Spear’s Review

Wyn Lewis’s broad practice covers contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law, which has endeared him to HNW clients from the financial, legal, concierge, recruitment, media and retail industries.

A partner at Gunnercooke, Lewis advises senior executives and NGOs on UK and international employment issues, but considers himself to be more of ‘a businessperson who works with the law than a lawyer that tries to apply the law to business’. 

Lewis also runs a coaching business, and says clients like the fact that he owns a business outside his solicitor’s practice. ‘It gives me an inside advantage over someone who has only ever provided legal services. The advice I give tends to be corporate and strategic, but within a legal framework,’ he explains.

Lewis, who has nearly 40 years of experience, knew he’d become a trusted adviser when he realised that he no longer needed to advertise himself. ‘As I get older, my clients get younger – I’m like a corporate uncle,’ he jokes.