Alexander Drylewski

Practice Areas

Alex Drylewski is co-head of Skadden’s Web3 and Digital Assets Group. His practice focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation around the world, and he has represented companies and individuals across a wide range of industries and disputes, including high-profile commercial litigation involving emerging technologies, government investigations, securities class actions, trials and appeals.

Publications

Mr. Drylewski regularly writes on digital asset-related litigation and regulatory topics. He is an author of Skadden’s Distributed Ledger, a compendium of legal developments in the blockchain industry, and a chapter on “Virtual Currencies” in the leading treatise, Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts. In 2023, Mr. Drylewski was the winner of a Law360 Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (presented by the Burton Awards). He regularly speaks on panels and at conferences regarding digital asset-related litigation and regulation.

Personal

Mr. Drylewski’s recent accolades include: named a Fintech MVP (Law360 2023) / winner of a Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award (Burton Awards 2023) / ranked in Band 1 for work in Crypto-Asset Disputes (Chambers FinTech 2024 and 2023) / ranked for Securities Litigation (Chambers USA 2024) / one of the 500 X – The Next Generation (Lawdragon 2024) / among the 500 Leading Global Litigators (Lawdragon 2024) / among the 500 Leading Litigators in America (Lawdragon 2024) / among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America (Lawdragon 2024) / a Future Star (Benchmark Litigation 2021-25) / a Rising Star (New York Law Journal 2020).

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admissions

1. New York

2. U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

3. U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and District of Columbia Circuits

Experience

Law Clerk, Hon. Edward R. Korman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York