Helix Media Kit
Thank you for your interest in discovering more about Helix. Here, you can find all of our press assets including recent press releases, leadership bios, customer case studies, photography and more.
If you have a specific media inquiry, please reach out via hello@helix.legal.
Overview
Helix Group comprises of three (3) separate entities, including:
- Helix Legal Pty Ltd (ACN 613 956 915), founded in 2016.
- Helix Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd (ACN 642 077 790), founded in 2021.
- Helix Insights Pty Ltd trading as Diligence by Helix (ACN 642 077 790), product opened to market 2021.
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Helix’s DNA
- 19 Helix Humans, including 11 lawyers.
- Not another law firm, we use industry experts to guide our legal practice to deliver strong, useful, practical solutions.
- Queensland grown, with offices in:
- Brisbane, Australia (Helix HQ)
- Townsville, Australia
- Gold Coast, Australia
- Cairns, Australia
- Servicing not only the Queensland construction industry but the wider Australian construction industry.
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Mission
Helix was founded with one clear idea; to serve the building and construction industry by providing meaningful solutions and a better way of doing things. We’ve got a rock-solid foundation of knowledge about our clients rights and obligations; but we offer more by understanding our industry, focusing on the needs of our clients and adding insight and innovation beyond the legal tradition to come up with solid strategies and a clear plan for a better outcome.
Solutions
Solutions are in our DNA
- Helix Legal Pty Ltd – Accredited Local Buy Supplier – Legal Services (Goods & Services) LB311
- Helix Legal Pty Ltd – Accredited Local Buy Supplier – Training Services LB327
- Helix Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd – Accredited Local Buy Supplier – Training Services LB327
- Queensland Government Ethical Compliance Training partner for government agencies (QGP002-2018) .
- Special interest and experience in:
- Queensland Procurement Policy (incl. BPICs)
- Collaborative contracting
- Adjudication
- Innovation
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Key Contact
Janelle Kerrisk
CEO
janelle@helix.legal
- Advice, analysis and negotiation of contracts
- Tender collaboration
- Project delivery strategies and risk analysis
- Contract administration services
- Regulatory, legislative and commercial insight
- Claim management advice and support
- Expertise in dispute resolution clauses
- Organisation wide suites of procurement and contract documents
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Key Contact
Jacqui Doyle
Head of Projects and Procurement
jacqui@helix.legal
- Payment claims
- Payment schedules
- Adjudication applications
- Adjudication responses
- Advice on jurisdiction
- Enforcement options
- Injunctions and appeals
- Compliance with legislative changes
- Setting aside adjudication decisions
- Injunctions, appeals and challenges to adjudication decisions
- Domestic and international
- Major construction and infrastructure projects
- Disputes about defects, delays, non-payment and calling on security
- Flexible approach to suit the needs of the situation
- Variations, defects delay, termination, security of payment and calling security
- Commercial construction, infrastructure projects and civil works
- Suppliers, developers, subcontractors, consultants, engineers and project managers
- Court action after adjudication
- Strategic project plan development
- Focus on early resolution
Key Contact
Jonathan Miliszewski
Director
jonathan@helix.legal
- A clear understanding of obligations of a licence holder
- Project bank accounts compliance audit
- New licence applications
- Preparation for minimum financial requirements for licensing
- All licence applications, renewals and responses
- Assisting with communication with regulators
- Requirements relating to engagement of registered engineers and architects
- Licensing strategy for growth
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Key Contact
Laura King
Special Counsel
laura@helix.legal
- Business Partner Reviews
- Focused Business Reports
- Legislation and Policy Advocacy Strategy Service
- MFR Obligations
- Digital Transformation
- Comprehensive Training Services
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Key Contact
Janelle Kerrisk
CEO
janelle@helix.legal
Key Statistics
- There are five (5) Legal Directors and three (3) Compliance Directors.
- Helix Group employs a 70% female workforce
- Over 1,700 attendees to Helix Legal run events.
- 63% of Helix Humans have been with the Helix Group between two (2) and five (5) years (eight (8) years of trading).
- 37% headcount growth in the last two (2) years (2022 to 2024)
- 2016 marked Helix Legal’s first client onboarding and international travel to Germany for an international arbitration
- 2018 marked Helix’s first public event
- 2018 Launch of Innovation Series
- 2021 Helix Legal moved to Bakery Lane in Fortitude Valley from WeWork in Brisbane City.
- 2023 Helix hosts its first Townsville ‘Constructive Conversations’ Mixer Event at Flinders Lane in Townsville City.
- 2023 Helix hosts its first conference #NotAnotherConference at Smoked Garage in Fortitude Valley, seeing over 100 industry participants attend.
- 2023 Helix Humans Emily Taylor and Michael Chesterman launch the Deconstruction Podcast
- 2024 Helix opens its first Gold Coast office at ‘The Oasis’ in Broadbeach.
- 2024 Helix hosts its first Gold Coast Construction Mixer Event.
Brand Identity
- Reference to the Helix Group is only to be used when referring to all three entities, Helix Legal, Helix Compliance and Diligence by Helix.
- When referring to Helix Group, Helix is also sufficient.
- Helix Legal is always to be separated and have a capitalised ‘H’ and ‘L’ as should Helix Compliance Solution have a capitalised ‘H’, ‘C’ and ‘S’.
- Diligence by Helix should always have a capitalised ‘D’ and ‘H’ never a capitalised ‘b’ .
- Helix Legal is exclusively a commercial construction law firm with physical office locations. Helix Human’s may have remote status.
- The Helix green colour code is #31c9a1.
- See style guide here.
Online Assets
- The primary logo to be used to encapsulate the Helix Group is a single circle with the Helix logo placed in the middle.
- Helix Legal has a separate logo to be used when exclusively speaking to Helix Legal services.
- Helix Compliance Solutions has a separate logo to be used when exclusively speaking to Helix Compliance Solutions services.
- Diligence by Helix has a separate logo to be used when exclusively speaking to the Diligence by Helix product.
- Please contact us at hello@helix.legal for a high-resolution version of our logo, specifying what entity you require.
- Download Helix Group logo pack here.
Press Releases
Social Media
Awards
2025
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 2025 – Construction and Infrastructure (Emily Taylor)
2024
- WINNER Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 2024 – Construction and Infrastructure (Emily Taylor)
- FINALIST UDIA Urban Leader Awards – Legal (Jonathan Miliszewski and Jacqui Doyle)
2023
- WINNER Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) Awards 2023 – Practice Manager of the Year (Earl Tan)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2023 – Innovator of the Year (Firm)
- FINALIST Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) Awards 2023 – Executive of the Year (Dayna Gilbert)
- FINALIST Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) Awards 2023 – Future Leader of the Year (Jonathan Miliszewski)
- FINALIST NAWIC Awards QBCC Award to a Young Achiever 2023 (Emily Taylor)
2021
- WINNER Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2021 – Innovator of the Year (Firm)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 Awards 2021 – Government (Craig Holmes)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 Awards 2021 – Construction and Infrastructure (Craig Holmes)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2021 – Government Team of the Year
- FINALIST NAWIC Awards 2021 – Achievement as a Business Women
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards – Legal Support Professional of the Year
2020
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2020 – Construction and Infrastructure
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2020 – Government Team of the Year
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2020
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2020 – Innovator of the Year (Firm)
2019
- WINNER ChillilQ Lawtech Award for Innovation in Legal IT (People’s Choice) 2019
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2019 – Senior Associate of the Year (SME)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 Awards 2019 – Construction and Infrastructure
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards – Construction and Infrastructure
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2019
2018
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018 – NewLaw Law Firm of the Year
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018 – Legal Support Professional of the Year (Dayna Gilbert)
- NAMED Top 100 Cool Company Awards 2018
2017
- WINNER Lexis Nexis and Janders Dean Legal Innovation index 2017
- WINNER Queensland Law Society – Innovation in Law Award 2017
- WINNER NAWIC Awards 2017 – Achievement as a Business Woman
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2017 – Executive of the Year
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2017
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2017 – Construction and Infrastructure
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2017 – Thought Leader of the Year
- FINALIST Women in Business Award of Australia – Greater Brisbane Women in Business of the Year 2017
Media Contact
For any quotes or comments, please contact:
Janelle Kerrisk
janelle@helix.legal
0423 743 057
For further resources or enquiries, please contact:
Dayna Gilbert
dayna@helix.legal
1300 2 HELIX
