- SRA number
- 557139
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 11 September 2025
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Head office
- London E1 6AD
- Branch towns
- Central
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 2: Corporate (listed), Corporate (non-listed)
- Website (SRA record)
- aoshearman.com
- Head office phone
- 020 3088 0000
- Companies House status
- Active (07462870, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 7 December 2010
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- SRA firms in Tower Hamlets
- 187 (46 residential property)
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Holdings) Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since September 2025 and recorded under SRA number 557139. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD, plus 1 further office in Central. Its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares).
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 2 areas of law: Corporate (listed) and Corporate (non-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 E1 6AD falls within Tower Hamlets (London), where the SRA register lists 187 authorised firms with a practising office, 46 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP (same postcode, London), Akin Gump LLP (same postcode, London), Baker & McKenzie LLP (100 m, London), Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP (100 m, London) and Freilibertas Law Limited (100 m, London). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (company number 07462870), a private limited company incorporated on 7 December 2010, 15 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 ALLEN & OVERY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED. The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD | Tower Hamlets | 020 3088 0000 |
| Branch | 9th Floor, Three Exchange Square, Central (Hong Kong) | 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
ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, company number 07462870, private limited company, incorporated 7 December 2010. 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
- Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Akin Gump LLP · Londonsame postcode
- Baker & McKenzie LLP · London100 m
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (UK) LLP · London100 m
- Freilibertas Law 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.