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Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

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Lewis Silkin’s Leeds employment practice, led by James Keogh, continues to grow its footprint in the region following a strong market entry. The team handles a mix of contentious and non-contentious matters, with particular strength in sensitive internal investigations and international employment support. Keogh is noted for advising on complex restructures and investigations involving senior leadership, while Gemma Finlayson has experience in large-scale redundancy programmes and defending high-profile tribunal claims. Gemma Woodhead is active in cross-border advisory work and workplace investigations across the creative, media and entertainment sectors.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very responsive. Good practice commercial advice.’

  • ‘James Keogh leads the team and is super responsive and committed. Gemma Finlayson is a very safe pair of hands who knows her way round the rules and regs extremely well.’

  • 'The team at Lewis Silkin are extremely knowledgeable and always supportive in making the complex simple. The whole team are dedicated and enthusiastic and are a pleasure to work with.'

  • 'The knowledge and advice is very clear and sound and they also provide good process notes to guide you through delicate employment law matters and how to address the issue with the employee concerned.'

  • 'Gemma Woodhead - very approachable, open communication and good technical advice. The turnaround on written documents is good and to a good standard.'

  • 'Gemma Woodhead's in-house experience provides a solid and practical approach to legal problems. She is responsive and approachable.'

Key clients

  • 2 Sisters Food Group
  • BDO
  • Morrisons
  • Vet Partners
  • Compleat Food Group
  • PUIG
  • VP plc
  • Radley
  • Remote Technologies
  • Moore Kingston Smith

Work highlights

Advising 2 Sisters Food Group on the merits of, and strategy relating to, a highly unusual complaint by Unite the Union to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) concerning the formation of a European Works Council in the UK.
Advising a US headquartered multi-national tech conglomerate client on defending a complex and high-value equal pay dispute with a senior member of the client’s international tax team.
Advised on the closure of Silberline’s UK site and the transfer of its business to a German group entity.

Practice head

James Keogh

Other key lawyers

Gemma Finlayson; Gemma Woodhead

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