Taylor Wessing LLP

UK Managing Partner: Shane Gleghorn

UK Senior Partner: Nick Warr

Number of lawyers firm wide: 1,200

Number of UK partners: 100

Number of firm wide partners: 400

Contacts: 

Real Estate, Planning & Environment: Paul Lawrence

Construction & Engineering: Matthew Jones

Restructuring & Corporate Recovery: Nick Moser

Banking & Finance: Heather Buttle

Employment & Pensions: Paul Callaghan

Financial Services Regulatory: Charlotte Hill

Tax & Incentives: Graham Samuel-Gibbon

Private Client: Nick Warr

Private Capital & Corporate Finance: Russell Holden

Corporate Technology: Josef Fuss

Private Equity: Ed Waldron

Disputes & Investigations: Andrew Howell

Commercial Technology & Data: Graham Hann

IP & Media: Mark Owen

Patents: Nigel Stoate

The firm 

Taylor Wessing LLP is a leading international law firm, working with clients in the world’s most dynamic industries and helping them succeed by advising on their businesses throughout their life cycle. Specialising in technology, media and communications, life sciences and private wealth, the firm acts for 32 of the world’s top 50 brands; some of the world’s most exciting start-ups; and some of the world’s wealthiest families. A diverse client base allows Taylor Wessing to advise on more than just the law. Experts play an essential role in advising clients on business growth and protection, while introducing them to new people, new markets and fresh perspectives that will help their businesses flourish. Collaboration is key to the firm’s success. The firm has over 400 partners and over 1200 lawyers spanning 32 offices in 19 jurisdictions around the world.

Principal areas of work 

The firm’s focus on the industries of tomorrow has helped it to develop leading expertise in four key areas:

Technology, Media & Communications 

Taylor Wessing’s technology, media and communications group is a leader in its field. The firm acts for clients throughout the eco-system, from start-ups through to global giants, often acting internationally. The firm’s full-service intellectual property offering provides clients with deep sector knowledge and experience, while its reputation management offering is recognised as being market leading. The firm is well positioned to advise around media and technology convergence issues thanks to the strengths of its technology and IT practices and its well-regarded corporate expertise in this sector. The firm also has a dedicated tech city office at Second Home, London’s most high-profile community of entrepreneurs and creative businesses, focusing on UK and international tech start-ups and more established tech companies.

Life Sciences 

The firm’s life sciences group is renowned for patent litigation, licensing work, corporate, venture capital, research and development and regulatory. Taylor Wessing acts for clients across the entire industry, from pharmaceutical to medical device companies, and is able to spot emerging trends and see the bigger picture. The group consists of one of the strongest and best-known patent litigation teams in Europe as well as experts from regulatory, EU law, competition and corporate, all working hand in hand to provide tailor-made solutions for complex tasks and problems. The firm’s extensive experience of coordinating highly technical parallel actions in multiple jurisdictions enables it to develop innovative strategies, to manage not only complex litigation but to help clients in other complex business transactions.

Private Wealth 

Taylor Wessing’s cross-departmental private wealth group has been recognised as a market leader for many years. Taylor Wessing is exceptional for a large international law firm in having a substantial private wealth capability, serving a large number of major families and their family offices. The firm offers a fully integrated service for the ultra-wealthy who need expert and joined-up advice on their personal wealth structures, international tax planning, commercial and real estate investments, reputation management and immigration issues. The firm acts for many of the world’s wealthiest families, providing independent and sound advice based on insight, knowledge and technical expertise. The firm is one of the few international firms able to assist clients with an integrated service covering both business and personal needs.

Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy 

Across the planet, seismic shifts are taking place in how people live, work and travel. We are at an inflexion point in history which presents major opportunities to design, fund and construct our environments in new and more sustainable ways for the future. The real estate sector, and energy and infrastructure sectors have major roles to play in driving forward international policy and supporting investors, developers and funders with the challenges and opportunities that are coming their way. Through the firm’s leading and experienced sector teams, Taylor Wessing LLP works with its clients to seize the opportunities in this exciting space. The firm has experts in both the real estate and energy and infrastructure markets to support the industry across the world, and plenty of evidence to prove that it delivers great results.

Through creating its unique real estate, infrastructure and energy sector group, Taylor Wessing LLP is consolidating its broad cross-border strength and significant industry expertise in a single centre of excellence. The firm brings a one-team mindset and approach where it is needed for this cross-sector focus. Tomorrow’s world depends on today’s teamwork. Together with its clients, Taylor Wessing LLP is dedicated to creating a sustainable built environment, innovative infrastructure solutions and an energy production landscape in which humanity can continue to thrive.

INTERNATIONAL  

The firm has offices in Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, South Korea (in association with DR & AJU LLC), UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the USA.