"What distinguishes Harriet is her keen understanding of the dynamics and her focus on achieving timely, appropriate, optimal positions for her clients. She navigates the needs of competing parties to achieve win-win outcomes in a manner that is compelling and effective."
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND EMEA CHAIRMAN, US-HEADQUARTERED GSIFI
“Harriet is a great combination of huge experience, excellent judgment and irrepressible energy and determination. She speaks clients’ language and is always a crucial source of confidence and reassurance.”
Partner, US law firm
“Quite simply Harriet cares - she cares about her clients as individuals and she cares about doing the right thing - always. Even when I felt like giving up (often) she had my back and kept me firmly on the path to the best possible outcome for all parties. She is a brilliant lawyer with a very kind heart. She has helped me in many ways, many times. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”
emea chief compliance officer, Global bank
“If I was a senior manager caught up in an FCA investigation for the first time I’d absolutely want someone like Harriet Parsons right there – she’s seen it before, knows the people, understands the firm / manager interplay and just gets the sensitivities that can develop. She’d be first on my list.”
Partner and Head of Financial Litigation, International law firm
"As a Senior Manager with an Operations background and relatively limited exposure to investigation and enforcement I found Harriet’s ability to bridge the legal, regulatory and operational universes to be invaluable. ...She makes it her business to develop a deep and clear understanding of the business processes relevant to the matter at hand and this combined with her extensive experience of how regulators and global banking organisations behave during high profile, complex investigations made me feel I was always in very capable hands. ...I would happily recommend Harriet to any senior manager unfortunate enough to need a very talented and very effective lawyer."
Senior Manager, US-Headquartered Global investments company
“Harriet is one tough, experienced lawyer, undaunted by the issues which large scale corporate investigations can raise. She maintains the trust of clients, and is highly respected by the regulators.”
Partner, UK law firm
“In a difficult and turbulent period, it was invaluable to have Harriet alongside me. From start to finish she was calm, determined and thoroughly familiar with the challenge I was facing. Harriet defined a plan and stuck to it, with a wonderful outcome. Her steady determination gave me a lot of comfort, and I feel this was pivotal to the result that was achieved. During the lengthy process, Harriet was available at any time, able to emphathise and calm me, to keep focus. By the time of the hearing, I felt thoroughly supported and prepared. Harriet is an excellent communicator and negotiator, who has a genuine heart for her profession and clients. For anyone who finds themselves caught up in a situation like mine, I would certainly recommend Harriet. She is the very expert guide you would hope to find.”
executive director, GLOBAL investment bank
“Harriet Parsons and I have worked closely together over many years and her knowledge and understanding of how financial institutions work in practice is second to none in the legal market. She also brings to bear a deep understanding of regulators’ concerns – and how they operate. She is absolutely a go to person in the regulatory enforcement and investigations space.”
Partner and Head of Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations, International Law Firm
“Harriet is one of handful of external advisors that I would want at my shoulder helping face tremendously challenging or complex situations, where emotions may be running high, and deftly navigating the internal and external hurdles to achieve as close to an appropriate outcome as possible. ...Deftly manages complexity and challenge, hugely smart but with a pragmatism that delivers better outcomes. ...Tactically excellent, Harriet’s diligence and holistic approach reaps dividends.”
EMEA General Counsel, US-headquartered GSIFI
“Harriet was very engaged and direct, being focused on the outcome. She gave thoughtful and challenging counsel, avoiding just offering choices … In all she turned the situation around, and got me to the right place. I would certainly work with her again.”
Partner, UK aifm
"I have worked with Harriet on a number of contentious cases. Her professionalism is always exemplary and her guidance clear and well founded. Harriet's calm and collected manner, coupled with her experience and subject matter expertise provide reassurance to the senior managers with whom she is working."
Senior Compliance Officer, International Bank
“I am glad to have been able to work with Harriet for many years and she is absolutely first rate. Harriet has many qualities, but what really sets her apart in my eyes is her unerring ability to cut to the heart of an issue and identify the real risks, coupled with a depth of knowledge about how banks operate that few external counsel can hope to emulate. I have also witnessed first-hand her ability to win the trust of senior management with apparent ease in the most trying of circumstances, by providing them with excellent counsel and support. She is a pleasure to work with and someone to whom I would turn without hesitation.”
Partner and Head of Banking, Finance and Regulatory Litigation, International Law Firm
"Harriet is a fantastic communicator and a natural team player. Her clarity of thought allied with strong interpersonal skills make her highly articulate in explaining complex issues to business people in straightforward and thoughtful ways. ...Her ability to foresee potential issues and navigate real-time developments saved the bank material amounts of time and money in achieving the optimal outcome."
MANAGING DIRECTOR, GLOBAL BANK
"We have worked with Harriet for 15 years now. She has seen it all - and dealt with it."