Victor Hou

Victor L. Hou is a trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in high stakes litigation, including cross-border investigations and parallel civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, securities and derivative litigation, corporate governance, and general commercial litigation. Victor represents numerous global investment banks, financial institutions and multinational corporations, and senior executives in securities, antitrust and other complex litigation, as well as in criminal and regulatory matters involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and state attorney general’s offices. He also regularly advises Boards of Directors on matters relating to corporate governance. He has been teaching securities litigation at Columbia Law School since 2021. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

United StatesCross-Border Investigations, Parallel Civil Litigation

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Victor L. Hou is a trial lawyer representing companies and individuals in high-stakes litigation, including cross-border investigations, parallel civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, securities and derivative litigation, corporate governance, and general commercial litigation. He represents global investment banks, financial institutions, multinational corporations, and senior executives in securities, antitrust, and other complex litigation, as well as criminal and regulatory matters involving the DOJ, SEC, FINRA, and state attorney general's offices. He also advises Boards of Directors on corporate governance and has been teaching securities litigation at Columbia Law School since 2021.

Practice areas

Cross-Border InvestigationsParallel Civil LitigationWhite-Collar Criminal DefenseSecurities LitigationDerivative LitigationCorporate GovernanceGeneral Commercial LitigationAntitrust LitigationComplex LitigationCriminal DefenseRegulatory Defense

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United States

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton · Victor L. Hou is a trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in high stakes litigation, including cross-border investigations and parallel civil litigation, white-collar criminal defense, securities and derivative litigation, corporate governance, and general commercial litigation. Victor represents numerous global investment banks, financial institutions and multinational corporations, and senior executives in securities, antitrust and other complex litigation, as well as in criminal and regulatory matters involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and state attorney general’s offices. He also regularly advises Boards of Directors on matters relating to corporate governance. He has been teaching securities litigation at Columbia Law School since 2021.

United States

Expertise

Trial AdvocacyCross-Border InvestigationsWhite-Collar Criminal DefenseSecurities Litigation (Defense)Derivative LitigationCorporate Governance AdvisoryGeneral Commercial LitigationAntitrust LitigationComplex LitigationCriminal DefenseRegulatory Defense

Education

J.D., New York University School of Law (1997)
A.B., cum laude, Georgetown University (1992)

Admissions

New York Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit