Matthew Lewis

Matthew Lewis is the head of the Employment practice based in our Leeds office.

Matthew trained and qualified as a trade union lawyer and has the unusual experience of both claimant and respondent work.

Matthew is experienced in all areas of employment law, both in respect of claims raised by employees and collective consultation and union issues. He has a real depth of experience and appreciates the commercial reality in which businesses operate. Legal 500 UK identifies Matthew for his “commercial minded” advice.

Matthew has written articles for Personnel Today and Employers Law and has appeared on Radio 4 and Radio 5.

Matthew is head of the firm’s Retail group and co-ordinates our retail offering. This includes running our annual Retail Debate and producing our multichannel report. Matthew is also a director of the credit union for retail employees, retailCURe, supported by the retailTRUST and major retailers, to be launched in 2016.

Tel: 0113 284 7525
Email: matthew.lewis@squirepb.com