News & Insights (before 2007)

19-Dec-2006  |  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing secures historic West End letting

19-Dec-2006  |  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing secures historic West End letting

17-Nov-2006  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Apax Partners and Merlin Biosciences on a $35 million private equity deal

08-Nov-2006  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

Rights to Light - Developers take care before turning off the lights

As buildings go up, adjoining landowners sometimes feel that they should share a slice of the profit pie, whether they are ...

08-Nov-2006  |  Corporate, Real Estate & Infrastructure

Taylor Wessing acts for European Hotels Corporation Limited in US$115 million development of Raffles Resort and Residence at Phang Nga, Thailand

08-Nov-2006  | 

Taylor Wessing works with Crisis to send a Christmas message of hope to the homeless

03-Nov-2006  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate

Frightened of forfeiture - Is it all about to change?

Forfeiture laws are complex and archaic. The good news is that The Law Commission has published a report recommending the ...

02-Nov-2006  | 

A new home for Taylor Wessing in London

30-Oct-2006  | 

Sponsorship of Sport Events

Companies and individuals will already be aware of the importance and benefit of putting in place a properly drafted contract in ...

25-Oct-2006  | 

UK: Macrossan - increased patentability for computer-implemented inventions?

Taylor Wessing's Simon Cohen and Colin McCall argue that the Court of Appeal needs to address the areas of confusion that riddle ...

17-Oct-2006  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Neurotech France SA in completing a flip transaction into the US

15-Oct-2006  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - October 2006

12-Oct-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, India Group, 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

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

10-Oct-2006  | 

Taylor Wessing wins Linklaters' trade mark chief

09-Oct-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the BVCA Technology Spin-Out Conference – turning good science into good business

09-Oct-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the EVCA Venture Capital Forum, on 11-13 October 2006 in Barcelona

06-Oct-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing is the exclusive European legal sponsor of the 14th Annual BioPartnering Europe Conference

05-Oct-2006  |  Employment & Pensions

Taylor Wessing boosts Brussels office with Employment lateral hire

03-Oct-2006  |  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing acts for BAE Systems Pension Fund in the £22.5 million sale of a UK-wide property portfolio

28-Sep-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Climate Exchange PLC on its acquisition of Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc and on the subscription for shares by Goldman Sachs

28-Sep-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Climate Exchange PLC on its acquisition of Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc and on the subscription for shares by Goldman Sachs

27-Sep-2006  |  Real Estate

Important Land Registry deadline on the horizon - Act now to protect your Company's rights

Do you occupy land that you do not own or lease? Or does your land benefit from rights that are not registered in your name?

21-Sep-2006  |  Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the BVCA Technology Spin-Out Conference – turning good science into good business

21-Sep-2006  |  Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

Taylor Wessing continues to expand its private equity practice

14-Sep-2006  |  Real Estate

Taylor Wessing expands European Real Estate practice

16-Aug-2006  |  Corporate

Approval process can recover companies

10-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

10-Aug-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on $23m sale of Sibelius to Avid

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

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

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

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

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

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

07-Aug-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Competition, EU and Trade, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate, Tax

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

28-Jul-2006  | 

Bubbles! The indispensability of the Comparative Advertising Directive to trade mark law

Taylor Wessing's Tim Pinto writes for the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice on the use by H3G of bubbles in a ...

27-Jul-2006  | 

The Right to Copy

Controversy has surrounded efforts to modernise copyright law in Germany, as the competing interests of digital hardware ...

26-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

26-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

21-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

21-Jul-2006  | 

Dr Gregor Schmid – new IP Partner at Taylor Wessing, Berlin

21-Jul-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

19-Jul-2006  |  Real Estate

Fire Regulations - Hot off the press

If you have not carried out a fire risk assessment by 1 October 2006 you will be breaking the law and could be fined or ...

15-Jul-2006  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - July 2006

14-Jul-2006  | 

ECJ deals blow to cross-border injunctions

Two significant judgments of the European Court of Justice give on 13 July 2006 (Roche v Primus and GAT v LuK) have removed the ...

30-Jun-2006  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU News - New Commission guidelines on the method of setting of fines

The European Commission has recently revised its methodology for setting of fines on companies that infringe EC competition rules.

15-Jun-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises IGEFI on Summit Partners equity investment

09-Jun-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing is the sole legal sponsor of the AIM Conference 2006, hosted by the London Stock Exchange

09-Jun-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing is the platinum sponsor of the Cambridge University Technology Enterprise Club (CUTEC) Technology Ventures Conference 2006

01-Jun-2006  | 

Germany: Internet Gambling: Decision on sports betting will force legislative changes

World Communications Regulation Report

01-Jun-2006  | 

A non-runner for 2012 - Ambush marketing and the 2012 London Olympics

Charles Lloyd and David Brooks of Taylor Wessing explain why ambush marketing is a non-runner for London 2012.

31-May-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises the management of Panacea Group on its MBO by ISIS Equity Partners

31-May-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises the management of Panacea Group on its MBO by ISIS Equity Partners

25-May-2006  |  Banking & Finance

Consumer Credit Act 2006

Changes to the rules for loans to individuals - a summary of important aspects.

19-May-2006  |  Corporate

Advising on Takeovers - The new regime

On 20 May 2006 the new European takeover regime came into effect, with the EU Takeover Directive being implemented in the UK and ...

16-May-2006  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution

New Litigation & Dispute Resolution Partner for Taylor Wessing

15-May-2006  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - May 2006

11-May-2006  |  Copyright & Media Law, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Third Edition of the Definitive Guide to Publishing Law co-written by Taylor Wessing solicitor, Christopher Benson, launched

05-May-2006  |  Real Estate

REIT bill published: Companies can convert from 1 January 2007; 2% conversion charge

Will your corporate structure and business allow for a conversion to REITs, and is the 2% conversion charge worth the tax ...

02-May-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Trading Emissions Plc on AIM fundraising

02-May-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Trading Emissions Plc on AIM fundraising

01-May-2006  |  Planning & Environment, Real Estate

On track for the Olympics

In July 2005, the IOC made the momentous announcement in Singapore that London had won the contested bid to hold the 2012 Olympic ...

01-May-2006  |  Corporate

Strategic Partnerships - Expectations, disillusions ... and some recipes for success

Love at first sight is sometimes what a European based emerging company feels when an established U.S. corporation comes knocking ...

24-Apr-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Private Client

Six new partners at Taylor Wessing

24-Apr-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Commercial Agreements, Competition, EU and Trade, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing Germany promotes 17 partners from its own ranks at partners’ meeting in Nice

15-Apr-2006  | 

The European BlackBerry disputes

The recent judgments in the UK and Germany in the patent litigation between Research in Motion and InPro Licensing SARL have ...

12-Apr-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing completes trio of deals for real estate joint venture

10-Apr-2006  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advises Innate Pharma on major partnership with Novo Nordisk

04-Apr-2006  | 

Defamation and privacy law and procedure in England, Germany and France

Niri Shan and Tim Pinto, in conjunction with our lawyers in Germany and France, have reviewed the defamation and privacy law and ...

01-Apr-2006  | 

The European BlackBerry disputes

The procedural aspects of the UK and German cases between RIM and InPro highlight the need for a single European patent court ...

30-Mar-2006  |  Trade Marks & Designs

Opposition is no bar to invalidation of trade mark - Court of Appeal hands down Judgment in Special Effects v L'oreal case

Double jeopardy in trade marks opposition, invalidity and infringement actions.

20-Mar-2006  |  Construction & Engineering

Construction Act Review: A missed opportunity?

The Department of Trade and Industry's proposals for amending the Construction Act have met with only muted reaction from the ...

20-Mar-2006  |  Corporate

New Partner joins Taylor Wessing's Corporate practice

20-Mar-2006  |  Corporate

New Partner joins Taylor Wessing's Corporate practice

08-Mar-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Life Sciences & Healthcare

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

08-Mar-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Hyperion on £5 million capital placing

08-Mar-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

02-Mar-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Perpetuum on Quester-led funding round

02-Mar-2006  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Perpetuum on Quester-led funding round

01-Mar-2006  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Are you prepared for the new EU public procurement Regime?

The new EU public procurement regime will apply from 31 January 2006. It consolidates the existing regime and introduces new ...

16-Feb-2006  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advises Bayer Healthcare AG in a divestment of animal health biological vaccines to Intervet

15-Feb-2006  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter - February 2006

13-Feb-2006  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution

New Litigation & Dispute Resolution Partner for Taylor Wessing

09-Feb-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

09-Feb-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

02-Feb-2006  |  Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery

Where credit's due

The number of individual bankruptcies in the UK is rising, helped in part by the Enterprise Act 2002. The effect of the new law ...

17-Jan-2006  | 

Taylor Wessing French partner, Paul-Albert Iweins, elected President of the National Bar Council

17-Jan-2006  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises carbon emissions group ICECAP on carbon portfolio

10-Jan-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

10-Jan-2006  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

04-Jan-2006  | 

Taylor Wessing appoints its first International Business Development Director

20-Dec-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Commission proposes major boost for private competition claims

The European Commission's consultation paper on private competition damages claims proposes a number of changes to national legal ...

19-Dec-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Article 82 discussion paper fails to impress

Instead of announcing a significant policy shift, the Commission's discussion paper is something of a disappointment.

16-Dec-2005  |  Construction & Engineering

Confused about which of the 2005 JCT design contracts is right for your project?

Want to know how the key terms compare? Here's how to pick a winner ...

14-Dec-2005  |  Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

European requirements set forth in the EU Takeover Directive and their impact on German takeover law

The currently applicable takeover law in Germany is based on an initiative the German federal government took in response to the ...

14-Dec-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Court upholds Commission's GE / Honeywell merger decision

The Commission has won a Pyrrhic victory in the appeal against its prohibition of the 2001 GE / Honeywell merger.

12-Dec-2005  | 

A nice little earner - The after sales market in the automotive industry

The spare parts market is a lucrative one for the car manufacturing industry.

05-Dec-2005  | 

Who controls the Naomi Campbell information flow? A practical analysis of the law of privacy

Primarily, the courts control the flow of private information. They do so through the cause of action of breach of confidence and ...

01-Dec-2005  |  Real Estate

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

01-Dec-2005  |  Real Estate

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

29-Nov-2005  |  China Group, Corporate

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

28-Nov-2005  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

Special Edition - InFocus: Life Sciences & Healthcare e-newsletter

A new framework for approval of medicinal products in Europe.

24-Nov-2005  |  Corporate, Tax

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

24-Nov-2005  |  Corporate, Tax

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

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

Taylor Wessing Assists Principal’s Expansion

14-Nov-2005  | 

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

04-Nov-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Real Estate

Anglo Irish provides loan facility to purchase Little Chef

04-Nov-2005  |  Banking & Finance

Taylor Wessing completes £460m deal for GMAC-RFC

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

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

04-Nov-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Real Estate

Anglo Irish provides loan facility to purchase Little Chef

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

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

31-Oct-2005  |  Corporate

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

27-Oct-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing Germany receives acclaim at Juve Awards

17-Oct-2005  | 

Hitting back

To what extent can celebrities protect the exploitation of their image? Here we consider the position in the UK, France and ...

14-Oct-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Real Estate

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

13-Oct-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Tax

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

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

All Land Registry documents now open to public view

All documents held at the Land Registry are now accessible under changes that took effect on 13 October 2005.

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

Building regulations

From 6 April 2006, there will be stricter building regulation controls on ventilation and fuel and power in an effort to improve ...

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

Mezzanine Floors

Retailers have been given a two-month reprieve before the introduction of planning controls over mezzanines.

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

OFT issues guidance on unfair terms in tenancy contract

New guidelines on unfair contract terms in tenancy agreements have been issued by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

Planning Tax to be introduced (again!)

Although there have already been three attempts in the past 50 years to capitalise on development gain, all of which have been ...

10-Oct-2005  |  Real Estate

Stamp Duty Land Tax

An error in the original legislation has meant that HMR&C did not have the necessary statutory powers to claim interest on ...

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

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

01-Oct-2005  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Confidential Information

Der besondere Umgang mit sensiblen Daten bei Transaktionen im Biotech-Bereich Dr. Christian Traichel wrote an article ...

01-Oct-2005  | 

Further provisions of the Patents Act 2004 in force

As of 1 October 2005 non-binding opinions as to validity or infringement of a UK patent may be requested from the UK patent ...

01-Oct-2005  |  Life Sciences & Healthcare

Speedier patent trials in the UK – the "new" streamlined procedure

A recent decision of the UK patents court is likely to make the streamlined procedure even more common in patent cases.

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

26-Sep-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate

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

20-Sep-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals

The European Commission has initiated a new Chemicals Policy - REACH.

20-Sep-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive aims to reduce the environmental impact of waste

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

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

15-Sep-2005  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Symphony Telecom Holdings plc on AIM admission

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

RO Group become Leaders in the Residential and Management Agency Market

15-Sep-2005  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Symphony Telecom Holdings plc on AIM admission

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

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

02-Sep-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

High Court of Appeals of Frankfurt am Main

11th Civil Division, Judges Duck, Dr. Weber and Falck, January 25, 2005Claim for disclosure by a copyright owner against an ...

02-Sep-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

High Court of Appeals of Hamburg, Germany

3rd Division. May 6, 2004Use of a third competitor's trademark as a meta tag

01-Sep-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

European Union: Member States Face Infringement Proceedings for Inefficient Data Protection

World Data Protection Report

01-Sep-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Life Sciences & Healthcare

PPRS investigated by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading has launched a market study into the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme. The Office of Fair ...

31-Aug-2005  |  Banking & Finance

Taylor Wessing advises GMAC on host of portfolio sales

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

24-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

22-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

22-Aug-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions

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

09-Aug-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Tax

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

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

Avebury Holdings Limited gives pub group extra Punch

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

Avebury Holdings Limited gives pub group extra Punch

28-Jul-2005  | 

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

27-Jul-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Real Estate, Tax

Lovells and Taylor Wessing advise on Magenta-Transaction

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

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

25-Jul-2005  |  Corporate

TAYLOR WESSING AIM UPDATE Summer 2005

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

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

25-Jul-2005  |  Corporate

TAYLOR WESSING AIM UPDATE Summer 2005

19-Jul-2005  | 

Martin Winter announced as new UK senior partner at Taylor Wessing

18-Jul-2005  | 

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

11-Jul-2005  | 

European patent litigation

BlackBerry litigation: English Patents Court orders early and streamlined validity trial in the UK.

08-Jul-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

OFT fine-tunes cartel whistle-blowing rules

The UK's Office of Fair Trading has published details of changes to its leniency policy for cartel whistle-blowers, intended to ...

08-Jul-2005  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises Bango on £35m admission to AIM

02-Jul-2005  |  China Group

Property rights go East

China's approach to patents is undergoing a sharp transition, as David Cyranoski reports.

01-Jul-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate

Employee share schemes and the Prospectus Directive

The Prospectus Directive came into force across the EEA on 1 July 2005, implementing significant changes to the way securities ...

01-Jul-2005  |  Real Estate

New Fire Regulations

The primary objective of the fire regulation must be to save lives and reduce damage to property. Simple, isn't it? So why is ...

30-Jun-2005  |  Real Estate

Freedom of Information - A free for all?

On New Year's Day 2005, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the FOI) came fully into force, opening up a new world of ...

30-Jun-2005  |  China Group, Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

China UK Cambridge Park

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

Taylor Wessing advises on £4m spinal investment

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

Taylor Wessing advises on £4m spinal investment

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

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

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

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

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

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

20-Jun-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate

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

15-Jun-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Generic pharmaceuticals and the EU competition rules

The European Commission has fined AstraZeneca €60 million for misusing the patent system to delay market entry of generic ...

13-Jun-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU News - Sectoral inquiry into the energy sector

The Commission has announced an investigation into competition in the energy sector. The inquiry will particularly focus on the ...

13-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advises Visto Corporation on global deal with Vodafone

13-Jun-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advises Visto Corporation on global deal with Vodafone

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

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

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

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

31-May-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU News - Judgment of the ECJ in Case C-53/03 SYFAIT v GlaxoSmithKline

The ECJ has found that it has no jurisdiction to answer a question referred by the Greek Competition Authority on whether the ...

31-May-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU News - New rights for passengers

Air passengers in the EU will have strengthened rights to claim for compensation if they are affected by over-booking, flight ...

31-May-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU News - Sectoral inquiry into the financial services sector

The Commission has announced an investigation into competition in the financial services sector. The inquiry will particularly ...

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

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

27-May-2005  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

20-May-2005  |  Private Client

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

11-May-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

05-May-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

01-May-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EU Moves to limit textiles products from the People's Republic of China - New investigation TWUK English

The European Commission has initiated a safeguard investigation into exports of nine categories of Chinese textile to the EU.

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

Five new partners at Taylor Wessing

20-Apr-2005  |  Corporate, Real Estate

Addleshaw Goddard and Taylor Wessing advise on multi million Corporate Real Estate transaction

01-Apr-2005  |  Real Estate

New Waste Management Regulations

The Government are extending waste management controls to cover agricultural waste. These will require farmers and landowners to ...

01-Apr-2005  |  Corporate, Projects

Taylor Wessing advises Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec in €343m Airport Investment

17-Mar-2005  | 

Ground breaking ruling in Matadeen v Associated Newspapers libel case

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

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

08-Mar-2005  |  Competition, EU and Trade

Freedom of Information

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is now in force. It provides wide rights of access to information held by public authorities ...

03-Mar-2005  | 

Taylor Wessing Partner Appointed Chairman of British Copyright Council

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

Taylor Wessing advises Sphere Medical Holdings

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

Taylor Wessing's Cambridge office advises on a £20m double act of financing rounds

01-Mar-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Defining what you want

A recent case emphasises the importance of defining accurately the buyer's requirements and what the supplier intends to provide ...

01-Mar-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Notify or pay

A solicitor is fined for non-compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

01-Mar-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Penalty

A recent case looks at a "liquidated damages" clause and when this type of clause is enforceable.

01-Mar-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Unstructured files

A recent case takes another look at the extent to which the Data Protection Act 1998 applies to information held in hard copy ...

01-Mar-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Waiver

The Court of Appeal looks at how and when a party to an IT services contract can waive its right to terminate it.

01-Mar-2005  |  Banking & Finance

New associate at Taylor Wessing boosts Islamic finance practice

25-Feb-2005  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing represents Orga Kartensysteme on joint venture with SmartChip

01-Feb-2005  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Disclosure of documents held on computers

In a landmark judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal confirmed that it has the power to set a timetable for competition ...

31-Jan-2005  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advise on the establishment of the first CO2 emissions trading exchange in Europe

26-Jan-2005  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advises First Cambridge Gateway on a £3.2m financing round of DanioLabs

21-Jan-2005  |  Corporate, Real Estate, Tax

Taylor Wessing advises on management buy out of Gaucho Grill restaurants in £20.5 million deal

18-Jan-2005  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

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

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

12-Jan-2005  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Projects, Real Estate

Taylor Wessing advises on Avery Weigh-Tronix's £43 million refinancing and restructuring

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

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

21-Dec-2004  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advises Aureos Advisers Limited on the formation of Mauritius funds

01-Dec-2004  |  Banking & Finance, Brazil Group, Capital Markets, China Group, Commercial Agreements, Competition, EU and Trade, Construction & Engineering, Consumer Brands, Copyright & Media Law, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Energy & Environment, Financial Institutions & Services, India Group, IT & Telecoms, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Logistics & Transport, Patents, Pharmaceutical Law, Planning & Environment, Private Client, Projects, Real Estate, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Restructuring & Corporate Recovery, Tax, Technology, Media & Telecoms, The Middle East, Trade Marks & Designs, USA Group

All Shook Up - Rock sound recordings under the public domain

Elvis Presley's track "That's All Right" made the top 3 in the UK Singles chart on the 50th anniversary of the first release of ...

01-Dec-2004  | 

MORGAN defeats LORNA MORGAN

Morgan S.A., the owner of the well-known MORGAN fashion label, has, on appeal, successfully opposed an application to register ...

01-Dec-2004  | 

People can't register people

An application to register the words WHERE PEOPLE MEET PEOPLE MEET PEOPLE as a UK trade mark, for services such as hotel, bar and ...

01-Dec-2004  | 

Settling trade mark proceedings = no costs

An English court has recently held in a trade mark infringement case that, in circumstances where the parties have reached a ...

04-Nov-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Financial Institutions & Services, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Real Estate, Tax

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

20-Oct-2004  |  Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Tax, Technology, Media & Telecoms

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

08-Oct-2004  |  Competition, EU and Trade

European Company Statute

On 8 October 2004 the European Company Statute came into force, creating a European public limited liability company with its own ...

01-Sep-2004  |  Real Estate

Commonhold - A summary of the new regime

When will the government stop changing our industry? This article provides a brief insight into the new Commonhold Regime.

01-Aug-2004  |  Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Finisar Corporation takes over Infineon Technologie AG's fiber optics business

24-Jul-2004  |  Private Client, Real Estate

The Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003

The demise of the 'Anti-Social' hedge? The new Act introduces a local authority-administered procedure to deal with complaints ...

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

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

01-Jun-2004  |  Real Estate

Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 changes - Are you prepared?

In 2001, Taylor Wessing participated in the government consultation on proposals to amend and streamline the lease renewal ...

01-Jun-2004  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

Taylor Wessing advises Legal & General Ventures on MBO of Clubhaus

14-May-2004  |  Corporate

Taylor Wessing advises on the management buy out of Fitness Express

11-May-2004  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Employment & Pensions, Financial Institutions & Services, Tax

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

01-May-2004  |  Competition, EU and Trade

All change for Competition Rules

A major reform of the EC competition rules took place on 1 May 2004.

01-May-2004  |  Competition, EU and Trade

EC Merger Reforms

As part of a far-reaching shake-up of EC merger control, a new EC Merger Regulation came into force on 1 May 2004.

01-May-2004  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Technology, Media & Telecoms

New EC technology licensing rules

Taylor Wessing prepared a briefing paper on the new draft Technology Transfer Block Exemption (TTBE) Regulation and accompanying ...

23-Apr-2004  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advises Alphamosaic on $9 million venture capital funding

02-Apr-2004  |  Copyright & Media Law, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Trade Marks & Designs

The missing link: Problems of trademark protection for famous signs in sports

Implications of the judgement of the ECJ in Adidas-Salomon AG & others v Fitnessworld Trading Ltd and of the German ...

26-Mar-2004  |  Corporate, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Taylor Wessing advised Acolyte Biomedica on £3.7 million funding to launch revolutionary tests to combat superbug

25-Mar-2004  |  Banking & Finance, Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services

Taylor Wessing launch two Bermuda-based funds

24-Mar-2004  |  Competition, EU and Trade, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Competition Appeal Tribunal can impose timetable on regulators

In a landmark judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal confirmed that it has the power to set a timetable for competition ...

16-Mar-2004  |  Corporate, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing advised Generics Group on technology sale

04-Mar-2004  |  Corporate, Financial Institutions & Services, Technology, Media & Telecoms

Taylor Wessing acts for Eidos in acquisition of IO Interactive

01-Feb-2004  | 

Harmonization of Copyright Law in the European Community

A comparative overview of the implementation of the Copyright Directive (2001/29/EC) in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

01-Jan-2004  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Germany: Standard Business Terms for E-Commerce

It is common practice for companies operating on a global level to implement their standard agreements wherever they do business.

30-Oct-2003  |  Planning & Environment, Real Estate

Reform of the re-zoning regime in Ireland

In an article written for the Irish Planning and Environmental Law Journal (Autumn 2003), Matthew Allan discusses the reform of ...

01-Aug-2003  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

A Practical Guide to the New Information Duties for E-Commerce in Germany

World Internet Law Report, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2003, S. 17-19

01-Aug-2003  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

Germany: New Youth Protection Law has Implications for the Gaming Industry

World Internet Law Report, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2003, S. 28/29

01-Jan-2003  | 

Stadiums for FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 and European Law on State Aid: A case of Infrastructural Measures

Only very recently the question has been raised, whether the public financing of venues like sport stadiums is subject to the ...

22-Dec-2001  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advises Pronetanalytics.com on negotiations

20-Dec-2001  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advises eGain Communications Corporation on data protection issues

22-Dec-2000  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advises Crane & Co on acquisition

01-Feb-2000  |  Technology, Media & Telecoms

How is Liberalisation of Telecommunications Panning out in Germany

European Business Law Review, 2/2000, S. 2ff.

30-Jun-1999  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advisers Data View Solutions Limited on merger

31-Mar-1998  |  India Group

Taylor Wessing advises Omnicom Group Inc on acquisition