Getting the right IT solutions can be a game-changer for your business. In today's market, the pace of technological advances has resulted in more business opportunities, but understanding and adopting technology can be challenging for any business. Taylor Wessing helps you do just that.
The lawyers in our Technology group understand not only the legal aspects of IT projects and contracting, but also the technology itself and how these two fit together with your business. We guide you as your business advisor, as well as your lawyer, identifying commercial opportunities and helping you overcome legal obstacles in ways that other firms simply cannot. To do this, we work closely with your in-house legal team and your business.
We work with many of the most promising growth-stage tech companies panning out globally from the leading international tech hubs across Europe, the US, Middle East and Asia. This experience gives us insight into cutting-edge technologies and business models enabling us to prepare legal strategies before these technologies reach the general public.
We work on hugely ambitious, innovative, and tech–based matters such as telecoms, fintech, healthtech, life sciences, insuretech, AI, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, traveltech, e-commerce and gaming. Whether you need outsourcing, procurement, litigation or alternative dispute resolution, contract or commercial advice, or any other technology-related advice, we can readily support you in any country and in any industry.
Our clients tell us that we add real value by offering an integrated approach that considers their overall strategies, and by making sure they can access any of our lawyers across our international network.
Areas of focus
Tech Litigation Telecommunications Data & cyberCommercial & consumer contractsPatents & innovationCorporate/M&A & capital marketsTechnology, media & communications Edtech FintechGames and gambling eCommerce & marketplaces Machine learning Blockchain Environmental, social & governance (ESG)Vinted, Europe's largest online international C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, on its EUR128 million Series E round financing which values the company at over EUR1 billion.The round was led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers including Sprints Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Accel and Burda Principal Investments.
Press releaseA global IT provider in negotiations with one of the Departments of the Dutch State for a large IT development and implementation project.
A top-5 European chain of supermarkets on the implementation and use of electronic signatures.
The largest wholesaler of technical appliances (part of an international group), in negotiations with SAP for the development and implementation of an ERP system.
One of the largest suppliers of pharmaceutical suppliers in the Benelux on its successful defence against a software licensing claim for approx. EUR2 million.
An international IT provider in negotiations with the Dutch State for a framework agreement covering the State’s use of software and services
Latest news & insights
Asset Deals: Updated Requirements for the Transfer of Personal Data
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by Wiebke Reuter, LL.M. (London) and Dr. Paul Voigt, Lic. en Derecho, CIPP/E
German Gambling Law – Update 2024
by multiple authors
The EU has started to regulate artificial intelligence
The Crowdstrike incident and new EU regulations: What companies need to do now to improve cyber security
by Dr. Jakob Horn, LL.M. (Harvard) and Alexander Schmalenberger, LL.B.
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