- SRA number
- 509977
- 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 EC2N 4BQ
- Branch towns
- Shanghai, Brussels, Qianhai, Shenzhen
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Corporate (listed), Non-litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Financial services, Employment, ADR, Personal Injury, Litigation
- Website (SRA record)
- hfw.com
- Head office phone
- 020 7264 8000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC343361, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 16 February 2009
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in City of London
- 754 (178 residential property)
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 509977. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, plus 3 further offices in Shanghai, Brussels and Qianhai, Shenzhen. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 8 areas of law: Corporate (listed), Non-litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Financial services, Employment, ADR, Personal Injury and Litigation. 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 EC2N 4BQ 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 Holman Fenwick Willan Middle East LLP (same postcode, London), King & Spalding International LLP (same postcode, London), Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (same postcode, London), Cooley (UK) LLP (same postcode, London) and Holman Fenwick Willan Singapore LLP (same postcode, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HOLMAN FENWICK WILLAN LLP (company number OC343361), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 16 February 2009, 17 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ | City of London | 020 7264 8000 |
| Branch | 4th Floor, Building 7, No. 18 Gongping Road, Hongkou District, 200082, Shanghai (China) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Blue Tower, Avenue Louise 326, Box 19, B-1050, Brussels (Belgium) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | Unit 2401, SCIA Tower, 5109 Menghai Blvd, Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Qianhai, Shenzhen, 518052 (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
HOLMAN FENWICK WILLAN LLP, company number OC343361, limited liability partnership, incorporated 16 February 2009. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (group). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Holman Fenwick Willan Middle East LLP · Londonsame postcode
- King & Spalding International LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Cooley (UK) LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Holman Fenwick Willan Singapore LLP · Londonsame postcode
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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.