Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a leading law firm in the UK for contentious and non-contentious work. The firm is present in all sorts of patent disputes, including those concerning medical devices, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. The firm can handle both trade mark filing and disputes work, and its transactional expertise covers various sectors. The copyright practice spans traditional and digital copyright-based industries.

Notable patent litigators: Nigel Stoate, Simon Cohen, Chris Thornham, Amanda Ebbutt, Matthew Royle, Michael Washbrook, and Tom Foster.

Notable trade mark practitioners: Mark Owen, Jason Rawkins, Roland Mallinson, Giles Crown, France Delord, Anneka Dalton, and Alison Cole.

Notable copyright lawyers: Adam Rendle, Xuyang Zhu, Niri Shanmuganathan, and Timothy Pinto.

Notable IP transaction lawyers: Alison Dennis, Adrian Toutoungi, Colin McCall, and Tasmina Goraya.

2025

"I think the Taylor Wessing IP litigation team is extraordinary."

"They are responsive and seek to understand the business's point of view. We also trust them and their judgements on issues. We can have good, robust discussions on points, giving us all confidence that we are moving to the right conclusion."

"The team at Taylor Wessing understand the commercial needs of our organisation. The advice is always practical and realistic."

Michael Washbrook and Xuyang Zhu

"Both are deeply intelligent lawyers, with excellent judgement and a real focus on their client's practical and commercial objectives. They are both also great team leaders who get the most out of their very talented associates."

Case studies show the firm advising a range of companies in the creative industries on contentious and non-contentious copyright. Clients include the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society, News Group, and Springer Nature.

The firm has also advised luxury fashion companies on design law issues.

Case studies show a variety of transactional IP matters. The team dealt with patent licensing work for clients such as Harness Therapeutics, Essential Pharma Switzerland, and Nyobolt, and guided the likes of SENISCA, Apollo Therapeutics, and invoX on R&D and collaboration agreements. The firm also helped Greyparrot AI draft commercial agreements for its AI analytics software.

Case studies show the firm acted in UK and/or UPC patent litigation for clients such as Pfizer, Abbott Laboratories, Viatris, Ericsson, Shenzhen Senior Technology Materials, and OPPO.

Case studies show filing, portfolio management, and disputes work for brand owners. Clients include Deliciously Ella, London Stock Exchange, Zoopla, Newcote International, William Grant & Sons, Burberry, and KPMG.

The notable practitioner developments in 2024 were the retirement of soft IP lawyer Charles Lloyd and the arrival of Giles Crown as a partner.