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Hiluta, Megan

Megan Hiluta

Of Counsel

meganhiluta@quinnemanuel.com
Direct Tel: +44 20 7653 2038
London
Tel: +44 20 7653 2000 Fax: +44 20 7653 2100

Megan Hiluta (nee Betts) is of counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s London office. 

Megan specialises in competition litigation, corporate disputes relating to ‘busted deals’ and share purchase agreements, and the technology sector. However, she retains a broad practice, with extensive experience acting for corporations and individuals in litigation before the English Courts (including the Competition Appeal Tribunal), Court’s in other common law jurisdictions (including Singapore and the DIFC) and arbitrations and under a range of applicable laws and across major arbitral institutions (including SIAC, ICC, LCIA and HKIAC).

Her recent experience includes acting for: Caliplay, a Mexican online gambling company, in its high value dispute with a subsidiary of UK listed company Playtech, spanning the Courts of England and Mexico; the FDIC in its competition law claim against the BBA, RBS, Lloyds, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, and UBS in relation to USD LIBOR manipulation in the English High Court; the sellers under a English-law governed share purchase agreement in a Singapore seated arbitration worth in excess of USD$500m; a subsidiary of a global investment manager in a dispute relating to its acquisition of a European bank; and the Class Representative in a £2.2bn collective action against Meta before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Megan joined the firm in 2020, having previously trained at a Magic Circle law firm before practising in the international dispute resolution team at an international law firm.

  • Acting for a Delaware SPV in enforcement action across the globe following US judgments in excess of $500m.
  • Acting for an asset manager in its dispute with a joint venture partner in relation to a European real estate development.
  • Acting for Liza Lovdahl-Gormsen in her opt-out consumer class action against Meta for abuse of dominance.
  • Acting for Caliplay, a Mexican online gambling company, in its high value dispute with a subsidiary of UK listed company Playtech, spanning the Courts of England and Mexico.
  • Acting for the FDIC in its competition law claim against the BBA, RBS, Lloyds, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, and UBS in relation to USD LIBOR manipulation in the English High Court.
  • Acting for the sellers under a English-law governed share purchase agreement in a Singapore seated arbitration worth in excess of USD$500m.
  • Acting for a subsidiary of a global investment manager in a dispute relating to its acquisition of a European bank.
  • University of Nottingham
    (LL.M., Public International Law, with Merit, 2016)
  • University of Law Bloomsbury, London
    (L.P.C., with Distinction, 2015)
  • St Peter’s College, University of Oxford
    (BA Jurisprudence, 2.i, 2014)
  • Solicitor, England & Wales
  • Recognized as a Recommended Lawyer in Competition Litigation by Legal 500 UK, 2026.
  • Recognized as a Recommended Lawyer in Fraud: Civil by Legal 500 UK, 2025.
  • Recognized as a Recommended Lawyer in Competition Litigation by Legal 500 UK, 2025.
  • Recognized as a Recommended Individual in Competition Litigation by Legal 500 UK, 2024.
  • Changing Tack: Beyond Damages In M&A Disputes, New Law Journal, November 2024
  • The Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Third Party Funding and Security for Costs in International Arbitration, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, July 2020
  • Securing Witness Evidence: English Courts to the Rescue of Foreign Arbitrations, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, May 2020
  • New Balance and Fellaini… have you signed on the dotted line?, Allen & Overy Compact Contract Blog, May 2018
  • Devil’s in the detail: is your notice of breach good enough?, Allen & Overy Compact Contract Blog, Jan 2018
  • Implied terms and umbrella agreements don’t shelter clients from CFAs, Allen & Overy Compact Contract Blog, August 2017
  • Judicial Review of financial ombudsman decisions – Wednesbury unreasonableness, Allen & Overy Litigation Review, April 2017