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 Artificial intelligence & machine learning

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 marketplace for at-home care	A marketplace for at-home care on commercial agreements.
A provider of telehealth solutions	A provider of telehealth solutions on UK set up and commercial agreements.

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 German manufacturer	A German manufacturer on the disposal of a majority stake in €65m cross-border JV.
A German venture capital fund	A German venture capital fund on Series A round in UK headquartered developer of loyalty software.

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Awards

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
Legal 500 UK 2022	IT and telecoms
Legally Israel 100	Recognised Individual
Legal 500 UK 2020	Next generation partner - Corporate and commercial: Venture capital
Legal 500 UK 2022	TMT

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."

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