Carolyn Soakell
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Employment
Email address
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+44 (0)20 7074 8225Share profile
Band 4
About
Provided by Carolyn Soakell
Practice Areas
Employment, reward and immigration.
Partner specialising in employment and discrimination law. Particular interests include age discrimination, equal pay and family rights. Has extensive experience conducting complex discrimination claims and advising law firms on employee and partner disputes.
Career
Trained Cole & Cole/Morgan Cole; qualified 1999; assistant Morgan Cole 1999-2001; associate Lewis Silkin 2001; partner 2007.
Professional Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; Ius Laboris.
Chambers Review
UK
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"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."