Helen Randall

Board Member
Head of the Public Sector Commercial Department, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Helen Randall is Head of the Public Sector Commercial Department at law firm Trowers & Hamlins LLP and has over 20 years’ experience advising the public and private sectors on joint ventures, strategic partnerships, regeneration projects, BSF, waste and shared services.
Helen is recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers Guides as a national expert on local government and PPPs. The Legal 500 praises the ‘forensic’ approach combined with ‘genuine creativity’ which Helen brings to her work. Chambers 2009 quotes clients stating that “she is a great combination of being to the point and commercially minded, which means she really knows how to bring a deal to its conclusion”. The guide adds that Helen Randall is “a procurement expert who knows the law and can present it well.”

In 2007 Helen was named as member of The Lawyer magazine “Hot 100″ in the public sector lawyers category for her outstanding contribution to public sector legal services. Helen was a member of Sir Ian Byatt’s Procurement Taskforce and contributed to the Byatt Report.

Recent deals Helen has led on include: the Southwark and Tower Hamlets Building Schools for the Future Schools schemes, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council’s £1billion plus joint venture with Mouchel, Swindon Borough Council’s Aspire Strategic Service Partnership and under the competitive dialogue, London Borough of Barnet’s Primary Schools Capital Pathfinder and London Borough of Hounslow’s Performance Improvement Programme.

Helen has edited both editions of Tottel’s Guide to Local Government Contracts and Procurement, co-authored Butterworth’s Guide to the Local Government Act 1999 and contributes to Sweet & Maxwell’s PFI and PPP Encyclopaedia and numerous other publications.

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