Deals & Cases (Employment & Pensions)

11-Feb-2008  |  Commercial, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Inward Investment, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Ambition Group on the acquisition of Witan Jardine

CLIENTAmbition Group Limited VALUE£11.5m, with a further payment expected to be made in February 2009TRANSACTIONAcquisition ... more

18-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises in sale of mental images GmbH to NVIDIA Corporation

Taylor Wessing acted as lead counsel to the majority of shareholders of mental images GmbH, including founder and managing ... more

14-Dec-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Multimap on sale to Microsoft Corporation

CLIENTMultimap VALUEUndisclosedTRANSACTIONCompany saleDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing in London has acted for the shareholders of ... more

25-Oct-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Financial Services & Funds, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises iimia on £18.6m acquisition of MitonOptimal Group Limited

CLIENTiimia Investment Group PlcVALUE£18.6mTRANSACTIONAcquisition DESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing's Financial Institutions and Markets ... more

25-Oct-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

Taylor Wessing advises Macadam on acquisition by Libertas

CLIENTMacadam LLPVALUENot disclosedTRANSACTIONAcquisition of Macadam's business by Libertas Capital Group plcDESCRIPTIONTaylor ... more

01-Jun-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises shareholders of Zanox.de AG during sale to Axel Springer AG and Swiss Schweizer PubliGroupe AG

TAYLOR WESSING has acted as counsel to the shareholders of Zanox.de AG, including financial investor Amity Ltd. of London, in the ... more

17-Jan-2007  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Exemplar Properties in a joint venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate

CLIENTExemplarVALUE-TRANSACTIONJoint ventureDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing advised Exemplar Properties Holdings LLP ("Exemplar") on a ... more

12-Oct-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax

Taylor Wessing has advised the Acuma Group's management team in relation to the sale of Acuma, a private equity backed company, to Saksoft of India

CLIENTAcuma GroupVALUEUS$17 millionTRANSACTIONSaleDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing has advised the Acuma Group's management team in ... more

09-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £55m deal

CLIENTGaucho GrillVALUE£55 millionTRANSACTIONMBODESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing has advised Barclays Private Equity and the executive ... more

07-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Avery Weigh-Tronix on €123m sale to European Capital

CLIENTAvery Weigh-TronixVALUE€123mTRANSACTIONDisposalDESCRIPTIONA team from Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment and Private Equity ... more

26-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Aggregator Limited in a £9 million funding round for the launch its new IPTV service

CLIENTAggregator LimitedVALUE£9 millionTRANSACTIONSeries A fundingDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing advised London-based digital TV ... more

21-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Amadeus Capital Partners, lead investor in the $20 million funding of CacheLogic

CLIENTAmadeus Capital PartnersVALUE$20 millionTRANSACTIONSeries C funding roundDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing advised Amadeus Capital ... more

08-Mar-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises PanOpSys Limited on $5.25 million Series A funding with Quester

CLIENTPanOpSys VALUE$5.25 million TRANSACTIONSeries A funding roundDESCRIPTIONThe venture capital group at European law firm, ... more

09-Feb-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

Taylor Wessing advises B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc on AIM admission

CLIENTB.P. Marsh & Partners PlcVALUEInitial market capitalisation of over £41 millionTRANSACTIONAIM ... more

10-Jan-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

Taylor Wessing advises Fujitsu Siemens Computers on significant cross-border TMT acquisition

CLIENTFujitsu Siemens ComputersVALUENot disclosedTRANSACTIONAcquisitionDESCRIPTIONA Taylor Wessing team drawn from our German and ... more

17-Nov-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing Assists Principal’s Expansion

CLIENTPrincipal Investment Holdings LimitedVALUENot disclosedTRANSACTIONAcquisitionDESCRIPTIONPrincipal Investment Holdings ... more

04-Nov-2005  |  Employment & Pensions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Reconstruction & Corporate Recovery

Success for Taylor Wessing and Independent Trustee Services Limited following advice on £3m pension fraud

CLIENTIndependent Trustee Services LimitedVALUE£3m fraudTRANSACTIONRecovery of pension scheme assetsDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing ... more

15-Sep-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

CLIENTRO GroupVALUENot disclosedTRANSACTIONAcquisitionDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing has advised the RO Group on its acquisition of ... more

06-Sep-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Helphire Group plc on its £25m acquisition of Swift Rentacar Ltd and on its £40m fundraising

CLIENTHelphire Gourp plcVALUE£65m TRANSACTIONAcquisition and fundraisingDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing advised Helphire Group plc, the ... more

22-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Rutland Partners on the £84m sale of the largest flooring manufacturer in Europe

CLIENTRutland Partners LLPVALUE£84m TRANSACTIONDisposalDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing advised Rutland Partners LLP, the UK private ... more

28-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises on £4m spinal investment

CLIENTFNI Venture CapitalVALUE£4mTRANSACTIONFundraisingDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing has advised FNI Venture Capital on its ... more

21-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Inca Digital Printers Limited on its acquisition by one of the world's largest manufacturers and suppliers in the printing industry

CLIENTInca Digital Printers LtdDEAL VALUE£30mTRANSACTIONVenture Capital fundingDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing's Cambridge office has ... more

07-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Spain's largest cosmetic surgery group on Ultralase Limited acquisition

Taylor Wessing has acted for Corporación Dermoestética SA, the Spanish cosmetic surgery group, on its acquisition of all the ... more

09-Mar-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate, Tax, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Harmonic Inc. on its £4m acquisition of UK-based Broadcast Technology Limited

Taylor Wessing has advised Nasdaq quoted Harmonic Inc., a US-based leader in digital video systems and broadband optical ... more

26-Jan-2005  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Construction & Engineering, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises ING-BHF-BANK on its sale to Deutsche Postbank AG

CLIENTING-BHF-BANKDEAL VALUE£1bn loan bookTRANSACTIONSale of entire assetsDESCRIPTIONTaylor Wessing has advised long-standing ... more

26-Jan-2005  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Construction & Engineering, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Projects, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises ING-BHF-BANK on its sale to Deutsche Postbank AG

Taylor Wessing has advised long-standing client ING-BHF-BANK on the sale of its London branch to Deutsche Postbank AG.  ING-BHF's ... more

18-Jan-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Advent Venture Partners and Scottish Equity Partners on investment in Rhytec Ltd

Taylor Wessing advises Advent Venture Partners and Scottish Equity Partners on their investment of up to £8 million in Rhytec ... more

18-Jan-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing advises Paradigm Therapeutics Limited on its merger with Amedis Pharmaceuticals Limted

Taylor Wessing advises Paradigm Therapeutics Ltd on its merger with Amedis Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a medical chemistry and drug ... more

04-Nov-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Private Capital, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advise on the sale of DNA Research Innovations Ltd for up to $65 million to Invitrogen Corporation

Taylor Wessing has advised the shareholders of DNA Research Innovations Ltd on its sale to NASDAQ-listed Invitrogen Corporation, ... more

20-Oct-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Tax, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Trigenix on its $36 million sale to Qualcomm Incorporated

Taylor Wessing advises Cambridge based, mobile user interface leader, Trigenix on its $36 million sale to US based, Qualcomm ... more

03-Jun-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax, Technology

Taylor Wessing advised on the sale of Designer Servers Ltd to Business Serve Plc

Taylor Wessing advised the shareholders of Designer Servers Ltd on the sale of the company to AIM-listed Business Serve Plc, an ... more

11-May-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Finance, Intellectual Property, Tax

Taylor Wessing advise Alliance & Leicester on £83.5m merchant acquisition deal

Taylor Wessing has advised Alliance & Leicester, on the sale of its merchant acquisition business unit to (and related ... more

05-Jan-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Appleton on £34 million acquisition of leading secure printing services group BemroseBooth

Taylor Wessing has advised Wisconsin-based Appleton, a leading manufacturer of carbonless, thermal, security, inkjet and ... more