Eva Y. Chan

Ms. Chan is a recognized leader in the international arbitration community and frequently speaks on panels regarding her practice. From 2024-26, she served as co-chair of Young ICCA, the world’s foremost international arbitration network for young practitioners and students, and led a global network of more than 26,000 members across 144 countries. She currently serves on the Council of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s Young SIAC (YSIAC) and is an Advisory Board member of Young ICCA. In 2022, she was appointed as one of three regional ambassadors in the U.S. to HK45, the young members’ arbitration group of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center.

In 2026, Ms. Chan was honored by Financier Worldwide as part of its Power Players: International Arbitration 2026 Distinguished Advisors Report. She has also been recognized as a Future Leader in Arbitration by Lexology since 2024, a Rising Star by Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in 2021 and 2022, and one of Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch since 2021. She previously served as secretary to the Working Group on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration, formed by the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, the New York City Bar Association and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, which received the Best Development award by Global Arbitration Review.

Ms. Chan is active in pro bono matters and has obtained asylum for clients on grounds of religious and political persecution, in addition to representing clients in cases brought under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Chan serves on the Associate Board of the New York Asian Film Festival, North America’s premier festival dedicated to contemporary Asian cinema and building enduring cultural bridges between Asia and America.

Ms. Chan’s litigation and arbitration experience includes representing:

• a Singapore-based biotechnology company in a New York-seated ICC arbitration arising from an asset purchase agreement with a European pharmaceutical company, including parallel proceedings in multiple jurisdictions involving a worldwide asset freeze, anti-suit injunction and discovery applications
• a Chinese solar module manufacturer in a dispute against a Japanese electronics company involving damages exceeding $900 million
• a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer in an ICDR arbitration arising from the termination of a multibillion-dollar merger and joint venture agreement
• Encana/Ovintiv, a Canadian energy company, in a dispute with Occidental Petroleum concerning the sharing of an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award arising from Ecuador’s 2006 expropriation of Block 15 (an oil project in the Ecuadorian Amazon)
• Dutch affiliates of NextEra in U.S. federal court proceedings to enforce an ICSID award of more than €290 million against Spain arising from violations of the Energy Charter Treaty
• Atlantic LNG Co. of Trinidad and Tobago in a New York-seated UNCITRAL arbitration involving a $250 million claim concerning a long-term liquefied natural gas supply contract, resulting in favorable merits and costs awards
• NTT DOCOMO, a Japanese telecommunications company, in an arbitration resulting in a $1.2 billion award against Tata Sons Limited of India, followed by enforcement proceedings in India, England and New York that enabled DOCOMO to collect the award in full
• shareholders of a China-based company in Section 1782 discovery proceedings across multiple U.S. jurisdictions in support of Cayman Islands shareholder litigation
• Starr International Company, Inc. in a takings case against the U.S. government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims seeking recovery of in excess of $40 billion
• the estate of an Asian multibillionaire in respect of claims in excess of $20 billion brought to trace trust assets in multiple proceedings in the U.S., Asia and Bermuda