Lewis Silkin LLP
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| Headquarters |
Chancery Lane London, EC4 United Kingdom |
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| No. of offices | 4 |
| No. of lawyers | 173 |
| No. of employees | 346 (total staff) |
| Key people | Ian Jeffery (Partner and Chief Executive) Michael Burd (Partner and Chair) Giles Crown (Divisional Managing Partner) James Davies (Divisional Managing Partner) |
| Date founded | 1950 |
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
| Website | www.lewissilkin.com |
Lewis Silkin LLP is a law firm with offices in London, Oxford, Cardiff and Hong Kong. The firm has 60 partners, 173 lawyers and total staff of over 300 people.
The firm was established in 1950 in Rye Lane, Peckham as Lewis Silkin and Partners by John Silkin, son of the firm's founding father Lewis Silkin. Lewis himself 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 then opened an office in Westminster to complement the existing office in Peckham. The Peckham office was initially a general practice, providing what we know today as 'high street' services. The Westminster office specialised in planning law and development permits. During his time in Government and as Minister of Town and Country Planning, Lewis Silkin had been known as the 'architect' of our town and country planning policies.
Lewis Silkin is based in London, Oxford, Cardiff and Hong Kong. The law firm focuses on two areas, and is divided as such:
The firm acts for employers advising them on international employment, immigration and reward issues.
For many years, the firm has acted for clients in the creative industries (such as advertising, marketing, media).
The firm has established practices in urban regeneration, mixed-use development, social housing, and real estate and development.
The firm is a member of two international networks. Ius Laboris is a global alliance of employment law specialist firms and The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance comprises experts internationally in that field.
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", staging a pantomime in 2012 and the 24 Peaks challenge in 2015.
In 2013, the firm took part in a charity shop takeover for Ty Hafan and cycle to Amsterdam for Helen and Douglas House.
In 2014, the firm organised an "alternative" triathlon to raise money for Oxford Homeless Pathways.
In 2014, the firm was awarded Best Social Mobility Program at the Managing Partners Forum awards.
The firm has been accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage employer since 2012.
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