Legal notices

Legal notices

About Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Trowers & Hamlins LLP has its head office at its registered office address of 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ, United Kingdom.  

It has branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliated offices* in the locations listed below:

The affiliated offices in Bahrain and Oman trade under the name of Trowers and Hamlins. References to "Trowers & Hamlins", "the law firm", "legal practice", "our" or "we" are to Trowers & Hamlins LLP and any of its affiliates (together  known as the "Trowers & Hamlins entities"), unless the context requires otherwise.

Trowers & Hamlins LLP operates in Singapore through a branch of its subsidiary, Trowers & Hamlins (Singapore) LLP, which is licensed as a foreign law practice with the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Singapore (LSRA/FLP/2023/00010) and is registered with the  Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority under number T24FC0018K.

References to "Trowers & Hamlins", "the law firm", "legal practice", "our" or "we" are to Trowers & Hamlins LLP and any of its branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliates (together  known as the "Trowers & Hamlins entities"), unless the context requires otherwise.

In Malaysia, Trowers & Hamlins LLP is licenced by the Malaysian Bar Council as a Qualified Foreign Law Firm (QFLF).

Trowers & Hamlins LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC 337852 whose registered office is at 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ, VAT registration number GB 440 6550 69. Trowers & Hamlins LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales (SRA) under number 494314.

Each Trowers & Hamlins entity provides legal services in particular jurisdictions and is subject to the laws, licence restrictions (if any) and professional regulations of the particular country or countries in which it operates. Lawyers working in all jurisdictions, who are qualified in other jurisdictions will be subject to regulation by the relevant regulatory body in their place of admission. Please see our People pages for further information on qualifications (where applicable).

Interlaw

Trowers & Hamlins is a member of Interlaw, a long-established elite global network of pre-eminent law firms, comprising 7,000 plus lawyers in over 150 cities around the world. The firms which form Interlaw operate and carry on business as independent, separate and autonomous legal entities or partnerships. No Interlaw member firm is responsible for the acts or omissions of, nor has any authority to obligate or otherwise bind any other member firm, or Interlaw.

Partners

On this website and in any other context, the term "partner" is used to refer to a member of Trowers & Hamlins LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications or an individual with equivalent status in one of Trowers & Hamlins LLP's affiliates. A list of the members of Trowers & Hamlins LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at its registered office at 3 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YZ. Members are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers.

The SRA Code of Conduct 2011 can be accessed from the SRA website at http://www.sra.org.uk.

Professional indemnity insurance

We hold professional indemnity insurance provided by QBE Insurance (Europe) Limited, who can be contacted at Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street, London EC3M 3BD. The territorial coverage of our professional indemnity insurance is worldwide. Please refer to the General Counsel in London for further details of the insurance and how to contact the insurers.

UK - Financial services and Markets Act 2000

Neither Trowers & Hamlins LLP, nor any of its affiliates are authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK to conduct regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). We are retained only to provide legal and (where applicable) tax advice to our clients. In particular, we do not give advice on the merits of investment transactions and nothing we say or do should be construed as an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity.

However, Trowers & Hamlins LLP are included on the register of exempt professional firms maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority, so that we may carry on insurance mediation activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales. The register of exempt professional firms can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at http://www.fca.org.uk/register/.

Consumer contracts: cancellation rights

Under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, if you are a "consumer" and our agreement to act for you on any new matter is an "off-premises contract" within the meaning of the Regulations, you may withdraw your instructions to us on that matter up to 14 days after the day on which we enter into a contract with you, without giving any reason.  You must inform us of your decision to cancel by a clear statement either on the cancellation form (available here) or in writing by letter, fax or email. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired, even if we don't receive it until after the end of the period.

Legal and Regulatory Roles

Adrian Carter – MLRO/MLNO

Paul Marco – COLP and Complaints Handling Partner

David Dixon – COFA