Evan R. Kreiner

In the antitrust litigation area, Mr. Kreiner has handled cases involving monopolization, price fixing, exclusionary conduct, tying and other restraints of trade, as well as class actions. His extensive litigation experience includes conducting the direct examination of Sabre Corporation’s technology expert and cross-examining a Nobel Prize-winning economist, the plaintiff’s damages expert and a technology expert on behalf of Sabre in the successful defense against claims for unlawful monopolization and unreasonable restraints of trade brought by US Airways. He has also led Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC through investigations and litigations brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ), state attorneys general and a putative nationwide class of renters alleging that multifamily property managers violated antitrust laws and inflated rents through the use of RealPage revenue management software.

In addition, Mr. Kreiner has been a core member of Skadden trial teams that defeated antitrust merger challenges brought by the DOJ and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including the successful defense against the DOJ’s suit to enjoin Sabre’s proposed acquisition of Farelogix and the FTC’s suit to enjoin Microsoft Corporation’s acquisition of Activision. He has also been a key part of teams that secured favorable results for clients in general commercial arbitrations and in expedited proceedings in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

Other representations include Freedom Forever in a tortious interference with contract claim against Sunder Energy; Solar Pros in a tortious interference with contract claim against Vivint; Sabre in a breach of contract case against Hawaiian Airlines; LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton in litigation regarding its proposed acquisition of Tiffany & Co.; Postmates in a class action alleging price fixing and anticompetitive conduct regarding online meal ordering platforms; Express Scripts and its affiliates in a number of litigations in federal and state courts alleging violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, the RICO statute, and state antitrust and consumer protection laws, as well as investigations by state attorneys general; and JPMorgan Chase in antitrust class actions and other litigation alleging a conspiracy among Visa, MasterCard and certain banks to set credit and debit card interchange fees and network rules.

In recognition of his work, Mr. Kreiner has been honored by Law360 as one of its 2025 Rising Stars (Top Attorneys Under 40) and Lawdragon as one of its 500 X — The Next Generation.