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Practice Areas
- Antitrust/Competition
- China - Business and Litigation
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Trade Regulation
Education
- University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., 2001, Gilbert Moore Fellowship, 1998-2001; International Finance Transaction Certificate; Buffalo Women’s Law Journal, Senior Editor
- University of New York at Buffalo, M.A., high honors, 1997
Bar and Court Admissions
- State Court: California
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court: Northern District of California
Past Professional Experience
- Lehman, Lee & Xu, Beijing, China, Summer 1999-2000
- Rich Product Corporation, Legal Department, 1999-2000
Jiangxiao Athena Hou
Athena has significant experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of complex commercial litigation. Her practice particularly focuses on international and antitrust/competition matters. Athena represents one of the largest Chinese pharmaceutical groups in the first ever antitrust class action brought against Chinese companies in a U.S. court. Athena represents and advises Chinese clients on corporate transactions, intellectual property, and international trade matters in addition to litigation. She also assists U.S. companies doing business in China. Athena is fluent in both Chinese and English.
Articles & Presentations
"Extraterritorial Antitrust Application – Recent Developments in the United States," 2011 Annual Symposium of International Economic Law Society, November 19, 2011, Guangzhou, China, keynote speaker
“A Progress Report on the Implementation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law,” Competition, Volume 20, No. 1, Spring 2011, co-author
"Private Litigation under China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law," seminar sponsored by the San Francisco Bar Association, February 17, 2011, presenter
"A Comment on Private Antitrust Litigation in China," Competition Law360, April 8, 2010, author
"Effectuating Private Antitrust Enforcement under China's Anti-Monopoly Law," presentation to Chinese Supreme Court, Beijing and Shanghai Supreme Courts and Intermediate Courts and China International Economic Law Society, Beijing, China, February 2, 2010
"U.S. Private Antitrust Litigation Practice," lecture to L.L.M students at the Law School of University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, June 12, 2009
"U.S. Antitrust Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- A Useful Reference for China," 2009 Annual Meeting of China International Economic Law Society, May 15, 2009, Ningbo, China, presenter
“Filling The Regulatory Gap: California Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation,” Competition, Volume 16, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2007, co-author
"China’s Proposed Anti-Monopoly Law: The U.S. and European Perspectives," Asian Law & Practice, Vol. II, Issue 6, November 2004, co-author
Professional Affiliations
- California Bar Association
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- China International Economic Law Society, Director, 2009
- China Committee of the American Bar Association, Steering Group Member
- Asia/Pacific Committee of the American Bar Association, Steering Group Member
