Employment
UK Guide 2025 : Thames Valley
Band 1
Contact number
(01865) 263070About
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
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 provided advice to a renewable energy services provider on the termination of a senior director.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The depth and breadth of their team is very strong. The Lewis Silkin team are able to respond to technical, specialist and more general matters."
"The advice is always delivered commercially and with appropriate acknowledgement of risk."
"The Lewis Silkin team has a great spread of expertise to support any employment issue."
"The depth and breadth of their team is very strong. The Lewis Silkin team are able to respond to technical, specialist and more general matters."
"The advice is always delivered commercially and with appropriate acknowledgement of risk."
"The Lewis Silkin team has a great spread of expertise to support any employment issue."
Notable Practitioners
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 gives great, pragmatic and commercial advice with innovative solutions."
"Russell is great. The business appreciates his commercial and plain English advice. Russell is calm, knowledgeable and great to work with."
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 an established and knowledgeable employment lawyer who always provides good advice and valuable input."
"Jonathan is exceptionally good in all respects."
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.
"Carolyn provides us with an excellent level of support and is very easy to work with. She balances a sophisticated technical acumen with practical advice."
Abi Frederick is co-chair of Lewis Silkin's contingent workforce team and stands out for her specialist expertise in non-traditional employment such as agency and self-employed arrangements.
"Abi brings huge commercial awareness and is incredibly responsive, knowledgeable and pleasant to deal with."
"Abi is an intellectual powerhouse."
"Abi brings a huge commercial awareness, and is incredibly responsive, knowledgeable and pleasant to deal with. No ask is too big."
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Lewis Silkin
Thames Valley