Helin joined European Aluminium in May 2023 as Trade Manager. Prior to joining, she spent three years as an associate at an international law firm. She provided legal advice to governments on their WTO disputes and represented companies, governments and trade associations in their safeguard, anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, and anti-circumvention investigations across wide range of sectors. Early in her career, Helin gained experience at leading law firms in İstanbul, specialising in commercial litigation, corporate law and social security law.  She holds an LLM degree from Leiden University.