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Helen Bates
Solicitor / Partner
Freeths LLP
10th Floor, Central Square
29 Wellington Street
Leeds West Yorkshire England, LS1 4DL
T: 0113 246 2926

Professional Bio:

Helen is a highly regarded insolvency, corporate recovery and restructuring lawyer with over 21 years’ experience. Helen heads up the Insolvency and Restructuring team in the Leeds office of Freeths (a top 50 National Law Firm) and deals with all aspects of both corporate and personal insolvency.

Helen acts for many national and regional Insolvency Practitioners, lenders, creditors, debtors, companies, directors, business owners, guarantors and individuals.

Helen undertakes both contentious and non-contentious work, regularly bringing or defending claims, advising businesses and individuals in financial distress and regularly advising the various parties to transactional matters, whether this be the seller, buyer, guarantors, funders or other parties to a transaction. 

Helen is known for her commercial and practical approach and is often referred to as a “safe pair of hands” with an ability to always find a solution.

Practice Areas:

Debt Restructuring
Distressed Asset Sales
Litigation and Litigation Consulting
M&A
Operational Turnarounds
Refinancing
Risk Management

Industries:

Automotive
Agriculture
Commodities
Consumer goods
Energy
Entertainment
Financial services
Food Services
Healthcare
Industrial goods
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Manufacturing
Media
Mining/Oil/Gas
Publishing
Real Estate
Retail
Services
Technology
Transportation services
Travel & Hospitality
Utilities

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