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Provided by Helena White
Helena is a commercial practitioner, with a particular focus on domestic and international construction and engineering disputes, insurance coverage, professional negligence and property damage. Her experience includes public procurement, infrastructure and utilities work.
Recommended across various practice areas in Chambers and Partners, Chambers Global, the Legal 500 and the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), Helena is known for being a robust trial advocate and providing clear and accessible advice either in writing or in conference. She is regularly instructed by a range of clients, including employers, contractors, construction professionals, insurers and insolvency practitioners to act in litigation, arbitration, adjudication and mediation, across a variety of jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the Middle East.
Helena accepts instructions on a direct access basis in appropriate cases.
Helena likes to travel when she can, is an avid film fan and regularly sings in a choir.
-COMBAR
-South Eastern Circuit
-TECBAR
-BILA
-Society of Construction Law (UK and Gulf)
-The Adjudication Society
-LCLCBA
Contributing author to Paul Reed KC’s Construction All Risks Insurance, Sweet & Maxwell, 2014, Insurance Broking Practice and the Law (ed. CMS Cameron McKenna)
Contributing author of Construction Professional indemnity Insurance, published by Sweet and Maxwell in 2018
Provided by Chambers
Helena White has a practice covering a broad array of construction and engineering disputes, including cases involving related insurance and professional negligence issues. She has particular expertise in cases arising out of water and waste disposal-related projects.
Provided by Chambers
Helena has been very responsive and accommodating of deadlines. Her advice has been clear throughout and has had in mind not only the legal points but also the client's commercial considerations.
She's very pragmatic, can be strategic and can take a broad approach.
Helena is very strong, very bright and user-friendly.
Helena is excellent and tenacious, and good at handling difficult clients.
Helena has been very responsive and accommodating of deadlines. Her advice has been clear throughout and has had in mind not only the legal points but also the client's commercial considerations.
She's very pragmatic, can be strategic and can take a broad approach.
Helena is very strong, very bright and user-friendly.
Helena is excellent and tenacious, and good at handling difficult clients.