Lucy Trynka

Senior Associate

01482 337336

Department Employment Law

About Lucy

Lucy is a senior associate in the employment team, based in the Hull office.

Lucy specialises in all areas of employment law for both employers and employees and has experience working with clients across Hull and Leeds.

She excels at building and maintaining strong client relationships, delivering practical and commercially focussed advice and securing positive outcomes for clients. Her work consistently earns excellent client feedback, reflecting her efficiency and commitment to achieving results.

Key specialisms

Lucy advises on a variety of employment law issues and has experience of acting for both businesses and individuals. Lucy has worked on a number of cross-jurisdictional matters including complex whistleblowing matters, corporate mergers and acquisitions and large-scale redundancy and TUPE matters.
Sectors

Education
Lucy is part of the firm’s dedicated education sector team and is the key point of contact in Hull for education clients, including large multi-academy trusts. Lucy advises on day-to-day HR and governance matters and complex tribunal matters. She is also actively engaged in the organisation of education focussed events in the East Yorkshire and Humber region, including breakfast briefings, HR forums and EducaTED events.
Education

Lucy graduated with a law degree from Newcastle University and then completed her Legal Practice Course with the University of Law in Leeds. She qualified as a solicitor in 2020.
Voluntary work and memberships

Lucy is a member of the firm’s charity committee, organising various charitable initiatives for the Hull office, including a yearly Christmas present drive for disadvantaged children in the local area. She has also spoken on a number of podcasts on various employment related topics and has been cited in The Guardian for providing legal commentary in a national article on Christmas parties.
Lucy also attends careers fair events on behalf of the firm at local schools and universities and has previously spoken at local schools to pupils considering a career in law, including sitting on a three-person law and finance panel as part of a dedicated Q&A session for students and parents.

Lucy was a great help during the process, her patience, professionalism was second to none. Her support was very much appreciated. Everything that Lucy did for me was faultless.

Lucy was a great help during the process, her patience, professionalism was second to none and there was no issue in answering any questions or clarifying any part of the process. Her support was very much appreciated. Everything that Lucy did for me was faultless.
Personable, professional and made a very upsetting and distressing situation more bearable and manageable.

Personable, professional and made a very upsetting and distressing situation more bearable and manageable. Lucy was always happy to listen, acknowledge and provide advice and information sensitive to my needs and the over case with the law in mind. Thank you to all the support team too for their quick responses and the nature in which they have treated me over the period of time working with the firm.
Very quickly understood the situation and dealt with it not just professionally, but also with a very high degree of emotional intelligence.

Very quickly understood the situation and dealt with it not just professionally, but also with a very high degree of emotional intelligence.
Lucy made a stressful process so much easier with clear advice and options. I would wholeheartedly recommend.

Lucy made a stressful process so much easier with clear advice and options. I would wholeheartedly recommend.
Lucy was very diligent and provided a thorough service and support throughout. She helped to achieve a good financial outcome.

Lucy was very diligent and provided a thorough service and support throughout. She helped to achieve a good financial outcome.