Stephen Levinson

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Areas of expertise

Stephen Levinson has spent an entire career resolving disputes. He is a certified Civil and Commercial Mediator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He has over 40 years legal experience as a solicitor and has frequently been identified as one of the UK’s leading employment specialists. He has wide experience of very many business sectors including leisure, hotels and catering, property, education, retail, health, insurance, manufacturing, museums and City-based business. He is very familiar with problems arising within business in the UK, which are managed or controlled overseas.

Stephen has managed employment disputes and litigated at every level from the employment tribunal and county court to the Supreme Court. Before concentrating on employment law he practiced for ten years as a commercial litigator handling many forms of disputes including hire purchase, intellectual property, health and safety, insurance and contractual issues. He advises PLC boards, mid-cap companies, individuals, charities, schools, pharmaceutical companies, professional partnerships, universities and government organizations.

He has experience of handling industrial disputes and has personally conducted wage negotiations for clients. Many of the cases he has managed are reported and remain influential precedents. He is an experienced advocate. His commercial experience has given him an understanding of a wide range of businesses and public sector organizations. He acts frequently for senior executives as they transition. He has been a partner of a number of the leading law firms in England and Scotland and for three years was a partner in a law firm associated with KPMG.

Stephen was a founder member of the Employment Committee of the Law Society on which he served for over 20 years and he is a Vice-President of the Industrial Law Society and a prominent and active member of the Employment Lawyers Association, and has served on several of its committees. He was legal adviser to the disciplinary appeals committee of one of the main accountancy bodies. He writes regularly on employment issues and was a regular blogger for a national newspaper. He has been a school governor for both comprehensive and public schools. He is a member of the editorial committees of the Industrial Law Journal, Employment Law Briefing and Employment Law Journal.

Languages
English

Professional Memberships

Solicitor (1976) Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 1989
Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator (ADR, 2014) 
Accredited Workplace Mediator (ADR-ODR, 2018)

Professional Experience

Examples of disputes mediated include a dispute arising on the removal of a Chief Executive, a commercial dispute within a professional LLP, assisting in the mediation of a multi-million-pound loss of cargo claim, a claim for alleged theft of confidential information and breach of restrictive covenants by four employees and a dispute arising on the dissolution of a family business.
Stephen Levinson has spent an entire career resolving disputes. He has had over 40 year’s legal experience as a solicitor (now non-practising) and was frequently identified as one of the UK’s leading employment specialists. He has wide experience of very many business sectors including leisure, hotels and catering, property, education, retail, health, insurance, manufacturing, museums and City-based business. He is very familiar with problems arising within business in the UK, which are managed or controlled overseas.
Stephen has litigated at every level from the employment tribunal and county court to the Supreme Court. Before concentrating on employment law he practiced for ten years as a commercial litigator handling many forms of disputes including hire purchase, intellectual property, health and safety, insurance and contractual issues. He has advised PLC boards, mid-cap companies, individuals, charities, schools, pharmaceutical companies, professional partnerships, universities and government organizations. He has experience of handling industrial disputes and has personally conducted wage negotiations for clients. Many of the cases he has managed are reported and remain influential precedents. 
He has extensive experience as an advocate. His commercial experience has given him an understanding of a wide range of businesses and public sector organizations. He also acted frequently for senior executives as they enter and leave employment. Stephen was a founder member of the Employment Committee of the Law Society on which he served for over 20 years and he is a Vice-President of the Industrial Law Society. He was a prominent and active member of the Employment Lawyers Association. He has been legal adviser to the disciplinary appeals committee of one of the main accountancy bodies and also the Agricultural Wages Board. He writes regularly on legal issues and was a regular blogger for a national newspaper. He has been a school governor for both comprehensive and public schools. He is a member of the editorial committees of the Industrial Law Journal and the Employment Law Journal.

2013-2019 Keystone Law | Consultant Solicitor
2008-2013 RadcliffesLeBrasseur | Partner, Employment Department
2005-2008 Manches | Partner, Employment Department
2002-2005 Maclay Murray & Spens | Partner and Head of Employment (London)
1999-2002 KLegal | Partner and Head of Employment (UK)
1976-1999 Paisner & Co | Assistant Solicitor, Partner and Head of Employment Law

Style & Approach

Stephen is said to have a relaxed and patient style concentrating on seeking out the crucial issues. He is not easily side-tracked. He is capable of generating confidence quickly and can lighten a tense situation with humour if and when required. He focuses on achieving the best possible outcome for those involved.