Lucy Townley
Senior Associate
Lucy advises on employee and industrial relations issues with a focus on Employment Tribunal litigation and trade union related advice.
Lucy works with clients in the energy, retail, and manufacturing sectors, advising on a broad spectrum of employment issues.
Lucy provides commercial advice which balances legal risk, business strategy, trade union relations and reputational impact and has a passion for finding a path through problems.
Lucy's focus is on defending large employers in Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal litigation on a variety of topics, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, and whistleblowing. Lucy also has extensive experience managing redundancy and other change projects.
Lucy has a particular interest in managing industrial relations and has experience managing pay negotiations, advising on industrial action and contingency planning, and collective consultation processes. Lucy regularly advises on trade union supported disciplinary and grievance matters too.