Shane Gleghorn

Taylor WessingManaging Partner

Shane is the UK Managing Partner and Global Co-Chair of the board at Taylor Wessing. In the last 18 months of leadership, Shane has successfully delivered a new firmwide strategy, new business opportunities and an alternative route to market in the US through the firm’s relationship with Wilson Sonsini and opened a new UK office in Liverpool. He left Australia in 2001 to join Baker McKenzie in London and, soon after, was asked to join Taylor Wessing in 2006 to expand and lead its litigation practice. Before becoming UK Managing Partner in 2018, Shane co-led the firm’s international Disputes & Investigations group. More recently, Shane has enhanced the leadership in the firm with the appointment of new board members to focus more on key areas of growth, including innovation. He is focused on the sector strategy at the firm which mirrors its impressive client base in technology, life sciences and private wealth.