Linky Trott > Edwin Coe LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Edwin Coe LLP
2 STONE BUILDINGS
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3TH
England

Work Department

Employment.

Position

Linky has a wealth of experience and advises on a full range of employment issues for established corporate clients and senior executives in both regulated and non regulated industries. She has provided strategic advice on a number of successful team moves within the communications and financial sector acting for both the poaching competitor and the individuals being approached.

Linky understands that when a business or a senior executive has an employment related issue, it frequently requires immediate and urgent attention and Linky is consistently praised by clients for her speed of response and turn around time. Her client base encompasses a broad range of industry sectors including financial services (from senior executives in substantial financial institutions to owner managed hedge funds), professional services (including legal, architectural, accounting, recruitment, consultancies), local authorities, PR and advertising, manufacturing and retail companies.

Linky has both Employment Tribunal and High Court experience and has obtained and resisted a number of High Court injunctions to enforce or resist post termination restraints and to protect confidential information. She also advises on data protection, commercial agents and the Conduct of Employment Businesses and Employment Agency issues.

Career

Trained Penningtons; qualified 1993; Edwin Coe 1994; partner 2001 to date.

Languages

Basic French.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association
Law Society Employment committee
Arab Bankers Association

Education

School of St Helen and St Katherine, Abingdon; Guildford Law School (Law Society Finals).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Senior executives

Edwin Coe LLP handles the full range of discrimination claims for senior executives, including those relating to sex, race and disability. Other key areas of work span whistleblowing cases, redundancy processes and severance negotiations. Linky Trott spearheads the team, and regularly deals with misconduct allegations. Another noted team member is the ‘marvellous’ Emma Sangeelee, who specialises in disability discrimination claims. Clare Gilroy-Scott handles a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, mainly exit and settlement negotiations.

London > Employment > Employers

Linky Trott leads the team at Edwin Coe LLP, which acts for clients in sectors ranging from hospitality to construction and tech to investment management. In addition to handling the employment aspects of large transactions, as well as sanctions related matters, the team also covers work for clients the charity sector, an area in which Ruth Hickling is a specialist. Claire Gilroy-Scott and Alexandra Bonner are also key, as is disability discrimination matters expert Emma Sangeelee.