Speaker Profile
Stephen Levinson
Partner, Employment Department, RadcliffesLeBrasseur
Stephen’s legal career began at Paisner & Co where he was trained and qualified after reading law at Leicester University. He became a partner in 1979 and established an employment department that became recognised as one of the UK’s leading employment law practices. Thereafter he has helped run the employment departments at KLegal and at Maclay Murray & Spens, London and Manches. He joined RadcliffesLeBrasseur as a partner in 2008.
Stephen frequently advises on business sales and mergers; MBOs; outsourcing in the public and private sectors; collective bargaining; and industrial relations. He also advises on policy issues relating to directors and employees; managing change; corporate governance; race, sex and disability discrimination; Works Councils and union recognition. He also advises senior executives "on the move". In addition, he has appeared in hundreds of employment tribunal cases as an advocate as well as in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Stephen was a founder member of the Employment Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales. He has also been Chairman of the Industrial Law Society, and is now a Vice President of the Society. Stephen has played a leading role in the management of the Employment Lawyers Association. He is currently a member of its Publishing, International and Legislative and Policy Committees and the Management Committee.
