Arbitration services of the highest caliber
Your arbitrator for complex commercial disputes
Headquartered in New York, but leaning into virtual operation, Evan is available to take on arbitration matters nationwide.
With over 40 years of experience at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP and having tried over 50 high profile cases before juries, judges and arbitrators Evan provides the experience needed for complex disputes. During his time at Cravath, Evan served as the head of the Litigation Department, was the Presiding Partner of the firm, and was the first person ever named Chairman of the firm, leaving him uniquely positioned to take on your matter.
His trial experience involved a wide variety of matters, including antitrust, securities, corporate governance, corporate transactions, intellectual property, environmental and general commercial disputes. He argued dozens of appeals in every federal circuit, the high courts of ten states and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has also taught trial practice at NYU Law School for 15 years.
Evan’s storied career as a trial lawyer makes him supremely qualified to serve as an arbitrator in the most challenging matters with which parties are confronted.
Contact
echesler@cheslerarb.com
(914) 645-8440
Areas of Practice
Antitrust
Evan tried multiple cases for pharmaceutical companies, technology companies (including IBM and Qualcomm), and financial services companies (including American Express, which he also successfully argued in the U.S. Supreme Court)
Securities
Evan tried cases for IBM and companies in several different industries involving claims under the 1933 Securities Act and the 1934 Securities Exchange Act
Corporate Governance
Evan tried numerous cases in the Delaware Chancery Court involving claims of fiduciary duty violations, including for Ross Perot and Elon Musk
Corporate Transactions
Evan tried a number of M&A cases in federal courts and in Delaware Chancery
Evan tried patent, copyright and trade secret cases for a number of technology and pharmaceutical companies, including IBM, Novartis and Xerox
Intellectual Property
Evan tried CERCLA cases in two federal courts for NCR (and successfully argued related appeals in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals)
Environmental
General Commercial Disputes
Evan tried contract cases for a number of companies, including DuPont and Disney
Get in Touch
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