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We’re delighted to have 12 practices ranked in Band 1 in the Chambers UK 2027 guide. Two practices are new to the top band - Intellectual Property: Law Firms with Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys – London, and Partnership (UK-wide).

We continued to receive strong recognition in the latest edition of the Legal 500 UK, released today.

Checkatrade is the UK's number one platform for finding trusted tradespeople, while Rated People has built a strong reputation as an online marketplace matching homeowners with skilled trades.

Lewis Silkin has advised its longstanding client Headland, the reputation and communications consultancy, on its acquisition of Shearwater, a Brussels-based political and regulatory advisory firm.

Lettu, a new AI-powered platform designed to help creators, talent managers, agencies and brands get commercial deals done faster and more efficiently, has been launched today.

We have advised Tickets for Good on its £3.9 million funding round led by Mercia Ventures alongside Shaping Impact Group, Finance Yorkshire, Leansquare and other investors.

We are pleased to announce that we have advised the senior management team at JKR, the award-winning global branding business, on its new investment from Breakwater Management, an LA-based private equity firm.

With the Skilled Worker visa route now closed to new overseas recruitment of care workers, retaining the international workforce already in place has become critical, yet Home Office scrutiny of sponsors has intensified sharply, with sponsor licence revocations more than doubling in the past year.

The AI field “is scaling faster than the systems around it can adapt,” warns the 2026 Stanford AI Index. Seventy-one per cent of UK CEOs say they are already redesigning roles and career paths for AI collaboration. But challenges remain on return on investment: we know that it’s there, but it can often be difficult to work out.

Lewis Silkin announces today that Iskander Fernandez has joined the firm as a Partner, specialising in corporate crime.

Lewis Silkin’s Belfast team are celebrating their fifth anniversary this month, as well as their successful growth from an original team of eight to over 80 colleagues today.

In this article, Declan sets out the key immigration risks for organisations sending business travellers to Ireland, the immigration pitfalls to watch out for, and what you can do to avoid them.