News (2005)

22-Dec-2005  |  Real Estate

New Partner joins Taylor Wessing's Real Estate practice

Taylor Wessing announces the appointment of new partner, Brian Greenwood, who joins the real estate practice in London.Brian ... more

06-Dec-2005  |  Real Estate

François Verdot becomes the 15th partner at Taylor Wessing France

François Verdot has joined the Paris office of Taylor Wessing, an office that has experienced incredible growth since its ... more

01-Dec-2005  |  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing secures major West End pre-let for L&R

Taylor Wessing has acted for London & Regional Properties Limited in securing a major pre-let at L&R's flagship ... more

29-Nov-2005  |  China, Corporate, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises Huawei Technologies on its Global Framework Agreement (GFA) for Network Infrastructure with Vodafone

Taylor Wessing has advised Huawei Technologies (UK) - a wholly owned subsidiary of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., one of the ... more

24-Nov-2005  |  Corporate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Chiesi Faramaceutici SpA on disposal of its rights over shares

Taylor Wessing has advised Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A, one of Europe's largest privately owned, research-led pharmaceutical ... more

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

Taylor Wessing Assists Principal’s Expansion

Principal Investment Holdings Limited, advised by European law firm Taylor Wessing, has completed the acquisition of Grant ... more

14-Nov-2005  | 

Taylor Wessing launches local offering in Belgium to complement existing EU and competition legal capabilities

Taylor Wessing announces today that it is opening a Belgium law office in line with its European expansion. Its current Brussels ... more

04-Nov-2005  |  Finance, Real Estate

Anglo Irish provides loan facility to purchase Little Chef

Taylor Wessing advised client Anglo Irish Bank on the provision of a £39m secured loan facility to The People's Restaurant Group ... more

04-Nov-2005  |  Finance

Taylor Wessing completes £460m deal for GMAC-RFC

Taylor Wessing has advised GMAC-RFC Limited, the UK's 10th largest mortgage lender, on a deal totalling around £460m, bringing ... 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

Taylor Wessing has been advising Independent Trustee Services Limited ("ITS") following its appointment by the Occupational ... more

31-Oct-2005  |  Corporate, Inward Investment

Taylor Wessing Partner appointed Chairman of Think London's North American Taskforce

Taylor Wessing Corporate partner, Daniel Rosenberg, has been appointed Chairman of Think London's North American Taskforce, the ... more

27-Oct-2005  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Media & Entertainment, Technology

Taylor Wessing Germany receives acclaim at Juve Awards

The annual Juve Awards, which were held this year on 27 October in Frankfurt, saw Taylor Wessing Germany being awarded “Law Firm ... more

17-Oct-2005  |  Construction & Engineering, Finance, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing's European Debt Finance Group advises HSH Nordbank on financing hat-trick

Taylor Wessing's European reach has been demonstrated in a trio of recently completed finance deals for HSH Nordbank AG of ... more

14-Oct-2005  |  Finance, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing advises Allied Irish Banks on £200m loan facility

Taylor Wessing has advised Allied Irish Banks plc on a £200m secured loan facility provided to finance the purchase of UK ... more

13-Oct-2005  |  Corporate, Finance, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Patron Capital Partners on deals of over £300m

Taylor Wessing's Corporate team has advised Patron Capital on three separate matters valued at over £300m.Taylor Wessing advised ... more

06-Oct-2005  |  Corporate, Finance, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd on a circa £60m real estate financing deal

Taylor Wessing has advised international investment bank, N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd on secured loan facilities of around £60m ... more

30-Sep-2005  |  Corporate

Heinrich Rodewig and Thomas Krempl, formerly of Haarmann Hemmelrath & Partners, join Taylor Wessing’s Corporate and M&A Practice in Munich

As from 1 October, Taylor Wessing’s Corporate Team in Munich will be strengthened by the appointment of Dr. Heinrich J. Rodewig ... more

26-Sep-2005  |  Corporate, Finance

Taylor Wessing advises L-3 Communications on its acquisition of the Marine Controls division of CAE

Taylor Wessing has advised New York Stock Exchange listed, L-3 Communications on its acquisition of CAE's Marine Controls ... more

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

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

Taylor Wessing has advised the RO Group on its acquisition of Leaders Group Limited from its Management and 3i Group.The RO Group ... more

15-Sep-2005  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Symphony Telecom Holdings plc on AIM admission

Taylor Wessing advised Symphony Telecom Holdings plc ("Symphony"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eckoh Technologies plc, on its ... 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

Taylor Wessing advised Helphire Group plc, the provider of credit hire to motorists who are victims of non-fault road traffic ... more

31-Aug-2005  |  Finance

Taylor Wessing advises GMAC on host of portfolio sales

Finance partner, Peter Shepherd, comments;"Increasingly, levels of knowledge and credit understanding are driving the development ... more

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Elata on its £31m sale to Qualcomm

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has advised the shareholders of UK-based Elata (Holdings) Limited, a global leader in mobile ... more

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Nujira Ltd on its £4.2m financing round

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has advised Cambridge-based company, Nujira Ltd, developers of advanced power amplifier ... 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

Taylor Wessing advised Rutland Partners LLP, the UK private equity partnership, on the £84.1 million sale of Interfloor Group ... more

09-Aug-2005  |  Finance, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on innovative £143 million Islamic property finance deal on landmark building

Taylor Wessing has advised a consortium including Taib Bank (Bahrain) and Dominion Asset Management (Hong Kong, represented in ... more

08-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Real Estate, Tax

Avebury Holdings Limited gives pub group extra Punch

Taylor Wessing has advised the management of Avebury Holdings Limited, the privately owned tenanted pub group, on the sale of its ... more

28-Jul-2005  | 

TAYLOR WESSING BOASTS AN OUTSTANDING 27% STAFF UPTAKE OF THEIR PAYROLL GIVING SCHEME

After recent promotions of Taylor Wessing's Payroll Giving Scheme, the leading European law firm can now boast a record uptake of ... more

25-Jul-2005  |  Corporate, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises Xention Discovery Ltd on its £11m venture capital funding

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has advised Xention Discovery Ltd, an emerging pharmaceutical company specialising in ion ... more

25-Jul-2005  |  Corporate

TAYLOR WESSING AIM UPDATE Summer 2005

Head of the Securities Group, Tim Stocks comments;"In the first six months of this year, Taylor Wessing's Securities Group has ... more

19-Jul-2005  | 

Martin Winter announced as new UK senior partner at Taylor Wessing

Martin Winter is to take over from Richard Marsh as UK senior partner of Taylor Wessing with effect 1 September 2005 and will in ... more

18-Jul-2005  | 

Taylor Wessing partner, Keith Barnett elected Vice President of the United Synagogue

Keith Barnett, a partner in Taylor Wessing's Real Estate department was recently elected vice president of the United Synagogue ... more

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

Taylor Wessing advises on £4m spinal investment

Taylor Wessing advised FNI Venture Capital on its investment of £4m in a second institutional financing round for Ranier ... more

27-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises on Europe's largest venture capital fund raising this year

Taylor Wessing has acted for MPM Capital, a global investment firm focused solely on investing in life sciences in its role as ... more

21-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, 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

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has acted for Inca Digital Printers Limited, a specialist wide-format digital inkjet printer ... more

20-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Finance, Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing advises The Music Group on a European deal for the sale of the world's leading clarinet brand to the tune of EUR 37m

Taylor Wessing advised The Music Group Holdings Ltd (TMG) on the EUR 37m sale of its leading music industry brand, Buffet ... more

07-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, 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

27-May-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Inward Investment, Tax

Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment Group advises on M&A double act

Taylor Wessing's Inward Investment Group has recently advised on a double act of M&A deals for technology-centric clients GSC ... more

20-May-2005  |  Private Client

Appleby Spurling Hunter Partner with Taylor Wessing and step for trust disputes conference

Appleby Spurling Hunter, together with European law firm, Taylor Wessing, one of the leading law firms in the area of private ... more

17-May-2005  |  Construction & Engineering, Finance, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing in finance deal double act

Taylor Wessing has advised on a series of finance deals for clients Bank of Scotland and The Royal Bank of Scotland.Taylor ... more

11-May-2005  |  Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment, Technology

Media specialists, Reinhard Gaertner, Sybille Gierschmann and team join Taylor Wessing

Partners, Reinhard Gaertner and Sybille Gierschmann plus their team of two associates, Sabine Boksanyi and Katharina Mayerbacher ... more

05-May-2005  |  Competition, Regulation & Trade, Technology

Taylor Wessing secures landmark judgment in the Competition Appeal Tribunal - CAT confirms power to impose timetable on regulators for reinvestigation of complaints

In a landmark judgment today, secured by Ted Mercer of Taylor Wessing, the Competition Appeal Tribunal confirmed that it has the ... more

25-Apr-2005  |  Employment & Pensions, Intellectual Property, Leisure, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

Five new partners at Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is pleased to announce the appointment of five new partners in the UK office with effect from 1 May 2005. This ... more

07-Apr-2005  |  Construction & Engineering, Leisure

Taylor Wessing wins Bath Spa instruction

Taylor Wessing's well regarded Construction and Engineering Group has been appointed by Bath and North East Somerset Council ... more

17-Mar-2005  |  Media & Entertainment

Ground breaking ruling in Matadeen v Associated Newspapers libel case

Associated Newspapers, represented by Taylor Wessing, has successfully obtained the first cost capping order against a claimant ... more

03-Mar-2005  |  Intellectual Property

Taylor Wessing Partner Appointed Chairman of British Copyright Council

Taylor Wessing's head of copyright, Intellectual Property partner Paul Mitchell, has been appointed Chairman of the British ... more

03-Mar-2005  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology

Taylor Wessing advises Sphere Medical Holdings

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office has advised Sphere Medical Holding Limited on a £4 million series of technology funding ... more

01-Mar-2005  |  Finance, Financial Services & Funds

New associate at Taylor Wessing boosts Islamic finance practice

Taylor Wessing has expanded its Islamic finance practice with new associate, Mustafa Hussain, joining the team.Mustafa, who was ... more

01-Mar-2005  |  Construction & Engineering

Vote of Confidence for the Board of the London Constructing Excellence Club

The Club re-elected the existing board of Barry Burman of Bovis Lend Lease (Chairman), Andrew Bowles of Sheppard Robson (Deputy ... 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

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

07-Jan-2005  |  Employment & Pensions, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Reconstruction & Corporate Recovery

Taylor Wessing advises Independent Trustee Services Limited on largest compensation payment to a pension scheme

Taylor Wessing advises Independent Trustee Services Limited (ITS) in securing payment of £2,376,754 from the Pensions ... more