Register of licensed bodies (ABS)

Personnel

Head of legal practice

Benjamin James Graham-Evans (authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority)

Head of Finance and Administration

Arthur Jay Schwartz

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Reserved activities

The firm is licensed to undertake the following reserved legal activities:

• Rights of audience
• Conduct of litigation
• Reserved instrument activities
• Probate activities
• Administration of oaths

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Terms and conditions of the licence

The general conditions which apply to licensed bodies contained in Rule 8 of the SRA Authorisation Rules for Legal Services Bodies and Licensable Bodies as applicable.

Any obligation which may from time to time be imposed on [The Firm] or a manager, employee, or non-authorised interest-holder in [The Firm] by or under the SRA's licensing rules or by or under the LSA, or any other enactment.

[The Firm] may carry on exempt regulated activities under Part XX of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 provided that such activities arise out of or are complementary to the firm’s reserved legal activities or other legal activities.

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Waiver(s)

The information below is a summary of the waiver(s) granted.

1. Smith, Gambrell & Russell International LLP has been granted a waiver from Rule 23.1 of the SRA Practice Framework Rules 2011 (the PFR), which applies the SRA Handbook Glossary 2012 (the Glossary) to all terms within those rules, insofar as it applies the Glossary definition of 'partnership' to Rule 15.1 of the PFR.

   The effect of this decision is that the Applicant will be considered by the SRA to be a partnership (outside of the Glossary definition) with separate legal personality which complies with Rule 15.1 of the PFR.

   This waiver is subject to the condition that any change of circumstances relating to the legal constitution of Smith, Gambrell & Russell International LLP is notified to the SRA within 14 days.

   The above waiver is granted unlimited as to time but is revocable on reasonable notice.

Licence

Licence number : 634120

Granted on 9 December 2016

Effective from 1 January 2017

Registration details

Smith Gambrell & Russell International LLP

Not a registered company or LLP

Quoted company

Smith Gambrell & Russell International LLP is not a quoted company or a subsidiary of, or part owned by, a quoted company.