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.