Mr Robert Houck > Clifford Chance > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Clifford Chance
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States

Work Department

Regulatory Enforcement & White Collar, Litigation, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Banking & Finance, Antitrust, EU & Trade

Position

Robert Houck represents clients in government investigations and complex commercial litigation with a specific focus on cross-border matters. He has specific expertise in complex trading and markets issues. Robert has represented corporations and individuals in connection with regulatory investigations before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the United States Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, various state attorneys general and numerous non-US regulators.

Robert has extensive experience representing companies, underwriters, corporate officers, and outside directors in class actions brought under the Commodity Exchange Act, the US and state antitrust laws, the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Education

Columbia School of Law (JD, Harlan Fiske Stone scholar) 1996, Cornell University (AB Government, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense

Clifford Chance’s New York team includes four former federal prosecutors, and former senior regulators and prosecutors from US regulatory agencies such as the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The New York practice is tightly integrated with the Washington DC office to provide seamless coverage for global and domestic clients, among them large global financial institutions and companies. The firm has ‘top-notch capabilities – the CC securities litigators routinely handle bet-the-company cases’. Lead partner Robert Houck in New York ‘has great APAC and European experience meaning he is able to cover multiple regions as part of global projects’. Houck, John Friel and senior counsel David Yeres acted for NatWest Markets in class actions and investigations alleging manipulation of LIBOR and other benchmarks.