With more than 1,200 lawyers in 28 offices in 17 different jurisdictions, Taylor Wessing is a truly international law firm, exceptionally placed to serve clients across the world’s most dynamic economies.
Taylor Wessing is a future-focused firm, but our standing today is built on a proud history dating back to 1788.
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2023
2023
March: We enter into a strategic alliance with leading Spanish firm ECIJA, creating an international presence of experts across Europe, Latin America and Asia. The alliance brings together a combined network of more than 3,000 professionals and 500 partners in 62 offices in 33 jurisdictions around the world.
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2021
2021
September: The firm opens an office in the Republic of Ireland, expanding its international presence now with 28 offices in 17 jurisdictions worldwide.
The new office in Dublin enables clients to pursue more corporate and commercial opportunities, especially those in the life sciences, healthcare and technology sectors.November: The firm's office in the Republic of Ireland officially operates as a limited liability partnership, authorised by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority in Ireland.
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2018
2018
October: Taylor Wessing opens a Liverpool office, its fourth in the UK.
Adoption of Swiss Verein structure.
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2016
2016
July: The firm extends its presence in Hong Kong with the creation of the Taylor Wessing Hong Kong office (former H.M. Chan & Co in association with Taylor Wessing).
May: An association with Alsulaim Alawaji & Partners Law Firm is signed extending our presence in Saudi Arabia.
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2015
2015
September: The firm adds two new offices through a merger with leading Netherlands firm Deterink Advocaten en Notarissen.
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2014
2014
Taylor Wessing opens two business offices in the US, in Silicon Valley and New York City, to provide on-the-ground support to US clients.
An association with the Korean firm DR & AJU International Law Group is signed, extending Taylor Wessing’s presence in North Asia.
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2013
2013
Taylor Wessing is named Law Firm of the Year by leading industry publication The Lawyer – for the firm’s “strategically astute, not to say imaginative, growth and its commitment to investing in new economies, thereby differentiating itself from so many of its competitors…Taylor Wessing has tapped extraordinary sources of energy.”
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2012
2012
May: The firm adds eight new offices in six new jurisdictions across Central and Eastern Europe through a merger with leading Austrian firm, e|n|w|c.
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2011
2011
Taylor Wessing becomes the first law firm to open a dedicated office in London’s Tech City, reflecting the firm’s support of both UK technology companies and international businesses locating in the area.
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2008
2008
Taylor Wessing opens a Beijing office, its second in China, strengthening its foothold in the country and furthering its commitment to its multinational Chinese clients.
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2007
2007
Taylor Wessing launches in Dubai through a merger with long-standing associated firm, Key & Dixon.
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2002
2002
Taylor Wessing is born following the merger of Taylor Joynson Garrett and Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler.
Taylor Joynson Garrett and predecessors
1989 – Taylor Garrett merges with Joynson-Hicks, to become Taylor Joynson Garrett.
1982 – Taylor Garrett is formed through the merger of Taylor & Humbert and Parker Garrett.
1879 – Humbert joins R.S. Taylor & Son and the firm becomes Taylor & Humbert.
1866 – The third generation of the Taylor family joins, forming R.S. Taylor & Son.
1832 – The second generation of the Taylor family joins and the firm becomes known as Mould Taylor & Co.
1788 – A sole practitioner, Thomas Smith, is joined by the first member of the Taylor family.Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler and predecessors
1996 – Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange opens an office in Shanghai, China.
1993 – The firm merges with Kanzlei Lange & von Braunschweig, becoming Wessing Berenberg-Gossler Zimmermann Lange.
1990 – Berenberg-Gossler merges with Dr. Graf von der Goltz Dr. Wessing & Partner and Zimmermann Hohenlohe Sommer Rojahn.
1971 – Resolution to enlarge the law firm by accepting multiple lawyers as partners.
1957 – Dr. Kurt Wessing becomes a partner at a law practice founded by Dr. Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz.
1873 – Wessing & Berenberg-Gossler’s oldest predecessor is formed – a Hamburg-based firm founded by Hermann May and Alfons Mittelstrass, focusing on the Hanseatic merchants.