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About Herbert Smith

Herbert Smith is an international legal practice comprising Herbert Smith LLP and its affiliated businesses and firms. All references to "Herbert Smith", "the firm" and the like should be read as referring to Herbert Smith LLP and/or its affiliated businesses or firms.
We use the word "partner" to refer to a member of Herbert Smith LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications.
Herbert Smith LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC310989. It is regulated by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority whose rules can be accessed via http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page. A list of the members is open to inspection at the registered office, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2HS.
Herbert Smith LLP is registered for Value Added Tax or similar taxes in the United Kingdom (registration number GB 243 3423 89), France (registration number FR 38 481 392 223) and Belgium (registration number BE 873 250 814).
Herbert Smith has DIFC Licence Number 0330.
Herbert Smith LLP, Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe are three independent firms which have a formal alliance assisting them in delivering cross-border services to their respective clients.

About our services
Herbert Smith is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are regulated by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority, which has complaints and redress procedures. We can only provide investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide.
We are not authorised by the Financial Services Authority of England. However, we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can 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 Solicitors' Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority Web site at: www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
The firm acts as legal adviser; it is not part of our role to give advice on the merits of investment transactions. Any investment decision is for our clients to make and no communication by the firm should be treated as an invitation or inducement to our clients to engage in investment activity.
Pursuant to our obligations under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007, if you instruct Herbert Smith, we will use various available sources of information to establish your identity, including electronic verification.
We outsource certain office support functions to selected specialist service providers from time to time and further details are available on request from our Chief Operating Officer.

About this website
If you have a specific legal question you should address it to one of our lawyers. The materials contained on this website are of a general, informational, nature. We have used reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the contents of the pages on this site but the information does not constitute legal or professional advice and must not be relied on as such.
To the extent permitted by law, we do not accept responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained in these pages. Furthermore, Herbert Smith does not endorse or accept responsibility for the material of any website referred to or accessed through this site.
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