Heringtons

What Heringtons does

Heringtons is a private limited liability partnership (Heringtons LLP, registered number OC374843) operating as a full-service law firm headquartered in Hastings, East Sussex, with a stated workforce of over 100 people across five branch offices spanning Battle, Bexhill on Sea, Eastbourne, Hastings and Rye. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (registered number 569513) and holds industry accreditations including the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme, Resolution membership, and IASME Cyber Essentials certification. It serves private individuals, families, and small-to-medium businesses across East Sussex, delivering legal services through nine interconnected practice areas: Business Services, Commercial Property, Court of Protection, Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Landlord & Tenant, Probate & Trusts, Residential Property, and Wills & Powers of Attorney.

The firm operates a traditional professional services revenue model, billing primarily through hourly rates for complex matters and fixed fees for straightforward transactions such as residential conveyancing. It uses standard law firm practice management and case management systems alongside a content-managed website and Google Analytics 4, with no disclosed proprietary technology or software products. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via five physical offices, a national enquiry line, local phone numbers, website enquiry forms, paid search, organic social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram), and referral channels including the Law Society directory, estate agents, and word-of-mouth recommendations from past clients. The firm has no subsidiaries, no institutional investors, and no disclosed parent company; ownership and governance sit with the LLP partners, with no identified external funding rounds or acquisitions beyond evidence of at least one merger with another local firm.

Heringtons' competitive position rests on its regional brand recognition across East Sussex, its five-office footprint providing convenient local access, and the depth of its partner bench (including practitioners recruited from City and West End of London firms). The firm pursues a horizontal service strategy, addressing a broad range of personal and commercial legal needs rather than specialising in a single practice area. Recent strategic signals point to gradual organic growth and bench renewal: new partner promotions in 2022 and 2025, active recruitment from larger firms, and merger activity to consolidate regional market share.

Name

Heringtons

Legal name

Heringtons LLP

Website

https://heringtons.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Heringtons is an East Sussex-based limited liability partnership operating as a full-service law firm with over 100 staff across five offices in Battle, Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hastings and Rye. It serves private individuals, families and small-to-medium businesses across nine practice areas including conveyancing, family law, dispute resolution, probate, and commercial property.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Trust, Fiduciary, and Custody Activities (523991)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Residential conveyancing
• Commercial property law
• Wills and probate
• Family law

Headquarters

HQ city

Hastings

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional legal services billed primarily through hourly rates for complex matters and fixed fees for straightforward transactions. Services span multiple practice areas including residential conveyancing, commercial property, family law, probate, dispute resolution, and wills.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Heringtons is a traditional East Sussex law firm that delivers professional legal services across nine practice areas: Business Services, Commercial Property, Court of Protection, Dispute Resolution, Family Law, Landlord & Tenant, Probate & Trusts, Residential Property (conveyancing), and Wills & Powers of Attorney. Services are delivered by solicitors and support staff across five branch offices in Battle, Bexhill on Sea, Eastbourne, Hastings, and Rye, billed primarily on hourly rates for complex matters and fixed fees for straightforward transactions such as residential conveyancing.

Product overview

Heringtons is a traditional law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services rather than a unified software product. The firm operates across nine interconnected service areas: Business Services (commercial property, corporate transactions), Court of Protection (mental capacity matters), Dispute Resolution (litigation and ADR), Family Law (divorce, children, domestic abuse), Landlord & Tenant (residential and commercial), Probate & Trusts (wills, estates, trusts), Residential Property (conveyancing), and Wills & Powers of Attorney (end-of-life planning). These service lines function independently and are delivered through experienced solicitors across five East Sussex offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Services Legal services covering commercial property transactions, buying and selling businesses and companies, partnership matters, shareholder agreements, and commercial contracts for SMEs, developers, and landowners.
• Commercial Property Legal assistance for commercial property transactions including acquisitions, disposals, commercial leases, development, secured lending, and agricultural property matters, serving commercial clients across East Sussex.
• Court of Protection Legal services for individuals who have lost mental capacity, including deputyship applications, mental capacity advice, statutory wills, and safeguarding matters.
• Dispute Resolution Civil dispute resolution services including property disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, inheritance disputes, employment matters, and commercial litigation, with a preference for Alternative Dispute Resolution to reduce costs.
• Family Law Family legal services including divorce and separation, child arrangements, domestic abuse protection, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements for individuals and families.
• Landlord & Tenant Legal services for residential and commercial landlords and tenants, including drafting and reviewing tenancy agreements, rent deposits, possession proceedings, service charge disputes, lease extensions, and dispute resolution.
• Probate & Trusts Wills, probate, estate administration, trust creation and management, inheritance tax planning, and contentious probate dispute resolution for individuals and families.
• Residential Property Conveyancing services for buying, selling, and remortgaging residential properties, including lease extensions, transfer of equity, and buy-to-let properties. Delivered under the Law Society's CQS accreditation.
• Wills & Powers of Attorney Will writing, updating wills, lasting powers of attorney, general and enduring powers of attorney, living wills, and will storage services for private clients.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Solicitors Regulation AuthoritycoreOthersHeringtons LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA registered number 569513). The SRA is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.
• Starr International (Europe) Ltd & Sompo International (Endurance)coreOthersProfessional indemnity insurers of Heringtons LLP. Contactable via brokers Howden UK Group Limited at One Creechurch Place, London, EC3A 5AF.
• Review SolicitorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThird-party review platform that tracks referrals and activity from the firm's profile. Sets rs_tracking_id cookie to attribute visits and enquiries to the firm's embedded widget on the platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Weightmans LLP: National UK law firm with strong regional roots and full-service practice including insurance, commercial, and private client work. Significantly larger than Heringtons, providing a benchmark for what scaled regional UK firms can become.
• Stephensons Solicitors LLP: North West-based regional full-service law firm with comparable service mix across property, family, wills/probate and dispute resolution. Larger than Heringtons but a useful comparable on the trajectory from regional multi-office LLP to broader UK mid-market practice.
• Hugh James LLP: Larger UK regional full-service law firm with broad practice coverage including personal injury, commercial and private client. Larger scale and more diversified than Heringtons, but follows a comparable regional multi-practice playbook.

Direct peers

• Cripps LLP: Kent-headquartered regional full-service UK law firm with similar multi-practice scope (property, private client, dispute resolution, corporate). Comparable size and revenue model, though slightly larger than Heringtons.
• Birketts LLP: East of England mid-market full-service law firm offering residential and commercial property, private client, family and dispute resolution services. Closely comparable on structure (LLP), headcount range and service-line breadth.
• Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP: Sussex-focused full-service law firm covering residential property, family law, wills/probate and dispute resolution. Comparable headcount range and similar partner-owned LLP structure serving the same regional market.
• Gaby Hardwicke LLP: East Sussex-based regional law firm offering residential conveyancing, wills, probate, family law and commercial property. Overlaps with Heringtons across nearly every practice line and in the same geography.
• Mayo Wynne Baxter LLP: South East England-based full-service law firm with multiple Sussex offices. Directly comparable to Heringtons on multi-practice service mix (property, family, wills, dispute resolution) and headcount/mid-market positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Heringtons.LLP
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/heringtons-llp
• Instagraminstagram.com/heringtons_solicitors
• Xx.com/heringtons

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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