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Company description
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER LLP is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Limited Liability Partnership”. Incorporated on 14 January 2005; registered for 21 years; registered office reported in LONDON. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 13 procurement records.
This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER LLP
- Company number
- OC310989
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 April 2025Next accounts due
31 January 2027Last statement made up to
5 November 2025Next statement due
19 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026
- Filed
- 12 May 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 May 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £15,099,393
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,650,721
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £2,724,505
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £267,870
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 37.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
This maximum payment period is agreed contractually in agreement with vendors. Payment terms are agreed with suppliers depending on their company size and the nature of the goods or services provided
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
HSF LLP does not have standard payment terms. These are agreed with suppliers depending on their company size and the nature of the goods or services provided. In line with standard procedures for law firms, payments relating to client matter disbursement costs are settled in accordance with the terms set out by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, unless otherwise agreed with the supplier.
- Other payment-term information
Figures in this submission have been calculated in line with the guidance notes issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. HSF Kramer LLP operates both daily and weekly payment runs. Weekly payment runs may add additional days to the payment cycle depending on the day of the week the payment is due.
- Dispute resolution process
HSF Kramer LLP will endeavour to advise suppliers promptly of any disputes or reasons why an invoice will not be paid to the agreed terms. Invoices that are subject to dispute will not be paid until resolution of the dispute. Once resolved, payment will be made in accordance with the terms of the contract.
Complaints by suppliers should be directed in the first instance to the individual responsible for the expenditure.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 60.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 50.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 52.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 65.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 63.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 77.0 average days to pay1.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 63.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS LLP
LEI 213800FSCPQI7CR92461 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- Z0EY
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 26 September 2019
- LEI last updated
- 8 October 2022
- Next renewal
- 7 October 2022
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- HERBERT SMITH LLP
- Legal address
- EXCHANGE HOUSE, PRIMROSE STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, EC2A 2EG, GB
- Headquarters address
- EXCHANGE HOUSE, PRIMROSE STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, EC2A 2EG, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS KRAMER LLP
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
- Approved
- 18 September 2025
- Sectors
- Professional and administrative services and supplies, including legal, consulting and accounting services
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 30 October 2025
Training described
Human resources Procurement staff Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Central or local government Businesses in your industry or sector
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
We are committed to complying with all applicable laws relating to the recruitment, engagement and employment of staff at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
Demonstrated progress
Our statement doesn't currently use key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure your performance.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Office cleaning services
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Don't know
- Mitigation: We take a range of steps to manage and address these risks, with a focus on our highest-risk categories: • Placing emphasis on value, quality, and responsible practices over price alone •Avoiding policies that promote extensive outsourcing. •Operating primarily in low-risk locations for both our offices and our suppliers. •Mandating modern slavery and human trafficking training for our global procurement team • Following up on any supplier questionnaire responses that raise concerns
- Risk: Office fit out and build
- Risk: NA
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06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
Registration Z9026166
- Registered from
- 25 April 2005
- Current end date
- 24 April 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Regulatory Equivalency Review
National Savings & Investments · ocds-b5fd17-fd3bdf79-b573-4522-be14-fdc086552f2a
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 29 May 2026 – 27 February 2027
- Published
- 10 June 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-fd3bdf79-b573-4522-be14-fdc086552f2a-2026-06-10T11:49:32+01:00
C1305 - Legal Contract - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-315f9284-e21a-4b11-b2ef-d08403647664
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- Award value
- £500,000
- Contract period
- 8 May 2026 – 7 May 2027
- Published
- 11 May 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-315f9284-e21a-4b11-b2ef-d08403647664-2026-05-11T14:35:45+01:00
C1306 - Legal Contract - Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
NATIONAL WEALTH FUND LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-816bda00-b718-4fba-a20a-acd6adb9eb98
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
- Award value
- £450,000
- Contract period
- 8 May 2026 – 7 May 2027
- Published
- 11 May 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-816bda00-b718-4fba-a20a-acd6adb9eb98-2026-05-11T14:26:56+01:00
National Grid UK Legal Services Agreement
NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-f67fe5a0-f200-413b-9115-26232641f921
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- Award value
- £250,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2029
- Published
- 12 March 2025
- Procedure
- Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f67fe5a0-f200-413b-9115-26232641f921-2025-03-12T10:10:05Z
Forensic Accountancy
Post Office Limited · ocds-b5fd17-47197ae9-70f2-4fa2-afa2-a3ad91a6a44e
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- Award value
- £154,800
- Contract period
- 13 May 2024 – 13 May 2025
- Published
- 6 October 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79211000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-47197ae9-70f2-4fa2-afa2-a3ad91a6a44e-2024-10-06T18:36:19+01:00
PPF Legal Panel
Pension Protection Fund · ocds-b5fd17-ff295650-4378-49b3-a944-ada4fe7f8ba1
- Supplier named in award
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
- Award value
- £13,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2022 – 31 January 2024
- Published
- 29 March 2022
- Procedure
- Other - Open - Light Touch Regime
- Main CPV
- 79111000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ff295650-4378-49b3-a944-ada4fe7f8ba1-2022-03-29T12:31:12+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Global Llp
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
- Legal form
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies For England And Wales
- Registration number
- Oc375784
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
CM3107 Lightning Protection Supply and Inspection Services
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · updated 18 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 672
Legal Services Framework
Pool Re Services Limited · updated 13 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
TfL 96455 TfL Legal Panel Framework
Transport for London · updated 9 October 2025
- Tender value
- £120,000,000
- Awards
- 8
HSF Engagement Letter for Provision of Legal Services In Relation to the Remediation Unit
Post Office Limited · updated 1 April 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Legal Services Tender
SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED · updated 13 March 2025
- Tender value
- £30,000,000
- Awards
- 7
Legal Services Framework Agreement
THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED · updated 27 September 2024
- Tender value
- £2,290,000
- Awards
- 4
Legal Services Framework
NATIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM OPERATOR LIMITED · updated 25 February 2026
- Tender value
- £25,400,000
- Awards
- 2
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
No SIC code was supplied in this bulk record.
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
7 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS LLP
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: HERBERT SMITH LLP
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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