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Lewis Silkin
KING CHARLES HOUSE
PARK END STREET
OXFORD
OX1 1JD
England
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Work Department

Employment

Position

Managing Associate

Career

James is an employment lawyer with many years’ experience advising HR professionals, in house counsel and senior management at UK and international businesses across a variety of industry sectors.
Many of his clients are in retail, leisure and broadcast media. He has particular expertise in resolving tricky employee relations issues and handling employment tribunal litigation.

James has worked closely  with clients in the retail and hospitality industry, providing day to day advice on everything from the shop floor to board level. He has previously spent ten months on secondment with the in-house legal team at a major UK high street retailer, where he advised all areas of the business and managed a heroic case load of employment tribunal litigation, just one example of his extensive experience of handling employment tribunal litigation for retailers.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40

(Rising stars)

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Lewis Silkin‘s large Thames Valley offering has been praised by clients for its ‘innovative and practical approach to all employment law issues’. Core pillars of the group’s practice in the space include TUPE, complex litigation, employment aspects of transactions, and managing international projects – for which the team has a demonstrably strong track record. In terms of personnel, Russell Brimelow  is a pre-eminent employment lawyer in the Thames Valley. Advising on restructurings, redundancy exercises and employment aspects of M&A transactions are the key focuses of practice leader Jonathan Carr. Carolyn Soakell is highly recommended by clients and is well versed in advising law firms on their internal employment issues. James Storke focuses on restructurings, senior executive exits and strategic projects. At associate level, James Walters is known for resolving complex employee relations issues and defending employment tribunal litigation.