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Vanessa Talayman

Vanessa Talayman

Senior Associate

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Vanessa is a member of the Employment, Pensions & Mobility Practice Area. She advises national and international companies on individual and collective employment law issues.

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Employment, pensions & mobility
Immigration & mobility
Pensions

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 Trainee lawyer at a big law firm in Frankfurt and in Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Intern at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand
2017 - 2021 Graduate research assitant
2022 Second state exam
2020 - 2022 Legal clerkship in Frankurt an Cape Town, South Africa
2013 - 2019 Legal Studies, University of Frankfurt

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2022 Associate, Taylor Wessing
2021 Trainee lawyer at a big law firm in Frankfurt and in Cape Town, South Africa
2018 Intern at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand
2017 - 2021 Graduate research assitant

Education

2022 Second state exam
2020 - 2022 Legal clerkship in Frankurt an Cape Town, South Africa
2013 - 2019 Legal Studies, University of Frankfurt

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English

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