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Lewis Silkin

Employment

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Lewis Silkin

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About

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Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities. 

Widely recognised as the Ireland leading specialist employment law practice, our team of over 325 employment, immigration and data privacy experts advise on all employment law issues.

We provide clear, pragmatic and commercial advice, with unmatched international coverage. We focus on day to day advisory work, strategic projects and Employment Tribunal and complex litigation. We also have dedicated teams of experts in specialist areas including High Court employment litigation, investigations, trade unions and works councils, outsourcing and M&A, alternative workforce arrangements, global mobility and reward and tax. Our dedicated senior executives team advise individuals on all aspects of employment law, with a particular specialism in discrimination law.

Alongside our colleagues in Ius Laboris, the world’s leading international HR practice (of which we are the UK, Irish and Hong Kong member), we cut through the complexity of managing a global workforce, providing clients with the best local employment lawyers in one global team.

We also support clients through our low cost, fixed fee helpline and Employment Tribunal service rockhopper, our flexible resourcing service LS In-house and through WORKSPHERE, our people solutions service providing training, HR consultancy, pay and reward services.

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Employment - Ireland

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For
Lewis Silkin is recognised for its work on collective and individual employment law matters. The law firm assists with employment issues arising in corporate transactions, including TUPE considerations and any subsequent restructuring mandates. The team has experience in collective redundancies and unfair dismissal cases. It handles senior executive exits and discrimination claims, and offers additional support in whistle-blowing claims and disciplinary processes.

Strengths

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  • Lewis Silkin provides responsive, practical and professional advice, delivered with support and relentless good humour.

    Employment respondentEurope
  • The team is extremely knowledgeable and proactive.

    Employment respondentEurope

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Joanne Hyde
    Band 1Joanne Hyde

    Joanne Hyde

    Joanne Hyde is noted for her ability to provide solutions in sensitive and complex employment matters. She expertly handles collective redundancies and senior executive exits, offering additional experience in unfair dismissals, disciplinary issues and discrimination claims. She also advises on gender pay gap compliance and internal investigations.
  • Band 2Siobhra Rush
    Band 2Siobhra Rush

    Siobhra Rush

    Síobhra Rush is a well-known labour lawyer who is respected for her broad practice, which covers industrial relations, collective redundancies, gender discrimination and other equality claims. She is also skilled at handling the employment aspects of corporate transactions.

    • I can always rely on Síobhra Rush for quick, pragmatic and thorough advice.

      Employment respondentEurope
    • She is pragmatic, no fuss, straight to the point and has a huge level of focus on client engagement.

      Employment respondentEurope
    • Síobhra is an excellent communicator who simplifies difficult legal concepts to enable understanding for non-legal professionals.

      Employment respondentEurope
  • Band 3Linda Hynes
    Band 3Linda Hynes

    Linda Hynes

    Linda Hynes has experience in cross-border redundancies, M&A-related employment issues and data protection matters. She also advises on protected disclosure, gender equality and senior executive terminations.
    • Linda is responsive, has excellent communication skills and really works to optimise solutions.

      Employment respondentEurope

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