Evan
Chuck

Evan Chuck
Board Member

Evan Chuck is a partner in the Los Angeles office of the Crowell Moring law firm and is a member of its International Trade and Corporate Groups. He leads the firm’s Asia practice and is also a  director of its China office in Shanghai.

Mr. Chuck has more than 25 years of international trade and cross-border transactional experience. He is a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies in structuring market entry, global supply chain, and e-commerce strategies across the Asia-Pacific region. He has in-depth experience in China with cross-border acquisitions / dispositions, government regulatory compliance, and investigations. He advises major multinational companies on navigating the potential conflicts between and among U.S., E.U., and newly emerging Chinese law. In addition, Evan represents large, multinational Chinese companies with complex U.S. transactional, tax, and regulatory issues. He works closely with Crowell & Moring International, the firm’s government affairs group and consulting group, to align global geo-political policy and strategy with cross-border legal advice.

Mr. Chuck’s experience includes representing private equity funds and their portfolio companies in their expansion, operations, and disposition across Asia – including China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and India. He has experience in a broad range of technology and data intensive industries. Evan has also represented well- known U.S. and European luxury and sports-related brands growing in the Asia Pacific region, particularly in their e-commerce strategies targeted at Chinese consumers. Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, he served as the chair of a global firm’s international trade group for seven  years and served as the managing partner of that firm’s Shanghai office for seven years.

Evan is admitted to practice law in California and at the U.S. Court of International Trade. He has been named by Los Angeles magazine as one of Southern California’s Super Lawyers (2005-2017).  He received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University with honors and received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Chuck speaks English, Cantonese and French.