Mr Helen Galley > Chambers of Elspeth Talbot Rice KC > London, England > Barrister Profile
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XXIV Old Buildings
24 OLD BUILDINGS, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
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Mr Helen Galley
Position
Helen has built up a reputation as a well-respected commercial Chancery practitioner with an emphasis on property and trusts related issues.
She has built up extensive and wide-ranging expertise in both non contentious and contentious property matters ranging from small scale cases to multi-million pound developments. Helen has also acted in a wide range of commercial and business disputes in areas as diverse as travel, hire purchase, the media, entertainment, IPR, IT and e-commerce.
Contentious and non-contentious trusts matters, both on and offshore, are a regular feature of her caseload.
Career
Called 1987, Grays Inn
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Insolvency Lawyers Association
- Property Lawyers Association
- Court of Protection Bar Association
- ACTAPS
- STEP
Education
- LLB, London 1979
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Crossing over with the set’s reputation for Chancery work, XXIV Old Buildings is known for its ‘great strength’ in the partnership area, handling a full spectrum of partnership law in farming, legal and finance both domestically and abroad. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC and Alan Steinfeld KC are two silks active in partnership work, while turning to the set’s juniors Helen Galley and Hugh Miall are noted for their practice covering traditional partnerships, LLPs and joint ventures.
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Helen Galley –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Helen is pragmatic, calm and engaging with the clients and her down to earth and easy to deal with at a time when they are usually quite stressed. She is incisive and looks for the quickest and best route to the solution of the problem.’