Sean Dempsey
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Employment: Employer
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About
Provided by Sean Dempsey
Practice Areas
Sean is an Employment Partner at Lewis Silkin. He has a substantial client base of large international employers who are mainly, although by no means exclusively, in the technology sector. He advises on all aspects of employment law, particularly employment litigation, international employment law projects and employment law aspects of global acquisitions and restructures.
He is qualified to practice in England & Wales and Ireland and was primarily responsible for establishing Lewis Silkin’s Dublin office in 2018.
Career
Sean trained at Hogan Lovells (at what was then Lovells) from 1999 to 2001 before joining Lewis Silkin on qualification in 2001. He was made a partner in 2009.
Professional Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Exchange; Ius Laboris; British-Irish Chamber of Commerce
Publications
Sean has written for a number of professional legal and HR publications and mainstream media, including the Employment law Journal, CIPD Manual for People Managers, The Law Society Gazette and the Telegraph.
Personal
Sean lives in London with his wife, daughter and dog and his main interests are reading, running and watching football and rugby.
Chambers Review
UK
Sean Dempsey is a partner at Lewis Silkin who is recognised for his work advising household-name clients on sensitive employment matters. He regularly advises clients in the technology sector. Dempsey is well placed to provide cross-jurisdictional employment advice across the UK and Ireland as he is triple-qualified.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A true partner and trusted advisor. He is super talented and always delivers beyond expectations."
"Sean is extremely responsive, excellent at client care and gives sound, pragmatic advice on all issues consulted on."
"His superior client care is evident in the attention he pays to our needs and in the way he always looks out for opportunities to go the extra mile and to provide us with value."
"A true partner and trusted advisor. He is super talented and always delivers beyond expectations."
"Sean is extremely responsive, excellent at client care and gives sound, pragmatic advice on all issues consulted on."
"His superior client care is evident in the attention he pays to our needs and in the way he always looks out for opportunities to go the extra mile and to provide us with value."
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