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Helen Townsend

Helen Townsend

Hunt & Coombs LLP, East Anglia

Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Helen is a Partner and Team Leader of our Commercial Litigation team. Helen advises partnerships, plc's, limited companies, SMEs and sole-traders on a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including (where necessary) through litigation. She has particular expertise in commercial contracts, professional negligence, property litigation and debt recovery and her clients come from a range of sectors including farming, insurance, entertainment and construction.

Career

Helen qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and joined Hunt & Coombs as an associate solicitor and Commercial Litigation Team Leader in 2020. Helen was promoted to Partner in April 2021. Helen has worked for several regional firms throughout her career gaining a wealth of experience in County Court and High Court matters as well as in the First Tier Property Tribunal. She has nearly 20 years of experience in civil and commercial matters and has recently expanded her knowledge by undertaking the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists qualification through the University of Law in London.

Mentions

Private client • East Anglia

Agriculture and estates

Dispute resolution • East Anglia

Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia

Private client • East Anglia

Contentious trusts and probate

Dispute resolution • East Anglia

Debt recovery

Real estate • East Anglia

Property litigation