Mr Robert Houck > Clifford Chance > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Clifford Chance Offices
31 WEST 52ND STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6131
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Robert Houck
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 > International arbitration
Clifford Chance has ‘one of the most trustworthy international arbitration practices in the US’, commended for providing ‘hands-on experience and comprehensive subject matter management’. The team is known for handling complex international disputes across the energy, infrastructure, and oil & gas industries, notably handling an impressive number of ICSID arbitrations. In New York, Robert Houck leads the ‘great team with a deep understanding of Latin America’, that recently represented an energy company in a high-value ICSID arbitration brought against Costa Rica. ‘Star’ José García Cueto is a ‘great partner who knows how to organize a team and deliver results’. Based in Washington DC, Cueto boasts extensive experience advising on disputes in the construction, energy, and infrastructure sectors. In the same office, Steve Nickelsburg is skilled at handling arbitrations in the healthcare and life sciences sector, while on the East Coast, Anthony Candido represents financial institutions on complex commercial arbitrations, in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Tax > Financial products
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Tax > International tax
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Fintech
- Tax > International tax
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power