Taylor Wessing to Cut Half of Trainees

Like Dentons before it, Taylor Wessing will only hire half of their trainees.

Thirteen of its 24 2009 trainees will be kept on in September.

The firm is offering training and networking opportunities to those not hired.

Taylor Wessing LLP is an international law firm established in 2002, following the merger of UK law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett and German law firm Wessing. It has 13 offices around the globe; Berlin, Brussels, Cambridge, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Munich and Paris; and representative offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Alicante. Taylor Wessing employs 750 attorneys.