Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40

Lewis Silkin

Operating for a plethora of clients across the media and entertainment, financial services, technology, and sport industries, ‘pragmatic and commercially focused’ Lewis Silkin is well-positioned to handle TUPE, employment litigation, and the employment aspects of international projects. The practice is steered by ’excellent’ Jonathan Carr, who deploys his experience in the employment space to advise on restructuring, TUPE, and green employment policies, while Carolyn Soakell fields a diverse employment practice comprised of both contentious and non-contentious issues. James Storke principally advises on restructuring, senior terminations, TUPE, discrimination and strategic projects, with James Walters contributing his sport sector expertise to the team.

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Testimonials

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‘Pragmatic and commercially focused expert advice across all employment law related matters.’
‘A talented team who have wide-ranging knowledge across a variety of disciplines. Knowledge-share materials are very good and there are opportunities for wider collaboration.’
‘Team members are very knowledgeable, pragmatic, easily accessible and friendly.’
‘Very client focused service. Excellent expertise in employment law providing pragmatic advice to complex issues. Conducting employment investigations is also a strength.’
‘Jonathan Carr is excellent. He understands our firm and is pragmatic and commercial in his advice. He is level-headed and readily available when we need his advice, and is a great person to have on your team.’
‘The team at Lewis Silkin offer practical, commercial advice. They are friendly, and their advice is in plain English, as clear for managers outside of the HR team to understand.’
‘Very approachable and pragmatic. They work collaboratively with us to resolve the issue in hand.’
‘Jonathan Carr is great. He is pragmatic, approachable and sensible in his advice. He is our go-to employment lawyer.’

Key clients

Norton Rose Fulbright
Arsenal Football Club
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
PZ Cussons
Invesco
London Metal Exchange
Paramount
Intel
Cloud SG
Banijay

Work highlights

Advising an FMCG brand on a complicated death in service benefit issue.
Advising a renewable energy services company on the termination of a Senior Director with high value contractual remuneration clauses.
Advising a publisher on handling threatened claims and DSARs from both their HR Director and Chief Operating Officer.

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