- SRA number
- 408245
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 4 (3 branches)
- Head office
- London EC4M 9AF
- Branch towns
- Paris, Australia, Pittsburgh
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 10: Litigation, Commercial property, Financial services, Intellectual Property, Corporate (non-listed), Landlord and tenant, ADR, Corporate (listed), Employment, Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- klgates.com
- Head office phone
- 020 7648 9000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC309508, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 7 October 2004
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Previous names (SRA)
- Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP; Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
- SRA firms in City of London
- 754 (178 residential property)
K&L Gates LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 408245. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at One New Change, London, EC4M 9AF, plus 3 further offices in Paris, Australia and Pittsburgh. The register carries 2 previous names, most recently Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 10 areas of law: Litigation, Commercial property, Financial services, Intellectual Property, Corporate (non-listed), Landlord and tenant, ADR, Corporate (listed), Employment and Criminal. 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 EC4M 9AF falls within City of London (London), where the SRA register lists 754 authorised firms with a practising office, 178 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Dechert (Luxembourg) LLP (100 m, London), Dechert LLP (100 m, London), Dechert (Paris) LLP (100 m, London), Shoosmiths Secretaries Limited (100 m, London) and Shoosmiths Nominees Limited (100 m, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as K&L GATES LLP (company number OC309508), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 7 October 2004, 21 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 3 earlier registered names, most recently K&L GATES ELLIS 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 New Change, London, EC4M 9AF | City of London | 020 7648 9000 |
| Branch | 116 Avenue des Champs-Elysées, Paris, 75008 (France) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Level 31, 1 O'Connell Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia (Australia) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 210 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh (United States of America) | outside England and Wales | 0412 355 6500 |
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
K&L GATES LLP, company number OC309508, limited liability partnership, incorporated 7 October 2004. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 December 2024 (full). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Dechert (Luxembourg) LLP · London100 m
- Dechert LLP · London100 m
- Dechert (Paris) LLP · London100 m
- Shoosmiths Secretaries Limited · London100 m
- Shoosmiths Nominees 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.