Paul Gillen
Lewis Silkin
Solicitor (England and Wales/N.I.)
Regions
- Northern Ireland
Expertise
- Employer focused day to day advice
- Advocacy: Employment Tribunal/Employment Appeal Tribunal
- Financial services
- Boardroom disputes
- Corporate transactions
- Advising employees on settlement agreements
- Public sector - education
- Public sector - health
- Public sector - local authorities
- Public sector - other
8th Floor, The Linenhall, 32-38 Linenhall Street, Belfast, BT2 8BG, United Kingdom
paul.gillen [at] lewissilkin.com
https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/people/paul-gillen
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Paul is a partner in the Lewis Silkin employment law team, based in Belfast. He is qualified in England & Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and provides cross jurisdiction and comparative law advice across the UK and Ireland. Paul advises clients on contentious and non-contentious matters, including HR support, matters, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, executive management, TUPE, outsourcing, discrimination law, and a full range of employment litigation.
Before qualifying as a lawyer, Paul gained a B.Sc (Hons) in Psychology and a MA in HR Management and worked for over 10 years in people management roles in a range of sectors. Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development as well as Visiting Professor to the School of Law at Ulster University. This gives both professional specialist employment law skills along with the strength of "seeing it from the client's perspective" in advising on practical solutions. Paul is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and one of their ED&I Ambassadors.
Before qualifying as a lawyer, Paul gained a B.Sc (Hons) in Psychology and a MA in HR Management and worked for over 10 years in people management roles in a range of sectors. Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development as well as Visiting Professor to the School of Law at Ulster University. This gives both professional specialist employment law skills along with the strength of "seeing it from the client's perspective" in advising on practical solutions. Paul is also a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and one of their ED&I Ambassadors.
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