Bella Helford Email & Phone Number

Bella S. Helford concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial real estate transactions, general corporate and business representation, and general contract law. She handles a variety of real estate matters with an emphasis on the leasing, management, acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate properties.Ms. Helford is admitted to.

Specializing in the following areas of law: corporate representation of small businesses and closely-held corporations; commercial and residential real estate transactions and mortgage financing; merger, sale and acquisition of business enterprises.

Hired, trained, managed and supervised department of thirty specialized and general corporate paralegals. Authored various training manuals, incorporation kits and summaries of corporate law. Assisted with management of 100+ litigation paralegal department, including staffing of temporary projects. Oversaw preparation of audit letters and managed audit.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Responsible for numerous aspects of international multi-billion dollar stock and asset sale transactions, including drafting acquisition agreements, drafting disclosure schedules and reviewing same with clients, negotiating with opposing counsel, reviewing company files to create data room and managing data room throughout auction.

Independently authored computer contract negotiation manual covering issues of intellectual property indemnification, limitations of liability clauses, covenant of quiet enjoyment and warranty disclaimers. Drafted outline for brief in support of motion for summary judgment and organized exhibits for the defense of a discrimination suit. Wrote supporting.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Honors: Dean’s Scholarship, merit-based award of full-tuition for all three years of law school study

B.A., Political Science, And Russian

Activities and Societies: B.A. in Political Science and Russian Magna cum laude, May 1998 Cumulative GPA: 3.87 Political Science GPA.