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Helena Potts

Partner, Financial Restructuring

helenapotts@paulhastings.com

Helena Potts is a partner in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.

Helena has represented the full spectrum of stakeholders in formal and informal restructurings and refinancings, with a particular emphasis on high-value complex cross-border matters across the full range of stressed and distressed situations, from insolvent liquidations to consensual restructurings and new money opportunities, with broad experience across all types of capital structures.

Helena’s experience spans diverse industry sectors, including automotive, financial services, retail and leisure, manufacturing, and oil and gas.

EDUCATION

Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, L.P.C., 2003

REPRESENTATIONS

  • The creditors committee in relation to the amendment and extension of the approximately €530 million debt facilities of the ARVOS Group, a manufacturer and supplier of industrial heat exchange solutions.

  • The banks in relation to the approximately €900 million in debt and equity restructuring of HEMA, the Dutch-headquartered retail chain and in relation to the subsequent equity sale of the group.

RECOGNITIONS

  • Notable Practitioner, Restructuring and Insolvency

    IFR1000 UK

  • Recommended, Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency

    Legal 500 UK

PUBLICATIONS

  • "United Kingdom: Restructuring & Insolvency" Legal 500, Co-Author

    JULY 8, 2026