Lewis Silkin

Employment, reward and immigration.

Partner. A key member of the Sports Group and Head of Immigration. Specialises in business and personal immigration including applications under the Points Based System and the strategic issues arising from the restrictions on skilled migration. The sports practice focuses on player transfer work and sporting disputes. Contributor to Butterworths Sports & Law Practice.

Trained Magrath LLP; qualified 1997; solicitor Magrath LLP 1997 – 2000; solicitor SJ Berwin 2000-2001; solicitor PWC 2001-02; solicitor Hammonds 2003-06; partner Hammonds 2006-10; partner and head of immigration Lewis Silkin 2010 – present.

Ius Laboris; British Association for Sport and Law; Immigration Law Practitioners Association; IBA.

Keele University (1988 BA American Studies/Politics); College of Law, London (1995 LPC).