Clifford Chance takes a cross-jurisdictional and multidisciplinary approach to litigation for its financial service clients and specialises in civil litigation as well as investigations both federal and internal. Areas of focus for the practice include SEC and DOJ enforcements, anti-terrorism litigation, post-bankruptcy and liquidation disputes, and clients include American and international banks, investment advisors, hedge funds, and US-listed foreign companies. Robert Houck leads the firm’s efforts, and leverage experience acting for corporations and individual clients in commodities, antitrust and securities litigation as well as in regulatory investigations. Daniel Silver is a former federal prosecutor with experience in AML defense matters, and Peter Isajiw joined in February 2025 from King & Spalding and has acted on major white-collar cases in finance. All mentioned attorneys are based in New York.
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Key clients
- Bank of Montreal
- BMO Capital Markets Corp.
- Barry Silbert
- Digital Currency Group
- White Oak Global Advisors, LLC
- White Oak Healthcare Finance, LLC
- NatWest Markets
- ICBC Standard Bank Plc
- TOTSA TotalEnergies Trading SA
- Banque Internationale à Luxembourg
- NatWest Group PLC
Work highlights
Acting on behalf of BMO Capital Markets Corp., the investment banking subsidiary of Canadian Bank of Montreal, to resolve the largest regulatory investigation in the history of the Bank of Montreal.
Defending Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, a prominent digital assets conglomerate, in a New York Attorney General suit in connection with an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud suit.
Successfully defended ICBC Standard Bank Plc, a large London-based financial institution, in U.S. class action litigation in the Southern District of New York, accusing defendants of manipulating prices of London-based auctions for physical platinum and palladium.
Practice head
Robert Houck
Other key lawyers
Daniel Silver; Peter Isajiw