OC306763), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 30 January 2004, 22 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently ALLEN & OVERY LLP. The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD | Tower Hamlets | 020 3088 0000 |
| Branch | Dreischeibenhaus 1, 40211, Duesseldorf (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Level 16, Two IFC, 10 Gukjegeumyung-ro, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 07326 (Republic of Korea) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 5th Floor, Al Mamoura Building B, Muroor Road, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Große Gallusstraße 14 60315 Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, 60315 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Ballindamm 17, Hamburg, 20095 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Apollolaan 15, 1077 Ab, P.O. Box 75440, 1070 Ak, Amsterdam (Netherlands) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 11th Floor, Burj Daman Building, Al Mustaqbal Street, Dubai International Financial Centre, PO Box 506678, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 2 Central Boulevard, #45-01, West Tower, IOI Central Boulevard Towers, Singapore 018916, Singapore (Singapore) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 32 Rue François 1er, Paris, 75008 (France) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 68 Donegall Quay, Belfast, BT1 3NL (Northern Ireland) | outside England and Wales | 028 9060 7500 |
| Branch | Leopoldstraße 7, Munich, 80802 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 46th Floor China World Tower A, No. 1 Jian Guo Men Wai Avenue, Beijing, 100004 (China) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 15F, Phase II, Shanghai IFC, 8 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai (China) | outside England and Wales |
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
ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING LLP, company number OC306763, limited liability partnership, incorporated 30 January 2004. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (group). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Holdings) Limited · Londonsame postcode
- Akin Gump LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Baker & McKenzie LLP · London100 m
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP · London100 m
- Freilibertas Law Limited · London100 m
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.