- SRA number
- 420646
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 7 (6 branches)
- Head office
- London EC2A 2HB
- Branch towns
- Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Paris, Düsseldorf, Seoul
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 5: Corporate (listed), Litigation, Employment, Immigration, Commercial property
- Website (SRA record)
- wfw.com
- Head office phone
- 020 7814 8000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC312252, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 17 March 2005
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Hackney
- 82 (12 residential property)
Watson Farley & Williams LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 420646. The SRA record lists 7 practising offices: the head office at 15 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HB, plus 6 further offices in Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Paris, Düsseldorf and Seoul. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 5 areas of law: Corporate (listed), Litigation, Employment, Immigration 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 EC2A 2HB falls within Hackney (London), where the SRA register lists 82 authorised firms with a practising office, 12 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are WFW Legal Services Limited (same postcode, London), WFW Global LLP (same postcode, London), Pinsent Masons LLP (100 m, London), Pinsent Masons Emea LLP (100 m, London) and Pinsent Masons France LLP (100 m, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS LLP (company number OC312252), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 17 March 2005, 21 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 WATSON, FARLEY & WILLIAMS LLP.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 15 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2HB | Hackney | 020 7814 8000 |
| Branch | Dienerstraße 12/Alter Hof, Munich, 80331 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | 0498 923 7086 |
| Branch | Neue Mainzer Straße 6 -10 MainTor WinX, 60311, Frankfurt (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Neuer Wall 88, Hamburg (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 28 Avenue Victor Hugo, 75116, Paris (France) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Königsallee 60, Düsseldorf, 40212 (Germany) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Suite 13, 15th Floor, Kyobo Building, 1 Jongno, Jongno-gu,, Seoul, 03154 (Republic of Korea) | 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
WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS LLP, company number OC312252, limited liability partnership, incorporated 17 March 2005. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (full). Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- WFW Legal Services Limited · Londonsame postcode
- WFW Global LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Pinsent Masons LLP · London100 m
- Pinsent Masons Emea LLP · London100 m
- Pinsent Masons France LLP · 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.