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.
- Helix Impact Solutions Pty Ltd (ACN 683 703 639), founded in 2025.
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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’s mission is to serve the construction industry with practical, industry-driven solutions. The team is built on the collaboration of lawyers, industry professionals, leaders, strategists, creatives and big-picture thinkers who combine their individual capabilities to benefit their clients. This approach allows Helix to deliver strategic advice and innovative solutions that go beyond traditional legal services, ensuring clients receive comprehensive support from project inception through to dispute resolution.
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
Janelle Kerrisk
CEO
janelle@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
- Social procurement strategy and implementation
- Workforce diversity and inclusion programs
- Indigenous engagement and cultural heritage
- Gender equality compliance and initiatives
- Social impact measurement and reporting
- Training and capability development
- Policy development and implementation
- Tender response support for social requirements
- Green star credit points – social procurement and Indigenous inclusion
- ISC.21 credits – Diversity and inclusion, stakeholder engagement and heritage
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Key Contact
Morgan Rooney
Director
morgan@heliximpact.solutions
Key Statistics
- There are five (5) Legal Directors, two (2) Compliance Directors and two (2) Impact Directors.
- Helix Group employs a 70% female workforce
- In the 23/24 financial year almost 65% of the total spend on counsel for Helix Legal was on female barristers
- 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.
- 2025 Launch of Helix Impact Solutions.
Brand Identity
- Reference to the Helix Group is only to be used when referring to all four entities, Helix Legal, Helix Compliance, Diligence by Helix and Helix Impact Solutions.
- When referring to Helix Group, Helix is also sufficient.
- “Helix Legal should always be separated, with ‘H’ and ‘L’ capitalised. The same applies to ‘Helix Compliance Solution’ with ‘H,’ ‘C,’ and ‘S’ capitalised, as well as ‘Helix Impact Solutions’ with ‘H,’ ‘I,’ and ‘S’ capitalised.”
- 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.
- Helix Impact Solutions has a separate logo to be used when exclusively speaking to Helix Impact Solutions services.
- Please contact us at hello@helix.legal for a high-resolution version of our logo, specifying what entity you require.
Press Releases
Social Media
Awards
2025
- WINNER Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) Awards 2025 -Award for Excellence in External Impact (Firm)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 2025 – Construction and Infrastructure (Emily Taylor)
- FINALIST The Urban Developer Urban Leader Awards – Legal (Jonathan Miliszewski)
- FINALIST The Urban Developer Urban Leader Awards – Women’s Leadership (Janelle Kerrisk and Morgan Rooney)
- FINALIST UDIA Queensland Awards for Excellence 2025 – Women in Leadership (Janelle Kerrisk)
2024
- WINNER Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 2024 – Construction and Infrastructure (Emily Taylor)
- FINALIST The Urban Developer 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 (Firm)
- FINALIST NAWIC Awards 2021 – Achievement as a Business Women (Dayna Gilbert)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards – Legal Support Professional of the Year (Dayna Gilbert)
2020
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2020 – Construction and Infrastructure (Earl Tan)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2020 – Government Team of the Year (Firm)
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2020 (Janelle Kerrisk)
- 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 (Firm)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2019 – Senior Associate of the Year (SME) (Laura King)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly 30 under 30 Awards 2019 – Construction and Infrastructure (Craig Holmes)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards – Construction and Infrastructure (Janelle Kerrisk and Earl Tan)
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2019 (Janelle Kerrisk)
2018
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018 – NewLaw Law Firm of the Year (Firm)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2018 – Legal Support Professional of the Year (Dayna Gilbert)
- NAMED Top 100 Cool Company Awards 2018 (Firm)
2017
- WINNER Lexis Nexis and Janders Dean Legal Innovation index 2017 (Firm)
- WINNER Queensland Law Society – Innovation in Law Award 2017
- WINNER NAWIC Awards 2017 – Achievement as a Business Woman (Janelle Kerrisk)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2017 – Executive of the Year (Janelle Kerrisk)
- FINALIST Young Entrepreneur Brisbane 2017 (Janelle Kerrisk)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Partner of the Year Awards 2017 – Construction and Infrastructure (Janelle Kerrisk)
- FINALIST Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2017 – Thought Leader of the Year (Janelle Kerrisk)
- FINALIST Women in Business Award of Australia – Greater Brisbane Women in Business of the Year 2017 (Janelle Kerrisk)
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
