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Taylor Wessing recruits Hammonds partner for Dubai arm

Taylor Wessing has hired Hammonds partner Mark Fraser to bulk up its Dubai construction practice. Fraser, who will join the UK top 50 firm at the start of May, has been a partner at Hammonds for three years, and has advised on construction law, arb...

10 Mar 2010 | 12:05

inner image Taylor Wessing boosts planning with Camerons hire

Taylor Wessing has hired a senior associate from CMS Cameron McKenna to head its planning and environment practice in London, as Camerons reshuffles its team in preparation for the retirement of practice head Tony Kitson. Alistair Watson will lead ...

18 Feb 2010 | 00:01

inner image Taylor Wessing accounts reveal £31m cost of new London office

Taylor Wessing spent £31m on its new City office during the last financial year, with the firm taking out a £20m bank loan to help finance the move. The investment is detailed within the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for 200...

04 Feb 2010 | 16:18

Taylor Wessing creates new group head role to bolster India practice

Taylor Wessing has appointed its first India group head in a bid to increase its focus on the emerging market. The firm, which already had an India desk but no dedicated leader for the group, said it has taken the step as part of a refreshed strate...

03 Feb 2010 | 08:30

OC boosts UK planning practice with Taylor Wessing hire

Osborne Clarke has bolstered its London planning practice with the hire of Taylor Wessing’s head of environment and planning, Brian Greenwood. Greenwood will join the firm’s City office next week to lead the UK planning practice, which currentl...

03 Dec 2009 | 00:07

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Taylor Wessing posts 15% turnover fall for first half of financial year

Taylor Wessing has become the latest firm to reveal its half-year financials, posting a 15% drop in revenues. Global fee income for the period ending 31 October fell to £77m, down 15% from the figure of £84.7m the firm took in in 2008-09.

02 Dec 2009 | 16:10

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Trio of firms gear up with roles on takeover of Brawn F1 team

Shearman & Sterling, Lovells and Taylor Wessing have advised on Mercedes-Benz's takeover of the Brawn GP Formula One team. The three firms took roles on the deal that will see the team rebranded as Mercedes Grand Prix from next season, with founder...

17 Nov 2009 | 14:27

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Former Taylor Wessing chief Frawley set to step down from firm

Former Taylor Wessing managing partner Michael Frawley is set to leave the firm after more than a decade as a partner. Frawley will move to New Zealand next month and will leave the firm's partnership before the end of the financial year in April 2...

16 Nov 2009 | 11:21

Taylor Wessing sees six equity partner departures since May

Taylor Wessing has seen six fixed-share equity partners leave the firm's London office since May. The firm, which had 104 partners in the UK at the end of the last financial year, including 53 equity partners, has seen partners leave from departmen...

20 Oct 2009 | 08:41

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Four firms score lead roles on latest Portsmouth FC buyout

A raft of City firms have scored roles advising on the sale of a majority stake in Portsmouth Football Club. Mayer Brown, Denton Wilde Sapte, Berwin Leighton Paisner and Taylor Wessing have all advised on Sulaiman Al Fahim's sale of a 90% stake in ...

06 Oct 2009 | 12:53

Orrick and Taylor Wessing sign up Clifford Chance partner trio

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Taylor Wessing have boosted their European practices with Clifford Chance (CC) partner hires. Orrick's French base, Orrick Rambaud Martel, has added former CC Paris partner Diane de Mouy as a partner in its finance...

02 Oct 2009 | 16:03

Olswang, Taylor Wessing take top roles on Minerva debt refinancing

Taylor Wessing's finance team has advised opposite Olswang on property developer Minerva's restructuring of a large chunk of its £1bn debt pile. The UK law firm fielded two teams to advise lending banks Deutsche Postbank, HSH Nordbank, Nationwide ...

01 Oct 2009 | 15:43

French revenue rankings reveal contrasting fortunes

Rankings from French law publication Juristes Associes show that Taylor Wessing's French operations saw the steepest revenue drop in France, with turnover falling 35% from €23m (£20m) to €15m (£13m) in 2008-09. The figures show that the firm'...

16 Sep 2009 | 11:35

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Taylor Wessing bets on property with W&C hire

Taylor Wessing has bolstered its City real estate practice with the hire of White & Case partner Lorraine Ufland. Ufland, who joined the US firm in 2003 from LG, will start working at Taylor Wessing later this month, taking the real estate partner ...

10 Sep 2009 | 07:55

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Taylor Wessing, Mayer Brown score Portsmouth FC takeover roles

Taylor Wessing and Mayer Brown have scored lead roles on the takeover of Portsmouth Football Club by Al Fahim Asia Associates. The Arab investment company owned by Sulaiman Al Fahim agreed to buy the south coast club after a protracted negotiation ...

03 Sep 2009 | 15:43

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