David Hopper is a Partner at Lewis Silkin in London, where he heads the firm’s Industrial Relations practice. He is ranked as a Band 1 partner by Chambers and Partners and as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500.
Hopper advises on all aspects of industrial relations and collective employment law, combining advisory and contentious work. He is a solicitor admitted in England & Wales, Hong Kong (non-practising), and Ireland, and has litigated at all levels up to and including the UK Supreme Court in trade union recognition and European Works Council cases.
His notable experience includes acting for Deliveroo in the first appeal concerning statutory trade union recognition to reach the UK Supreme Court, for Adecco in the first European Works Council appeal to reach the UK Supreme Court, and for Verizon in the first European Works Council appeal before the Irish Labour Court. He is currently acting in the first European Works Council case to be appealed to the Irish Supreme Court.
Hopper has spent nearly 11 years at Lewis Silkin, joining as an Associate in 2016 and progressing through Senior Associate (2017–2020, working across London and Hong Kong) and Managing Associate (2020–2021) before being made Partner in April 2021.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Science in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Oxford.
