Clifford Chance

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

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.

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