Helen is a partner at TWB with over 15 years’ experience in corporate commercial law. Helen’s practice predominantly focuses on general corporate commercial law, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and divestments (both in country and cross border).
Helen has successfully advised private and listed companies operating across a diverse range of industries, including the pharmaceutical, complementary medicine, retail, consumer, telecommunications and automotive industries. Helen’s experience includes a wide range of complex and specialised commercial transactions notably involving high-value deals that require meticulous legal structuring and strategic advice. Helen’s transaction portfolio includes finance arrangements, including both debt and equity financing, private equity transactions and empowerment transactions. She is well-versed in joint ventures, corporate structuring, corporate governance, due diligences, legal risk management and general commercial transactions, such as distribution, manufacturing, supply, service and licensing arrangements.
Helen’s commitment and ability to navigate large-scale, high-stakes transactions makes her a trusted advisor for clients seeking to execute complex deals both domestically and internationally.
Credentials:
BA in Law and Humanities from the University of Cape Town in 2003
LLB from the University of Cape Town in 2005
Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
TWB’s corporate law division has consistently been recognised for its excellence in transactional work and is frequently ranked among the top ten performers by transaction value in Without Prejudice — underscoring the calibre of the work Helen contributes to and the market-leading transactions she helps bring to completion.
