- SRA number
- 419682
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 11 (10 branches)
- Head office
- London EC2A 2EG
- Branch towns
- Belfast, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore and 2 more
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 6: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Employment, Commercial property, Financial services, Corporate (listed)
- Website (SRA record)
- hsfkramer.com
- Head office phone
- 020 7374 8000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC310989, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 14 January 2005
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Previous names (SRA)
- Herbert Smith LLP
- SRA firms in City of London
- 754 (178 residential property)
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 419682. The SRA record lists 11 practising offices: the head office at Exchange House, London, EC2A 2EG, plus 10 further offices in Belfast, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Brussels, Beijing and Tokyo and 4 other towns. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Herbert Smith LLP. 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: Litigation, Intellectual Property, Employment, Commercial property, Financial services 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 EC2A 2EG 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 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global LLP (same postcode, London), Herbert Smith Limited (same postcode, London), Jenner & Block London LLP (100 m, London), Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP (100 m, London) and Hill Dickinson International (100 m, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER LLP (company number OC310989), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 14 January 2005, 21 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 HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS LLP. The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Exchange House, Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2EG | City of London | 020 7374 8000 |
| Branch | 3 Cromac Quay, Ormeau Gasworks, Belfast, BT7 2JD (Northern Ireland) | outside England and Wales | 028 9025 8200 |
| Branch | Breite Straße 29-31, Düsseldorf, 40213 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Marienturm, Taunusanlage 9-10, Frankfurt am Main, 60329 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Central Plaza, Rue de Loxum 25, Brussels (Belgium) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 28th Floor Office Tower, Beijing Yintai Centre, 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100022 (China) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 41st Floor, Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Tokyo, 107-6241 (Japan) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 38th Floor, Bund Center, 222 Yan An Road East, Shanghai, 200002 (China) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 50 Raffles Place, #24-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore, 048623 (Singapore) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Dubai Int. Financial Centre, Gate Village 7 Level 4, PO Box 506631, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Via Rovello 1, Milan, 20121 (Italy) | 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
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER LLP, company number OC310989, limited liability partnership, incorporated 14 January 2005. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (full). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Herbert Smith Limited · Londonsame postcode
- Jenner & Block London LLP · London100 m
- Dorsey & Whitney (Europe) LLP · London100 m
- Hill Dickinson International · 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.