Taylor Wessing advises Google on acquisition of Phonetic Arts

10-Dec-2010  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax, Technology, Media & Telecoms, USA Group

Lawyers Simon Walker, Mark Barron, Sean Nesbitt, Ann Casey, Christopher Jeffery, Robert Young, Rowena Kay, Karolina Plent, Anna Humphrey

 


Taylor Wessing has advised Google on the acquisition of Cambridge based speech synthesis company Phonetic Arts.  Phonetic Arts’ team of researchers and engineers work at the cutting edge of speech synthesis, delivering technology that generates natural computer speech from small samples of recorded voice.

The Taylor Wessing team was led by technology and inward investment partners Simon Walker and Mark Barron. The team included employment partner Sean Nesbitt, stock options partner Ann Casey, IP partner Chris Jeffery, tax partner Robert Young, senior associate Rowena Kay from the employment group and associates Karolina Plent from the technology and inward investment group and Anna Johnson from the stock options group.