PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
Helena advises clients from Europe, America and Asia, with emphasis on international arbitrations before the ICC, the SCC, and other dispute resolution forums and methods. Due to her extensive hands-on experience with U.S. litigation, Helena’s work focuses especially on the legal aspects of doing business, especially dispute management and resolution, in and between the U.S. and Finland as well as the other Nordic countries. She possesses an in-depth understanding of common law and civil law, international disputes, contract issues and cross-border transactions.
Before joining one of the largest law firms in Finland in 2005, Helena worked as a litigator in the United States for over a decade. She has extensive experience trying cases in U.S. state and federal courts as well as representing clients in arbitration proceedings and mediations. Helena’s focus is business disputes and she has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the law in multiple areas, including contracts, torts, finance, products liability, class actions, officer & directors’ liability, mass torts such as tobacco and asbestos, currency transactions, real estate, and insurance.
Helena has lived in various European countries, the U.S. and Indonesia, and she is thus familiar with multiple cultures and languages, and understands the impact culture has on how disputes are perceived, handled and resolved in different societies.
CAREER AND EDUCATION
- Specialist Counsel, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at Law Ltd, 2021–
- Of Counsel, Glazier Yee LLP (Los Angeles, USA), 2017–
- Specialist Counsel, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at Law Ltd (Helsinki, Finland), 2011–2016
- Specialist Counsel, Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd (Helsinki, Finland), 2005–2011
- Special Counsel, Knott & Glazier LLP (Los Angeles, USA), 2003–2005
- Senior Associate, Solomon Ward et al. LLP (San Diego, USA), 2001–2003
- Associate, Zevnik Horton et al. (San Diego, USA), 1999–2001
- Associate, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (San Diego, USA), 1994–1999
- Member of the Bar of District of Columbia, 2002
- Member of the State Bar of California, 1996
- Master in Comparative Law, University of San Diego (USA), 1994
- LLM in Law & Economics, Universities in the EU (Netherlands, Belgium and Spain), 1993
- Jur. Kand. (Swedish law degree), University of Stockholm (Sweden), 1993
LANGUAGES
- Swedish, English, Norwegian
POSITIONS OF TRUST
- International School of Helsinki, Board member, Secretary of the Board and Chair of Governance Committee and Policy Committee, 2022–2025
- DRI International, Country representative (Finland), 2015–2017
- Legal & Commercial Liaison Officer, Consulate of Sweden in San Diego, 2001–2005
- California State Bar Legal Trust Fund Commission, member, 1998–2001
- Women in International Trade, San Diego, President, 1999–2001
- Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce San Diego/Tijuana, President, 1996–1999