Taylor Wessing LLP has been involved in ground-breaking transactions for IP-rich life sciences and deeptech businesses, with work spanning company formations, spin-outs and accelerator programmes, venture capital fundraisings, licensing and collaboration agreements, and much more. Its sector focus puts it in the frame for both established companies in the Cambridge tech and science cluster, as well as new high-growth companies that can leverage the firm’s expertise in disruptive technologies and its extensive international office network. Ross McNaughton is a go-to lawyer for investments in life sciences and science-driven companies. The team, which includes IP specialist Adrian Toutoungi and emerging VC talent Oli Denne, is ‘extremely well-versed in science and technology matters, which gives them an edge’.
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‘The team is extremely well-versed in science and technology matters, always with an eye on protecting our IP, which gives them an edge.’
‘Adrian Toutoungi has a first-rate mind and bags of experience in science/tech, providing commercially savvy advice, particularly when it comes to IP. His strategic thinking is a major strength marking him out as an outstanding lawyer.’
Key clients
- Nuclera
- Biomodal
- Shift Biosciences
- Healx
- Blue Earth Therapeutics
- Baseimmune
- Cambridge Innovation Capital
- IQ Capital
- 2150 Urban Tech Fund
- C-Capture Limited
- PAION Pharma
- Antiverse Limited
Work highlights
Advised Blue Earth Therapeutics as it secured $76.5m of funding in a deal enabling it to progress its lead assets through the clinic.
Represented Nuclera, a biotech company focused on accelerating protein expression and purification, in a complex cross-border $75m financing to allow it to further commercialise its lab instrument to accelerate protein purification and expression.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Ross McNaughton
Other key lawyers
Adrian Toutoungi; Oli Denne