Warning

New scams are constantly being created and you should be wary of all types of unsolicited emails, phone calls, WhatsApp messages and letters you receive or job postings you see purporting to be from or representing Taylor Wessing and/or Taylor Wessing Partners.

We have been made aware that the Taylor Wessing name and/or the names of some of our individual partners and employees have been used in fraudulent scam emails and fake recruitment posts. These often involve emails using ‘lookalike’ domains purporting to be sent from our firm and/or (real or fictitious) individuals at Taylor Wessing or emails using the name and SRA ID of a Taylor Wessing partner but the brand name of another firm (Spectre Law or CND Law).'

Genuine emails from Taylor Wessing only use the domain "@taylorwessing.com". We do not use any variations of this. Please check the sender's details and be aware of lookalike email addresses that may look similar to our domain but are not identical.   

If you receive correspondence purporting to be from Taylor Wessing that you believe may be fraudulent or if you wish to verify its authenticity,  please contact us. We recommend that you DO NOT RESPOND to the correspondence and that you delete it once you have informed us.

Please also visit the Solicitors Regulation Authority website for further information and for known scams involving UK law firms.

Examples of scam attempts include:

• emails containing vague initial information, asking for information to be provided such as bank details and attach documents or include links
• requesting payment of an outstanding invoice either on behalf of Taylor Wessing or on behalf of a purported client of Taylor Wessing
• emails which advise the recipient that an applicant is purportedly seeking legal protection for a brand name used by the recipient. The recipient is advised to consider registering their trademark; failing which, the applicant may receive exclusive ownership of the name
• purporting to advise of an inheritance asking for further details and/or bank information to be provided
• attaching 'secured PDF documents' (purportedly issued on behalf of Taylor Wessing) for review
• advising of a sum purportedly being held in a Blockchain account following the successful outcome of a group lawsuit and inviting the recipient to contact the sender for further information
• job postings on recruitment sites, job boards or social media platforms for vacancies at Taylor Wessing LLP (which may have copied wording from a genuine Taylor Wessing LLP job advertisement on our Careers Page). After applying for the role, the applicant may be contacted by someone purporting to be from or representing Taylor Wessing LLP (by WhatsApp and/or email) asking the applicant to provide personal or confidential information.  

We do not have any involvement in these communications and our name/the name of genuine Taylor Wessing Partners is being used without our authorisation.

Lookalike domains we are aware of include: 

@taylorwessinghub.onmicrosoft.com

We are also aware of @outlook.com email addresses being used in recruitment scams (eg Taylor-wessing@outlook.com, displaying as Taylor Wessing Recruitment).