Josef Fuss

Josef is recognised as one of the leading venture capital lawyers in the UK. He also co-leads our international Technology, Media & Communications sector group.

Josef advises investors, companies, entrepreneurs and management teams on all aspects of Venture Capital, M&A and Joint Ventures and represents companies at all stages of their development, whether they be start-ups, high growth businesses or large multinationals. Josef is active across the key technology verticals and the life sciences sectors and has a particular interest in Digital Health.

Josef's clients praise his drive, negotiation skills, commercial judgement and attention to detail. Josef also heads up Taylor Wessing's multidisciplinary Israel Group and is fluent in German and Hebrew.

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Career

Since 2016

Partner, Taylor Wessing

Additional languages

English

German

Hebrew

Expertise

Sectors Technology, media & communications Life sciences & healthcare Real estate Consumer & retail Fintech Edtech Adtech PropTech Digital health

Experience

Babylon Health continues to invest in digital healthcare with largest European and US fundraising	Babylon Health, a UK-based digital health subscription provider, on its USD550m fundraising to support expansion into the US and Asia. This is the largest ever fundraising in the European or US digital health sector and values Babylon at over USD2bn. Investors included PIF, ERGO Fund, Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures.
A real estate developer	A real estate developer on the formation of a GBP60 million JV to create a premium work and lifestyle concept with a strong emphasis on hospitality.
A digital health/life sciences fund	A digital health/life sciences fund on investments in healthcare technology companies.

A growth and buyout fund	A growth and buyout fund on a GBP15 million investment in automotive technology company.
A provider of cloud based HR solutions	The founders of s provider of cloud based HR solutions, on the Series B round and UK commercial agreements.
A strategic investor in healthcare infrastructure	A strategic investor in healthcare infrastructure on investments in the development of healthcare infrastructure (hospitals) in the UK.

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Awards

Legal 500 UK 2022	IT and telecoms
Legal 500 UK 2022	Venture capital (Next generation partner): "Josef Fuss has proven himself to be a valued partner of the business and a strong negotiator that you’d love to have on your side. He is always available and goes the extra mile to ensure that we get the advice we need in a timely fashion."
Legal 500 UK 2022	TMT
Legally Israel 100	Recognised Individual
Legal 500 UK 2020	Next generation partner - Corporate and commercial: Venture capital
Legal 500 UK 2022	Venture capital (Next generation partner): "Josef Fuss has proven himself to be a valued partner of the business and a strong negotiator that you’d love to have on your side. He is always available and goes the extra mile to ensure that we get the advice we need in a timely fashion."
Legal 500 UK 2022	TMT