News About Taylor Wessing

Transatlantic Winston Taylor merger goes live

Tie-up of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing’s UK-led business completed today, creating firm with 1,400 lawyers and £1.2bn in revenue

1 Jun 2026

Taylor Wessing adds product liability specialist from Cooley in London

Jamie Humphreys will join as a partner in the firm’s disputes team

28 Apr 2026

Taylor Wessing’s UK and Benelux arms announce partner promotions ahead of Winston & Strawn merger

Four lawyers are elevated to partner in London, Eindhoven and Dubai

20 Apr 2026

HSF Kramer and Taylor Wessing secure IP partner hires in Germany and London

DLA Piper partner joins HSF Kramer in Düsseldorf as Priestley arrives at Taylor Wessing from London media specialist Russells

17 Mar 2026

Taylor Wessing UK hires Travers Smith’s competition head

Stephen Whitfield rejoins firm in London after 15 years at Travers Smith

9 Mar 2026

BCLP, Taylor Wessing secure real estate-related hires in London

Private equity partner Claibourne Harrison joins BCLP, while tax lawyer Gemma Grunewald joins Taylor Wessing

6 Mar 2026

Taylor Wessing makes first post-merger hire with arrival of London IP partner from RPC

Jeremy Drew leaves RPC after two decades, bringing expertise in IP, retail, brands, sport and tech

17 Feb 2026

Mayer Brown adds real estate partner duo in London from Taylor Wessing

Mark Rajbenbach and Victoria Butcher bring a range of real estate investment experience

4 Feb 2026

Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing partners greenlight £1.2bn merger

Combined firm expected to launch in May 2026 following ‘decisive’ votes in favour by both firms’ partnerships

30 Jan 2026

‘So many common threads’ - the architects of the $1.75bn Winston Taylor merger on the rationale for their deal

Winston & Strawn’s Stephen D’Amore and Taylor Wessing UK’s Shane Gleghorn explain why they have pinned their firms’ destinies together

23 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing UK announce transatlantic merger

Tie-up to create firm with 1,400 lawyers and revenue in the region of $1.6bn

15 Dec 2025

Winston & Strawn in merger talks with Taylor Wessing UK

Possible tie-up could see Taylor Wessing’s UK arm leave firm’s European Verein to create firm with revenue of $1.6bn

12 Dec 2025

Taylor Wessing to ‘decouple’ from Hong Kong office

Office will relaunch as independent firm H.M. Chan & Co

31 Oct 2025

UK law firms lead responsible business index as US firms slide – study

Clyde & Co, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons and Taylor Wessing top list published by Lamp House and Chambers

8 Oct 2025

Top executives from A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie, Gibson Dunn and White & Case to speak at Law Firm Marketing Summit

London conference chaired by BCLP’s Alessandra Almeida Jones will address growth in ‘Age of Chaos’

3 Oct 2025

Taylor Wessing hires five patent litigators from Simmons & Simmons as it grows UPC practice

Team led by renowned patent litigator Bas Berghuis van Woortman, has expertise in telecoms, life sciences and technology

4 Aug 2025

Taylor Wessing reports record revenue as UK PEP pushes past £1m

Anglo-German firm grows topline 10% to £526.2m as UK PEP hits £1.1m

15 Jul 2025

Two years on German firms take lead on Unified Patent Court activity

Germany’s dominating on a number of fronts, but UK firms are more than holding their own according to figures drawn up by the European Patent Litigators Association

5 Jun 2025

BCLP adds London partners from A&O Shearman, Taylor Wessing

Legacy Shearman & Sterling’s London tax head Simon Letherman joins as corporate finance specialist Lerika Le Grange moves over from Taylor Wessing

14 May 2025

Taylor Wessing launches French patent litigation practice with team from Pinsent Masons

Paris-based group strengthens the firm’s pan-European patent law offering

7 May 2025