Taylor Vinters is a rare beast: an example of a firm that has transformed itself from a full-service regional firm into a boutique. That transformation has been a recent one, though it has been a prolonged process, beginning in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Now fully merged with Mishcon de Reya, Taylor Vinters was a rare beast: an example of a firm that transformed itself from a full-service regional firm into a boutique. That transformation began in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.
Before that point, Taylor Vinters was your common-or-garden regional firm. Based in Cambridge, it did a broad mix of work for local clients including personal injury, agricultural (equine law was a specialty), and real estate. Even then, however, the firm had a good line acting for the numerous fast-growth tech and life sciences businesses in ‘Silicon Fen’.
CEO Matt Meyer and managing partner Ed Turner eventually took the view that Taylor VInters’ core strength should become its only focus. They set about reshaping the business to make it a firm that, in its own words, concentrates on working with “innovative and entrepreneurially minded people and businesses.”
The boutiquification of Taylor Vinters meant some pretty radical changes and saw several departments that didn’t fit the new vision unceremoniously cut: the real estate team, for example, was handed over to Howes Percival in 2015. Clients that didn’t fit the right profile were also directed elsewhere.
The firm still retained more old-school teams (rural estates, for example); however, Taylor Vinters did become much more of a techy, start-up and entrepreneur-focused outfit. That was undoubtedly what attracted Mishcon de Reya, which it merged with on 1 January 2023.