Jointly led by Ross McNaughton and Adrian Toutoungi in Cambridge, Taylor Wessing LLP’s practice is well-known for handling the full spectrum of mandates within the biotech industry, particularly relating to AI. McNaughton is a key contact for public capital raising, M&A, and venture financing mandates within the diagnostics, digital health, and medical device spaces. Toutoungi is recommended for his longstanding experience in assisting biologics, gene therapy, and small-molecule therapeutics clients with licensing and distribution issues. Dividing his time between Cambridge and London, Colin McCall is noted for his work concerning R&D projects and collaboration agreements. Key members of the team include Charlie Adams, who focuses on IP commercialisation within the life sciences space, and Oli Denne, who specialises in venture capital fundraising mandates.
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‘Taylor Wessing have a well-rounded, experienced and enthusiastic team that brings industry knowledge, transaction experience and great advice.’
‘The individuals are not only knowledgeable and experienced but also empathetic and personable.’
‘Deeply qualified people across the board with extensive sector experience, able to identify and understand your needs. Each member of the team is sector focused with an education and background to match their specialism.'
‘Ross McNaughton is a stand-out partner in corporate work within biotech. Deep sector experience across the board, understands fundamental science despite being a corporate lawyer, genuine focus on the sector. He's pragmatic, smart and generally excellent.’
‘We work with Ross McNaughton, Oli Denne and Adrian Toutoungi. Ross has a deserved reputation as one of the leading corporate life sciences lawyers in the UK and works closely with Oli Denne, who is one of the up-and-coming VC lawyers in this space; together they have helped us with our various funding rounds. We also work with Adrian Toutoungi on IP licensing matters. Adrian has an excellent sense of all the permutations, challenges and opportunities life sciences companies like ours face when looking to monetise IP.’
‘Taylor Wessing have the stand-out biotech practice in East Anglia, offering the quality of a top-tier London firm with a local presence in Cambridge. They have, for 20+ years, catered to the Cambridge ecosystem, supporting spin-outs and scale-ups through their growth phases, helping navigate commercial and regulatory issues and supporting funding rounds and corporate transactions of all sizes, as well as having the credibility of a sizeable London team to draw on.’
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Practice head
Ross McNaughton; Adrian Toutoungi
Other key lawyers
Colin McCall; Charlie Adams; Oli Denne; Tasmina Goraya