 | Stephenson Harwood is an international commercial law firm focused on servicing clients in three core markets - financial services, maritime and real estate.
It was on William Harwood's return to London after practising in China that he and Henry Stephenson created the firm of Harwood & Stephenson in 1875. William brought with him an important eastern connection, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation - and indeed, HSBC remains a major client of the firm to this day.
The firm's history can actually be traced back some sixty years earlier to 1828 with City law firm Tatham & Lousada. Tathams merged with Stephenson Harwood - as the firm was by then known - in 1920 to form Stephenson Harwood & Tatham, shortening its name back to Stephenson Harwood in 1977.
These days, Stephenson Harwood is an international law firm with 80 partners and over 500 staff worldwide. |
