Lewis Silkin LLP is a British law firm with offices in London, Oxford, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow and Hong Kong.[1] The firm has over 100 partners, 380 lawyers and a total staff of over 800 people.[2] Lucy Lewis is Lewis Silkin's current Chair of the Partnership.[3] Richard Miskella and Jo Farmer are the firm's Joint Managing Partners.[4][5][6]
History
The firm was established in 1950 in Rye Lane, Peckham, as "Lewis Silkin and Partners" by John Silkin, son of Lewis Silkin. Lewis joined the practice full-time in the 1950s after leaving the House of Commons and relinquishing some parliamentary duties he had undertaken on first becoming a peer. Lewis Silkin opened an office in Westminster in addition to the existing office in Peckham. The Westminster office specialised in planning law and development permits.[7]
rockhopper
In 2014, Lewis Silkin launched a fixed fee employment law service, rockhopper.[8] rockhopper won the Best Innovation in the Working Families Best Practice 2018 awards.[9]
International
The firm is a member of two international networks: Ius Laboris,[10] a global alliance of employment law specialist firms and the Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance.[11]
Charity and awards
The firm has taken part in charity fundraising events over the years, including the 3 Peaks Challenge in 2011, a 30-hour non-stop "Spinathon",[12] staging a pantomime in 2012 and the 24 Peaks Challenge in 2015.[13] The firm has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage employer since 2012.[14][15]
In 2014, the firm organised an "alternative" triathlon to raise money for Oxford Homeless Pathways.[18] In 2014, the firm was awarded Best Social Mobility Program at the Managing Partners Forum awards.[19]
