David Hopper
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Employment: Employer: Industrial Relations
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About
Provided by David Hopper
Practice Areas
Partner: David specialises in advising on industrial relations and collective employment law. He has developed proactive industrial relations strategies for businesses wishing to implement complex business reorganisations, business transfers and labour cost reductions. His experience includes advising on:
1) collective redundancy consultations, including “fire and rehire” exercises to effect changes to employees’ terms and conditions
2) TUPE transfers, including reliance on the “special circumstances” defence of having undertaken such steps as were reasonably practicable to inform and consult with employees in the context of an administration
3) consultations on listed pensions changes, under the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004
Career
David trained at Slaughter and May in London and qualified into its Pensions and Employment Team in 2013. David moved to Linklaters in Hong Kong in 2014 before joining Lewis Silkin on his return to London in 2016. He has undertaken client secondments to the British Museum, Carillion and JP Morgan.
Personal
David studied at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford before working for an MP and member of the Government in Parliament. He rowed for both Oxford and Cambridge, winning the 2009 Isis-Goldie Race, and represented Great Britain at the 2005 Junior World Rowing Championships.
Chambers Review
UK
David Hopper is a partner at Lewis Silkin who is commended for his expertise in collective employment law and is sought out by employers for his expertise in this area.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is always available and very responsive."
"He remained friendly, efficient and fair throughout."
"He has a personable, easy going approach which instills confidence and is a pleasure to work with."
"David is always very responsive, thorough and has an excellent knowledge of union matters and regulation in this area."
"He is always available and very responsive."
"He remained friendly, efficient and fair throughout."
"He has a personable, easy going approach which instills confidence and is a pleasure to work with."
"David is always very responsive, thorough and has an excellent knowledge of union matters and regulation in this area."