Paul Gillen

Practice Areas

Paul is a partner in Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Belfast. He is qualified in England & Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Paul provides cross jurisdiction and comparative law advice to clients throughout the UK and Ireland. He advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters, including HR support, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, executive management, performance management, TUPE, outsourcing, discrimination law, and a full range of employment litigation.

His clients span a range of sectors and include multi-nationals and local businesses across the UK and Ireland. These sectors include food, retail, manufacturing, pharma, IT services and technology, financial services, education and government departments.

Professional Memberships

CIPD member – past chair

Institute of Directors – ambassador for diversity and inclusion

Member of the CBI Employment and Skills committee

Visiting professor to the school of law, Ulster University