Chris Houpt

About Chris Houpt

I am a member of Mayer Brown’s Banking and Finance Litigation group, specializing in banking and finance matters, particularly cases involving cross-border issues; securitization, structured finance, and derivatives; and asset turnover. I have represented banks from numerous foreign countries in connection with U.S. litigation or third-party discovery and am experienced in coordinating litigations in multiple forums. In the arena of financial products, I have extensive experience representing securitization trustees and investors, including in bankruptcy. I have also been involved in negotiating and seeking court approval of several highly complex securitization settlements.I am also a member of Mayer Brown’s Supreme Court and Appellate practice. My appellate experience includes briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal Courts of Appeals, and various state appellate courts, as well as three oral arguments in the New York Appellate Division.I joined Mayer Brown in 2005, after serving as a foreign law clerk for the Honorable Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court of Israel. During law school, I was an editor on the Harvard Law Review and a Teaching Fellow for the Harvard Economics Department. Previously, I worked in portfolio management at the D. E. Shaw Group and as a manager in the finance department of Covad Communications. I passed the National Futures Association’s Series 3 exam in and have completed the first two levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst® program.Attorney Advertising

Experience

1. Partner

   Mayer Brown

   Jan 2014 — Present

Education

• Beijing Language and Culture University

  College of Intensive Chinese Language Studies

• Dartmouth College

  A.B.

• Harvard Law School

  JD

Skills

• Appeals
• Appellate Practice
• Securitization
• Banking
• Bankruptcy
• Derivatives
• Corporate Trust
• Cdo
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Structured Finance
• Commercial Litigation
• Securities Regulation