Helen Macfarlane

Helen is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. She has strong expertise in construction litigation, professional indemnity insurance and property disputes including rent review arbitrations. In the construction field, Helen also has front-end expertise in contract drafting and advice. Helen was admitted as a barrister in London in 1987 completing pupillage at Fountain Court Chambers in 1988 before moving to New York where she worked as a litigation attorney for 15 years with a leading US and international law firm Shearman and Sterling, specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. Helen was admitted to the bar of the State of New York in 1989 and to practice before the federal courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit (federal appellate court). Helen joined Hesketh Henry in 2007 as a Senior Associate and in 2017 was appointed partner. · Hesketh Henry

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Helen Macfarlane is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team at Hesketh Henry in New Zealand with expertise in construction litigation, professional indemnity insurance and property disputes, including rent review arbitrations. She was admitted as a barrister in London in 1987, practised for 15 years in New York with Shearman & Sterling specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration, was admitted to the New York bar in 1989, joined Hesketh Henry in 2007 and was appointed partner in 2017.

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LitigationInternational ArbitrationConstructionInsuranceReal EstateCommercial Litigation

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New Zealand

Hesketh Henry · Helen is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. She has strong expertise in construction litigation, professional indemnity insurance and property disputes including rent review arbitrations. In the construction field, Helen also has front-end expertise in contract drafting and advice. Helen was admitted as a barrister in London in 1987 completing pupillage at Fountain Court Chambers in 1988 before moving to New York where she worked as a litigation attorney for 15 years with a leading US and international law firm Shearman and Sterling, specialising in commercial litigation and international arbitration. Helen was admitted to the bar of the State of New York in 1989 and to practice before the federal courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit (federal appellate court). Helen joined Hesketh Henry in 2007 as a Senior Associate and in 2017 was appointed partner.

New Zealand

Expertise

Construction litigationProfessional indemnity insuranceProperty disputesRent review arbitrationsConstruction contract drafting and adviceCommercial litigationInternational arbitration

Admissions

Admitted as a barrister in London (1987)
Admitted to the bar of the State of New York (1989)
Admitted to practice before the United States Federal Courts: Southern District of New York
Admitted to practice before the United States Federal Courts: Eastern District of New York
Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit