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James Davies comments for The Law Society Gazette: THE LOW DOWN
04 September 2018
James Davies comments in an article for The Law Society Gazette, which discusses the demand for employment law advice due to the increase in ‘gig economy’ cases and the abolition of tribunal fees.
Laura Farnsworth comments for The Law Society Gazette
05 December 2018
In this article Laura Farnsworth discusses the benefits of lawyers working part time as well as discussing how Lewis Silkin’s low cost, fixed fee service rockhopper has helped support lawyers who wish to work part time.
Remuneration code - For banks, building societies and investment firms
30 October 2016
The financial services industry has been the focus of wide-ranging reform over the past few years as a result of both UK Government and European initiatives. In January 2014, a package of reforms implementing the fourth set of amendments to the EU Capital Requirements Directive (“CRD4”) took effect.
Socially embarrassing - FULLY BOOKED
12 October 2017
This session will focus on what makes a good social media strategy and how brands can get it wrong.
Social impact

We are driven to make a difference to our clients, our people and our communities. Our social impact work is about empowering people and improving lives, with a strong focus on raising aspirations and improving outcomes for young people.
#acknowledge: advertising compliance on social media
26 June 2013
In an article for Law In Sport, Alex Kelham discusses various celebrity tweets which have fallen foul of advertising compliance codes and laws. Alex suggests that in order to avoid the indignation of ASA complaints, perhaps the answer is for agencies to do what they do best - get creative.
Lewis Silkin awarded Best Social Mobility Programme at the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards
24 March 2014
City law firm Lewis Silkin LLP has received the award for ‘Best Social Mobility Programme’ at the 2014 Awards for Management Excellence by the Managing Partners’ Forum.
Social Media and Online Issues - Defamation and Privacy
19 July 2015
Online publishing via social media is now instant, free and easily accessible. Anyone can publish content without much in the way of control or the input of an in-house legal team to veto high risk content. Such freedom and accessibility raises issues for online publishers who face the possibility of claims of defamation and breach of privacy.
Social faux pas: Brands and celebrities
21 October 2016
An Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling in September illustrates that some brands and their agencies are still getting it wrong when it comes using a celebrity’s social media presence to promote their product.
Jonathan Carr comments for the Raconteur: I liked the people so I bought the company
18 October 2017
Jonathan Carr has commented in an article for the Raconteur which discusses Google's $1.1 billion acquisition of 2,000 HTC staff.
Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR in articles for In-House Community and Insurance Asia News
09 April 2018
In articles for In-House Community and Insurance Asia News, Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR and the compliance obligations for companies come the May deadline.
Alex Milner-Smith comments for Asian Legal Business: Dealing With the Data
11 April 2018
In an article for Asian Legal Business Alex Milner-Smith discusses GDPR and how Asian companies are not ready for the approaching deadline.
AIM becomes SME Growth Market – the implications for AIM companies
10 January 2018
AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies, was registered as an SME Growth Market on 3 January 2018.
Smart Cities and Renewable Energy
14 May 2018
In the time before smart cities, electricity by and large was generated by burning fossil fuels in relatively remote locations before being transmitted via high-voltage power lines to population centres.
Advertising & Marketing - Smart cities
26 June 2018
Join us for the latest in our series of seminars for the Advertising & Marketing sector. Smart Cities is a broad concept, covering all manner of innovations, from autonomous vehicles and drone deliveries to monitoring the health and well-being of employees in an office.
The new 2018 QCA Corporate Governance Code for small & mid-size quoted companies
27 June 2018
The Quoted Companies Alliance, the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size quoted companies, has recently released its revised and updated QCA Corporate Governance Code 2018.
'Slow evolution': Government plans further shakeup of legal regulation to encourage alternative providers
03 December 2015
Fergus Payne has been quoted in a Legal Business article on the government's consultation in spring 2016, part of which will be on making legal services regulators independent from their representative bodies.
Brexit: from a slow drip to a full-on leak
27 September 2017
On 5 September 2017, the Home Office Post-Brexit Immigration Document was leaked to the public. The document – the exact publication date of which we do not know – provides a screenshot of government policy towards EU nationals and their non-EU family members. The document talks about how those individuals will be affected at three separate stages: (1) those in the UK ‘before exit’, (2) those who come to the UK during the ‘implementation phase’, and (3) those who arrive ‘after the implementation period’.
Lewis Silkin’s French Desk advises Descours & Cabaud Slovakia, part of the French group Descours & Cabaud, on its acquisitions of Hayley cz
02 February 2018
The French Desk of Lewis Silkin assisted existing client the Descours & Cabaud Group in its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Hayley cz, a company based in the Czech Republic.
C4 Paralympic ad slots attract big advertisers
21 August 2012
Geraint Lloyd-Taylor is quoted in Marketing's "C4 Paralympic ad slots attract big advertisers" article.