Private company

Sweet & Maxwell

Logo: sweetandmaxwell.co.uk3

British publisher specialising in legal publications

Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications. It joined the Associated Book Publishers in 1969; ABP was purchased by the International Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of Thomson Reuters.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1799Founded1

Sweet & Maxwell is a British publisher specialising in legal publications. It joined the Associated Book Publishers in 1969; ABP was purchased by the International Thomson Organization in 1987, and is now part of Thomson Reuters.2

Corporate structure

Sweet & Maxwell is part of a group headed by The Woodbridge Company. 29 entities, 9 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • The Woodbridge Company Toronto
    • Thomson Reuters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      • Sweet & Maxwell London
      • Breakingviews Subsidiary
      • Carswell Subsidiary · Toronto
      • Incomes Data Services Subsidiary · London
      • ITN Subsidiary · 200 Gray's Inn Road
      • Pricing Partners Cie Subsidiary · Paris
      • Reuters Subsidiary · London
      • Thomson Reuters (United States) Subsidiary · New York City, United States
      • Thomson Reuters Aranzadi Subsidiary · Cizur Menor
      • West Subsidiary · Eagan
      • Westlaw Subsidiary
      • THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · London, United Kingdom
      • Canada Law Book Subsidiary
      • Pondera Solutions Subsidiary
      • Reuters TV Subsidiary · United States
      • Thomson Reuters (Brazil) Subsidiary · Brazil
      • Thomson Reuters (Switzerland) Subsidiary · Switzerland
      • Thomson Reuters (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · United Kingdom
      • THOMSON REUTERS CANADA LIMITED Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • THOMSON REUTERS SPECIAL SERVICES LLC Subsidiary · Mclean, Virginia, United States
      • THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
        • THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION PTE. LTD. - PHILIPPINE BRANCH Branch · Singapore, Singapore
      • THOMSON REUTERS FINANCE S.A. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
        • FINANCIAL & RISK REST OF WORLD HOLDINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
        • THOMSON REUTERS ENTERPRISE CENTRE GMBH Subsidiary · Zug, Switzerland
    • CTVglobemedia Subsidiary · Toronto

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1799Founded Founded1

Sources

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