Background
Helps client navigate U.S.-China regulatory conflicts. Strategic advisor on risk mitigation and supply chain restructuring. Deep industry and legal experience across borders.
Multinational companies with global supply chains and data-intensive businesses face an increasingly complex regulatory landscape worldwide, particularly in Asia. Evan Chuck advises corporate leaders and boards as they make strategic decisions, particularly in the context of dueling U.S. and China laws and regulations resulting from geopolitical competition. Evan advises Fortune 50 companies on matters involving China’s Antiforeign Sanctions Law, PRC Export Control Law, Unreliable Entity List and the PRC Cybersecurity Law. He also advises on the impact of such laws on supply chains involving Chinese manufacturing or sourcing, which could conflict with laws like the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and ESG-related corporate policies.
Evan has 30 years of experience in corporate and international trade, representing companies and private equity firms in cross-border investments across key industries, including aerospace, semiconductors, electric vehicles (EVs), automotive, IoT, medical devices, home improvement products (particularly wood and flooring), and electric power generation. As a strategic advisor, he helps executives create risk mitigation strategies, particularly those involving “de-risking” China exposure. He also assists companies in establishing “re-shoring” operations to the U.S. or countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, Japan, Korea and Mexico.
Evan represents IT hardware and app development companies that rely on cloud computing and cross-border data transmission, particularly between the U.S. and China. He has a deep understanding of emerging laws and practices in China that impact investments across the Asia-Pacific. He also advises on U.S. laws like the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which ties federal support to limits on China-based operations.
Evan began his career as an international trade lawyer in Washington, D.C., representing U.S. companies in major unfair trade disputes. He continues to advise on complex supply chains in the ongoing Section 301 U.S.-China trade dispute.
Representative Matters
- Advising companies reliant on critical minerals from China in strategic planning based on shifting Chinese export restrictions on materials and refining technology. Advocate for clients’ positions before the U.S. government agencies responsible for trade negotiations with U.S. trading partners.
- Represent private equity sponsors assessing impact of U.S. and China international trade action on strategic investments in high profile e-commerce and social media platforms facing U.S. government scrutiny.
- Represented a global investment bank on assessing tariff and export control risk relating to its global M&A advisory activity.
- On behalf of a North Carolina-based manufacturer of printers and cartridges, advised the executive leadership team after its Chinese corporate parent was named on the “entity list” issued by the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
- On behalf of an Ohio-based auto parts manufacturer, defended U.S. and Chinese ownership interests in cross-border investigations alleging customs fraud and False Claims violations raised by the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
Insights & Publications
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Credentials
EDUCATION
J.D., 1993, The George Washington University Law School
B.A., 1989, Johns Hopkins University, with honors
ADMISSIONS
California
U.S. Court of International Trade
Recognition
RECOGNITION:
Stand-Out Lawyer, Thomson Reuters, 2024, 2025
Leaders of Influence, Los Angeles Business Journal, 2024
