Helena White

Practice Areas

Helena is a commercial practitioner, with a particular focus on construction and engineering, insurance , professional negligence and property damage disputes. Her work includes public procurement and utilities work.

Recommended in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 across various practice areas, 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, both in the TCC and the county courts, as well as arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

Helena accepts instructions on a direct access basis in appropriate cases.

Career

• University of Oxford, University College, Lit Hum, BA (Hons)

• CPE – City University

• BVC – ICSL

• Middle Temple Benefactors’ Scholar

Professional Memberships

• COMBAR

• South Eastern Circuit

• TECBAR

• BILA

• Society of Construction Law

Publications

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