Harriet Territt has 20 years of experience in resolving significant financial disputes and regulatory issues with a particular focus on the cutting edge of financial technology (fintech). Her practice covers all forms of complex financial instruments, with significant experience relating to structured products such as CDOs, CLOs, and SIVs. She regularly solves disputes by negotiation, mediation, and wholesale restructuring of transactions as well as by representing clients in court and related proceedings. Harriet is actively involved in Jones Day's global, cross-disciplinary LIBOR transition team, advising on the full range of legal and regulatory issues arising from the forthcoming market transition to alternative reference rates.
Increasingly, Harriet works with clients on liability, risk, and governance issues arising out of the fintech revolution such as DLT (distributed ledger technology, also known as blockchain), AI implementations, alternative finance arrangements, and consumer-facing products. She is a founding member of Jones Day's blockchain initiative and coauthor of Jones Day's multijurisdictional blockchain overview.
Harriet is regularly asked to advise on complex issues related to global financial sanctions and money laundering rules. She deals with related matters including market abuse allegations and has undertaken highly confidential internal investigations and compliance reviews for clients in the financial and regulated sector. She represents organizations and senior individuals before regulators such as the Financial Conduct Authority and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
Harriet is co-chair of the Jones Day Women's Group, helping to develop the next generation of female business leaders, and an external member of the Policy Committee of the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority, the independent regulator of solicitors in the UK).
Experience
Speaking Engagements
- June 18, 2019
PILnet 2019 European Convening, Panel event on Supporting the Resilience of Organized Civil Society: Regaining Legitimacy with the Help of Law and Technology - April 30, 2019
World Justice Forum 2019, Chairing panel on Why Business Needs to be Part of the Movement Towards Global Access to Justice - April 4, 2019
INSOL International Annual Conference, Blockchain: Where are the Opportunities? - August 1, 2018
ASEAN Law Conference 2018, Chairing the Panel on Disruptive Technologies on Business Landscapes in ASEAN: Opportunities and Challenges - May 2, 2018
Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, Global Rule of Law Exchange annual conference - June 6, 2017
Navigating Risk and Regulatory Change, Bloomberg Compliance Symposium. - May 25, 2017
Enforcing and Challenging Arbitral Awards in England and Wales, Presentation to Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution Summer Program - September 15, 2016
Blockchain Forum – Singapore - September 14, 2016
DD2.0 - Rebooting the Compliance Diligence Process - June 29, 2016
Brexit: UK votes to leave the EU: What happens next? - February 10, 2016
The Blockchain: What Is This Technology? Why Does It Matter? - June 17, 2015
Yukos Billion Dollar Message and Its Implications for the Current Foreign Investment Climate In Russia - May 21, 2015
Enforcing and Challenging Arbitral Awards - the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution - April 30, 2014
British Expertise - Sanctions: Practice and Pitfalls - October 17, 2013
American Bar Association - Section of International Law: Investing in Emerging Countries: Practical Tips - October 16, 2013
Navigating Global Risk - September 25, 2013
Ethical Business in a Changing World - A Joint AWLL and Jones Day Workshop - May 22, 2013
Enforcing and Challenging Arbitral Awards in England and Wales, Pepperdine University - February 2, 2012
Globalization of Anti-Corruption Enforcement: Russia - October 2011
Litigation in the OTC Derivatives Market, ISDA Symposium - October 2011
IQPC Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Summit - October 2011
Anti-Corruption Nuts & Bolts, ABA Conference - June 30, 2011
Managing Your Risk - Bribery, Corruption and Business Ethics - May 2011
Managing your Risk - Bribery, Corruption and Business Ethics - January 19, 2011
Integrity Management Workshop - January 2011
The 19th Annual London MCLE Fair (UK Bribery Act 2010) - January 2011
Maintaining Integrity in a Changing World, Jones Day and Control Risks on the Bribery Act 2010 Seminar - October 2010
ISDA Symposium® - Litigation in the OTC Derivatives Market - June 2010
ISDA Symposium® - Litigation in the OTC Derivatives Market - January 2009
Panel Discussion on Fraud
"Pragmatic, thoughtful and intelligent advice"The Legal 500
- King's College London (Postgraduate Diploma with distinction 2004); The College of Law, York (Legal Practice Course 1996); University of Southampton (LL.B. Hons. 1995)
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
- Recommended in The Legal 500 for Banking Litigation (2013-2018) and for Financial Services (2014, 2016-2018), where she is recognized by clients as "extremely good" and "highly rated"