- SRA number
- 465497
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 11 June 2014
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- London EC4R 1BE
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Litigation, Commercial property, Intellectual Property, Immigration, Employment, Corporate (non-listed), Landlord and tenant
- Website (SRA record)
- bateswells.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 020 7551 7777
- Trading names
- Bates Wells; BWB; Bates Wells Braithwaite
- Previous names (SRA)
- Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLP
- SRA firms in City of London
- 754 (178 residential property)
Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since June 2014 and recorded under SRA number 465497. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE. It also trades as Bates Wells, BWB and Bates Wells Braithwaite. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Bates Wells & Braithwaite 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: Litigation, Commercial property, Intellectual Property, Immigration, Employment, Corporate (non-listed) and Landlord and tenant. 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 EC4R 1BE 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 WTT Legal Limited (100 m, London), Eva & Co Solicitors (200 m, London), Rooks Rider Solicitors LLP (200 m, London), Davies Battersby Limited (200 m, London) and Minter Ellison (200 m, London). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
The SRA record carries company registration number OC315742, which did not match a live entry in the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026; the number may be mistyped in the register or belong to a dissolved company.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE | City of London | 020 7551 7777 |
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.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- WTT Legal Limited · London100 m
- Eva & Co Solicitors · London200 m
- Rooks Rider Solicitors LLP · London · residential property200 m
- Davies Battersby Limited · London200 m
- Minter Ellison · London200 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.