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Sydene Helwick
Legal Director
Dubai
Level 8, Building 6
Emaar Square, Sheikh Zayed Road
PO Box 53934 Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Office Telephone: +971 4 423 0555
Office Fax: +971 4 425 7941
Direct Dial (Dubai): +971 4 423 0567
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Sydene is a Legal Director in HFW's office in Dubai. She has extensive real estate experience which includes acting as a lead negotiator in a number of high value real estate acquisition and disposals; commercial, retail and residential lease transactions; different forms of long term land leases; advising on complex mixed use developments, and preparation of various types of strata documents, such as master community declarations, jointly owned property declarations and building management statements.
As a past in-house legal advisor, Sydene's practice includes advising on a broad range of real estate matters, such as developer and project registration; disclosure statements and off plan sales scheme documents; real estate disputes, various types of commercial agreements such as property and facilities management, exhibitions, events, sponsorship, marketing and brokerage; different forms of service agreements; and project re-development strategies.
Sydene has acted for property developers, banks, consultants, association management companies, facilities and property management companies, major landlords and tenants on transactions involving development, sales, leasing, and other property transactions.
She developed her real estate experience through working with local firms in South Africa and the UAE, as well as working in-house for a master developer, which is one of the largest real-estate development and property management businesses in Dubai.
She is fluent in English and is registered as an attorney with the Law Society of Northern Provinces, South Africa.