Lewis Silkin 'most highly nominated European firm' by Who's Who Legal: Labour and Employment 2017
16 June 2017
We are pleased to announce that Lewis Silkin has been listed in Who’s Who Legal: Labour and Employment 2017, an exhaustive guide to the world’s leading Labour and Employment lawyers.
Our employment and immigration practice is ‘the most highly nominated European firm’ in the research conducted by Who’s Who Legal, with 14 lawyers listed in their latest Labour, Employment & Benefits ranking. The individuals listed are the lawyers who received the most total nominations during the independent research process.
Michael Burd and James Davies are listed as being in the top five Thought Leaders in Europe for receiving the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and other market sources this year. The research has identified them as being truly outstanding practitioners and the very best in their field. Michael Burd is described by one peer as “one of the best practitioners of employment law I have seen” whilst James Davies is commended as “a highly experienced and longstanding employment expert”.
Others listed are Toni Lorenzo, Sean Dempsey, Hannah Price, Richard Miskella, Colin Leckey, Russell Brimelow, Steve Lorber, Michael Anderson, Nicholas Hadaway, Lucy Lewis, Carolyn Soakell, and Ellen Temperton.
These accolades follow ten of our employment lawyers being listed in the Who’s Who Legal global guide last year. and Michael Burd being awarded overall Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leader for Labour and Employment 2017.