Tax Disputes (Private Client)

Trained at Hammonds LLP (since become Squire Patton Boggs LLP) qualified as a solicitor in 2009.

Qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser 2012 and a STEP member 2015.

New Quadrant Partners 2015-2016

Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP 2016- present

CEDR accredited 2016.

Chartered Institute of Taxation (Membership Committee and Dispute Resolution and Litigation sub-group)

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Accredited Mediator

Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers

Tax Investigations Practitioners’ Group

Helen is a Partner in the Joseph Hage Aaronson contentious tax team specialising in UK and international tax disputes. She is a Solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser, a member of the Society of Tax and Estate Practitioners and is a CEDR accredited mediator. She has recently been included in the City Wealth Leaders List Top 100 Private Client lawyers, is included in the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2023 and appears the Tatler Address Book 2023. Helen writes prolifically for numerous tax publications and is an active committee member at the Chartered Institute of Tax and the Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers.

Helen advises both individuals and corporates either engaged directly or as a consultant to an extensive network of professional firms and financial institutions who repeatedly call upon her expertise.

Helen has trained under both Ray McCann and also Peter Vaines when she was the lead associate in R (on the application of Gaines-Cooper) v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.) She has successfully run numerous residence and domicile cases but will also turn her hand to a wide variety of contentious and advisory tax matters. Helen is an industry leading specialist at running highly technical COP9 investigations where she has a proven track record of successfully negotiating very favourable settlements.

Helen frequently writes for Tax Adviser, Tax Journal and other tax publications. She also edits chapters for the acclaimed Bloomsbury Professional publication Revenue Law: Principles and Practice.

Clients say of her:

Her judgement is razor sharp. Under immense time pressure and navigating complex rules, she speedily formed her opinion, liaised with hostile opposition, and closed the deal in a smart and flexible manner.

 The advice Helen provided me with on my technical international tax issues was unbelievably thorough. It put my mind at rest that she did not leave any stone unturned. HMRC interviews were never stressful as Helen was always completely in control.

Cardiff Law School

University of Reading and University of Maastricht LLB Law with Legal Studies in Europe