Taylor Wessing advises Farfetch on latest funding round

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Farfetch, an online community of fashion boutiques and global brands, on the company's latest successful funding round.

Farfetch has raised a total of $110m in its Series F funding round, advised by Qatalyst and led by investment firms Temasek, IDG and Eurazeo. Existing investor, Vitruvian, who led the company's Series D round, also participated.

Farfetch was founded in 2008 by Portuguese entrepreneur José Neves is a global community of over 400 fashion boutiques. The firm has offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Moscow and Porto.

Taylor Wessing has acted for Farfetch across a wide range of practice areas including commercial, data protection, consumer law, IT/IP, competition, finance, real estate and employment over the last year. The Taylor Wessing team was led by partner Mike Turner and supported by associates Elizabeth Rhodes and Jemilla Olufeko.

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