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UPC update: Five partners leave Taylor Wessing | translation clarity

September 11 2025
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L-R: Phillip Rektorschek, Anja Lunze, Thomas Pattloch, Christian Lederer, and Dietrich Kamlah

In major recent developments, a team of partners broke away from Taylor Wessing to form their own firm, while Kilburn & Strode made a strategic UPC hire

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