Harriet Myers

Harriet is a Managing Associate based in London. Her practice is focused on advising clients in relation to high-stakes disputes and regulatory matters across the financial services, technology and infrastructure sectors. She has extensive contentious regulatory experience, advising clients in connection with enforcement action by various regulators include the FCA, PRA, AMF and the Takeover Panel, as well as assisting clients with internal investigations in a pre-enforcement context. Her recent work also includes advising an e-commerce platform in relation to a high profile competition litigation matter.  

Harriet joined Linklaters in 2018, and has worked across our Financial Regulatory and Litigation, Investigations & Arbitration groups, as well as completing a six month secondment to the Litigation & Contentious Regulatory team within Lloyds Banking Group. 

Work experience

Harriet has acted for clients on a wide range of disputes and investigations. Those that can be disclosed include acting for: 

• A global financial institution in complex cross-border and dual-track criminal and regulatory investigation into anti-money laundering/financial crime systems and controls and reputational risk management.
• A UK retail bank on its response to an FCA Enforcement investigation closed without public action.  
• A major international bank on an AMF enforcement investigation into potential market manipulation. 
• An e-commerce platform in connection with ongoing claims before the Competition Appeal Tribunal concerning alleged abuse by Google of a dominant position in respect of its Shopping and AdSense services. 
• A UK government body in relation to potential risks in connection with its historic record keeping practices. 
• A major UK infrastructure operator on its response to an emergency incident, including its regulatory and litigation exposure.