Lewis Silkin

Employment

I have been recognised as a leading employment practitioner in the UK now for about 25 years - according to the legal directories, as well as being in Legal 500's Hall of Fame in recent years. I am particularly well known for advising on senior level issues, restructurings, litigation and TUPE issues.

I joined Lewis Silkin's employment practice in 2004 and founded our Oxford office with a small team.

My practice is diverse, including a number of household name clients in a variety of sectors. My client-base is particularly strong in the media, entertainment, IT, telecommunications and technology sectors. I often speak and write on employment issues at conferences and in the media. Many of my clients have worked with me for over 20 years.

Internationally, our employment practice (with Ius Laboris) is very powerful and I have put together joined-up solutions for quite a few multinational companies as well as run many international projects. I visit APAC regularly to help to build the profile of our growing Hong Kong office, which I also helped to found that advises both on local law and co-ordinates projects across APAC.

Trained Denton Hall (now Denton Wilde Sapte); qualified 1991; senior assistant Boodle Hatfield 1994; associate 1996; partner 1997; moved to Lewis Silkin as a partner and head of Oxford office in 2004. Publications of note: weekly column for ‘Personnel Today’ for three years; a range of articles in employment journals and websites; frequent lecturer, particularly on information and consultation, working time, TUPE and other core employment issues.

Basic French; a tiny amount of Mandarin Chinese.

Employment Lawyers Association; Industrial Law Society; Immigration Law Practitioners Association; Ius Laboris.

Wallington High School; Keble College, Oxford (1986 BA Hons Jurisprudence First Class, Rowe and Maw prize for Best Degree).

Family, cycling, skiing, tennis, cricket, hiking, travel, playing rock jazz piano and keyboards, fishing and negotiating with his teenagers.