Helen Buchanan
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Tax: Contentious
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About
Provided by Helen Buchanan
Practice Areas
Helen leads our thriving global contentious tax practice. Alongside her contentious work, Helen advises UK and international clients on a wide range of corporate and financial transactions, drawing from her 25+ years of experience working in one of the UK’s strongest tax teams.
Career
Helen has been a partner at Freshfields since 2007.
Chambers Review
UK
Helen Buchanan is head of Freshfields' global tax dispute practice. She is widely seen as one of the leading contentious tax practitioners in the market. She is highly regarded for her experience advising corporates on disputes including transfer pricing and CFC-related disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Helen is very good at presenting client positions to HMRC in an effective way."
"Helen gives crisp and helpful legal advice informed by experience and a good understanding of commercial context and implications."
"She is one of the people I rate the highest. She is smart, incisive, thoughtful and presentable."
"Helen has deep subject matter expertise and a practical approach, and is very well regarded."
"Helen is very good at presenting client positions to HMRC in an effective way."
"Helen gives crisp and helpful legal advice informed by experience and a good understanding of commercial context and implications."
"She is one of the people I rate the highest. She is smart, incisive, thoughtful and presentable."
"Helen has deep subject matter expertise and a practical approach, and is very well regarded."
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