About

Provided by Lewis Silkin

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 UK's leading specialist employment law practice, our team of over 170 employment and immigration lawyers, including 33 partners advise on all the day to day UK and Irish employment law issues that arise from the initial employment offer to departure and everything in between. 

We have the agility to be fully flexible to what our clients need, providing the right team at the right price for all types of companies whatever their stage of development

Our practice has the distinctive strength in depth to support clients in a range of specialist areas. We have dedicated teams who advise exclusively on business immigration and global mobility and employee incentives/employment tax. We also have specialist groups who focus on High Court litigation (such as restrictive covenants and team moves), collective employment law (including dealing with trade unions and European Works Councils), data protection and employee privacy, health and safety law and partnerships law. Through our rockhopper service, we can provide clients with low cost, fixed fee helpline and Employment Tribunal support.

We also advise on the employment aspects of outsourcing and M&A transactions and international employment law through our membership of Ius Laboris, the leading global employment law alliance.

Chambers Review

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Employment - Thames Valley

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What the Team is Known For

Lewis Silkin has a well-regarded employment practice noted for its representation of high-profile clients from a broad selection of industries, including technology and financial services. It offers clients additional support through HR director discussion events, annual employment law conferences and forums. Lewis Silkin's specialist areas of focus also include gender pay gap reporting, workplace data protection and boardroom issues. It is able to assist clients with transactional matters such as the employment aspects of M&A activity.

Work Highlights

  • Lewis Silkin continued to advise DS Smith Plc on recruitment and employee relocation in several jurisdictions, suggesting solutions to ensure compliance and to mitigate risk.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Russell Brimelow
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Russell Brimelow
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Band 1

Russell Brimelow is an impressive employment law practitioner who is regularly instructed by clients in the technology sector. His practice includes guiding senior executives through exit strategies, as well as advising clients on discrimination, equal pay and harassment disputes.

Russell is incredibly knowledgeable.

Jonathan Carr
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Jonathan Carr
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Band 3

Jonathan Carr undertakes a full range of employment law work, including advising on negotiated exits and terminations. His practice also includes managing and negotiating high-profile and sensitive senior executive matters.

Jonathan is simply brilliant. He is our go-to employment lawyer for complex matters. He is warm, approachable, commercially minded and solution-focused.

Carolyn Soakell
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Carolyn Soakell
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Band 4

Carolyn Soakell regularly advises employers on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including collective redundancy consultations and age discrimination claims. She represents clients in a range of industries including the legal, pharmaceutical and education sectors.

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James Storke
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Band 4

James Storke is a partner who acts in a large range of employment law issues, with a particular focus on restructuring, senior exits, TUPE, discrimination and strategy, including for multi-jurisdictional matters. He is seasoned in disputes work and has deep experience of defending claims in the employment tribunals.

James has very strong knowledge. He is pragmatic, confident, commercial and easy to work with.

James is absolutely excellent.

Abi Frederick
Abi Frederick
Associates to watch

Abi Frederick specialises in contingent workforce team issues and stands out for her expertise in non-traditional employment, such as agency and self-employed arrangements, and in international employment advice.

She provides sensible and practical insights, and can be relied on to provide well thought out recommendations and advice.

Ranked Lawyers at
Lewis Silkin

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Thames Valley

Employment

Russell Brimelow
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Russell Brimelow
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Band 1
Jonathan Carr
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Jonathan Carr
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Band 3
Carolyn Soakell
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Carolyn Soakell
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Band 4
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James Storke
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Band 4
Abi Frederick
Abi Frederick
Associates to watch