Elinor Picton

Elinor is a senior counsel in the Corporate group and is part of the Corporate Technology & Life Sciences team. She advises investors and technology-focused companies, including start-ups, on venture capital investments, M&A transactions and other general corporate matters.

Elinor focuses, in particular, on supporting high growth companies, investors and entrepreneurs in the technology sector as they progress through their entire life cycle from funding rounds, through expansion and acquisition, to exit.

Elinor joined Taylor Wessing as a trainee in 2014.

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Career

Since 2023	Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2021 - 2023	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2021	Associate, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2016

Trainee Solicitor, Taylor Wessing

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Education

2016	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2014	Legal Practice Course, BPP, London
2013	Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP, London

2012

BA Hons History, University of Exeter

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Additional languages

English

Expertise

Services and Groups Venture capital General corporate Joint ventures M&A

Sectors Technology, media & communications Consumer & retail

Experience

Advising Mitel on its transaction to acquire Unify from Atos

We have advised Mitel, a global leader in business communications, on its transaction to acquire Unify, the Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) and Communication and Collaboration Services businesses (CCS) of the Atos group.

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Mark Barron

Dr. Christian Traichel

Sebastian Rünz, LL.M. (Toronto)

Dr. Adrian Birnbach, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)

Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel, Dipl.-Volkswirt

Dr Bert Kimpel

Dr. Nicolai Wiegand, LL.M. (NYU)

Dr. Jan Phillip Rektorschek

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Nutmeg on its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase

Long-standing client Nutmeg Saving and Investment Limited, one of the UK’s leading digital wealth managers, on its sale to JPMorgan Chase. The acquisition positions Nutmeg, with over 140,000 investors and £3.5 billion AUM, as an integral part of the bank’s international offering and complements the launch of Chase as a digital bank in the UK.

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Howard Palmer

Elinor Picton

Nell Cooper

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MWR InfoSecurity Limited

The shareholders of cyber security company MWR InfoSecurity Limited on its sale to F-Secure for GBP105m.

Elinor Picton

Venture capital funds

Advising on investments into multiple technology companies by leading venture capital funds.

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Technology companies