Helena Badenhorst

Helena Badenhorst is an Associate Partner at VDMA, specialising in commercial law and dispute resolution with a particular focus on occupational health and safety, labour and employment, and telecommunications, media and technology. She advises clients on commercial disputes, regulatory compliance, data protection, risk and crisis management, and private wealth matters.

Her practice spans dispute resolution, regulatory advisory, commercial law, and data protection, providing strategic legal counsel across the food and agriculture, consumer goods, manufacturing, transport and logistics, and occupational health and safety sectors. She brings a practical and solution-oriented approach to complex commercial and regulatory matters.

Helena holds a B‑Proc Law from the University of the North‑West (formerly Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1994) and a Certificate in the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity from the University of Cape Town. She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.