Our UK sector focus
Key to the success of the firm has been our clear sector focus. We pride ourselves in not just understanding the law, but understanding the worlds in which our client operate.
We are focused on four core sectors – Technology, Media & Communications (also known as TMC), Private Wealth, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy. We want to be recognised, internationally, as the market leader in these areas. Having such a clear, collective sense of vision and purpose is key to our continued success.
Technology, Media & Communications
Taylor Wessing’s market leading Technology, Media & Communications team represents a mix of clients from innovative start-ups to global household names in a number of verticals such as Autotech & Mobility, Fintech, Gaming, eCommerce & Marketplaces, Digital Health, and Content & Platforms We advise ‘new economy’ clients developing disruptive approaches and emerging technologies, and ‘old economy’ clients as they evolve and acclimatise to the rapidly changing environment.
For instance, last summer the team advised the UK Government on establishing the Future Fund – a ground-breaking new fund that provided matched financing to UK start-ups and scale-ups.
Our lawyers operate at the heart of this truly global sector, with a presence in London (City and Shoreditch), Cambridge, Silicon Valley, Asia and the Middle East, as well as key technology hubs in Europe. We’re home to a multi-disciplinary group of specialists who advise clients on their corporate and commercial needs including M&A, venture capital, IP, data protection, employment, immigration, real estate, litigation, competition and tax.
Our recent headline deals include advising Jagex, one of the UK’s largest video game developers and publishers best known for its $1 billion franchise, RuneScape, on its sale to The Carlyle Group; Fintech giant, Nutmeg, on its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase; and Oxbotica, a global leader in autonomous vehicle software, on its $47 million Series B investment with partners across the globe led by bp ventures.
Private Wealth
Our Private Wealth team works seamlessly together to provide a suite of legal solutions that address our clients’ personal and business challenges, as they look to grow, protect and transfer their wealth.
Our market leading team is made up of over 100 lawyers across 17 jurisdictions. As the largest private wealth team in the European market, we have a diverse client base, including ultra high net worth individuals and families, global property investors, entrepreneurs, family offices, and venture capitalists.
More than 80% of our client base has connections to more than one jurisdiction and as a result a substantial proportion of our advice is cross-border in nature.
Our team has been praised for becoming a powerful force in the industry. One commentator said our team are fantastic to work with on the private client side of things. Their whole approach is phenomenal and exactly what you would expect from a premium law firm. (Chambers High Net Worth Guide). Joining our private wealth sector means you’ll be part of a top ranked team in the leading legal directories, Chambers and Legal 500.
Private Wealth
Our Private Wealth team works seamlessly together to provide a suite of legal solutions that address our clients’ personal and business challenges, as they look to grow, protect and transfer their wealth.
Our market leading team is made up of over 100 lawyers across 17 jurisdictions. As the largest private wealth team in the European market, we have a diverse client base, including ultra high net worth individuals and families, global property investors, entrepreneurs, family offices, and venture capitalists.
More than 80% of our client base has connections to more than one jurisdiction and as a result a substantial proportion of our advice is cross-border in nature.
Our team has been praised for becoming a powerful force in the industry. One commentator said our team are fantastic to work with on the private client side of things. Their whole approach is phenomenal and exactly what you would expect from a premium law firm. (Chambers High Net Worth Guide). Joining our private wealth sector means you’ll be part of a top ranked team in the leading legal directories, Chambers and Legal 500.
Real Estate, Infrastructure & 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 our leading and experienced sector teams, we work with our clients to seize the opportunities in this exciting space. We have 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 we deliver great results.
Through our work on some of the most iconic buildings and landmark infrastructure projects, we have been at the forefront of the shift to a more sustainable built environment, and the requirements from an energy perspective.
By creating our unique Real Estate, Infrastructure & Energy sector group, we are consolidating our broad cross-border strength and significant industry expertise in a single centre of excellence. We bring 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 our clients, we are dedicated to creating a sustainable built environment, innovative infrastructure solutions and an energy production landscape in which humanity can continue to thrive.
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Our clients range from some of the largest leading pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers in the world, to many small-to-medium sized start-up enterprises on the verge of taking their businesses to the next stage of their development. Our life sciences and healthcare team guides them through the many different, interlinking legal and commercial challenges that they face in these dynamic and highly regulated industries. The team fosters a culture of providing practical, commercial recommendations to clients about how to best navigate the complex regulatory, competition and data protection requirements to protect the value of their businesses and promote their future growth prospects.
Lawyers in our life sciences and healthcare team are regularly called upon to master the details of specific areas of law or regulation, as well as to see the bigger picture. We are a firm of choice when it comes to questions about specific areas of life sciences regulation, and how to navigate legal frameworks to support commercial success.
We advise on many of the most transformative business transactions in the sector such as a strategic partnering collaborations, raising capital and game-changing M&A deals. We are also a disputes powerhouse when it comes to contentious matters, such as patent litigation, commercial litigation and product liability issues. All of this makes the Taylor Wessing Life sciences team a key contributor to the exciting developments in this industry.
As part of the Life Sciences & Healthcare team, you will also frequently advise on emerging client service and business models relating to personalised medicine and experience-driven patient healthcare provision. That means advising clients and investors on emerging technological fields of advanced therapies, areas of convergence, and emerging services in digital health, the use of big data, AI and blockchain. When you join our Life Sciences & Healthcare team, you’ll be helping some of the leading companies and investors to meet exciting challenges so that they can succeed with the next steps of their company’s evolution.
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Our clients range from some of the largest leading pharmaceutical companies and healthcare providers in the world, to many small-to-medium sized start-up enterprises on the verge of taking their businesses to the next stage of their development. Our life sciences and healthcare team guides them through the many different, interlinking legal and commercial challenges that they face in these dynamic and highly regulated industries. The team fosters a culture of providing practical, commercial recommendations to clients about how to best navigate the complex regulatory, competition and data protection requirements to protect the value of their businesses and promote their future growth prospects.
Lawyers in our life sciences and healthcare team are regularly called upon to master the details of specific areas of law or regulation, as well as to see the bigger picture. We are a firm of choice when it comes to questions about specific areas of life sciences regulation, and how to navigate legal frameworks to support commercial success.
We advise on many of the most transformative business transactions in the sector such as a strategic partnering collaborations, raising capital and game-changing M&A deals. We are also a disputes powerhouse when it comes to contentious matters, such as patent litigation, commercial litigation and product liability issues. All of this makes the Taylor Wessing Life sciences team a key contributor to the exciting developments in this industry.
As part of the Life Sciences & Healthcare team, you will also frequently advise on emerging client service and business models relating to personalised medicine and experience-driven patient healthcare provision. That means advising clients and investors on emerging technological fields of advanced therapies, areas of convergence, and emerging services in digital health, the use of big data, AI and blockchain. When you join our Life Sciences & Healthcare team, you’ll be helping some of the leading companies and investors to meet exciting challenges so that they can succeed with the next steps of their company’s evolution.
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