Erika Levin

Ms. Levin has spent over a decade as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University School of Law teaching international commercial arbitration, international sales law, international business transactions, fashion law, and serving as a faculty advisor and coach for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team from Rutgers. Ms. Levin also serves as a course leader at the Swiss International Law School, where she teaches an LL.M. course in comparative corporate law.  She has also guest lectured at Harvard University, the University of São Paulo and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. 

Ms. Levin is an active member of the international arbitration community and regularly lectures and writes on international alternative dispute resolution and sales law. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and serves on the Executive Committee for the New York branch as well as on the New York City Bar’s International Commercial Disputes Committee and the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association.  She is also a member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration and Queen Mary Task Force on Third Party Funding and co-wrote the overview chapter on third-party funding contained in the Task Force Report.  She has lectured at conferences sponsored by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”), International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, American Arbitration Association, the United States Council for International Business, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Brazilian Arbitration Committee, the New York City Bar, and participated in the ICC Institute Master Class for Arbitrators in Paris. 

Ms. Levin is a dual-citizen of the United States and Brazil, and she speaks English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Other Languages

• Portuguese
• Spanish

Speaking Engagements

• Speaker, Juris Conference on Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, New York (2017);
• Speaker, ICCA-ITA-ASIL Conference, Defining Third Party Funding, Washington, D.C. (2017);
• Speaker, NYSBA, Demystifying Third Party Finance and Insurance, New York (2017);
• Speaker, CIARB, International Arbitration and Third Party Finance, New York (2017);
• Speaker AAA, Domestic Arbitration and Third Party Finance, New York (2017);
• Guest Lecturer, Harvard University, International Arbitration and Third Party Finance (2017);
• Speaker, ADR Day, Handling the Challenge of Implicit Bias in ADR, Jersey City (2016);
• Speaker, NJSBA Convention, Cross Cultural Consciousness in International ADR, Atlantic City (2016);
• Speaker, AAA, Promoting Diversity in International Arbitration, New York (2016);
• Speaker, The Interplay between International Arbitration, the Courts, and Investment, Rwanda (2016);
• Speaker, Doing Business in Latin America, New Zealand (2015);
• Speaker, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce (BACC) Program on Arbitration and Anti-Corruption Compliance in Brazil, New York (2015);
• Speaker, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Young Arbitrators Forum on the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and Arbitration, Curitiba, Brazil (2015);
• Speaker, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Conference on CISG and Arbitration in Brazil, Curitiba, Brazil (2015);
• Speaker, UNCITRAL Conference: 35 Years of the CISG and Beyond, A New York Practitioner’s Guide to the CISG and Arbitration, Basel, Switzerland (2015);
• Guest Lecturer, University of São Paulo, Use of CISG and ICA in Brazil (2014);
• Guest Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (2014);
• Speaker, Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce Conference on Infrastructure Investments and International Arbitration, Arbitration in Brazil, New York (2014);
• Speaker, ICC YAF Miami, Parallel Proceedings and Use of Interim Relief, Miami (2014);
• Speaker, Use of UNCITRAL Instruments to Promote Regional Harmonization, South Africa (2014);
• Speaker, Healthcare and ADR, Newark, NJ (2014);
• Speaker, ICDR Y&I, Hot Topics in ICA, São Paulo (2013);
• Speaker, ICDR Y&I, Forging the Way Towards a Career in Int’l Arbitration, New York (2013);
• Moderator, New York City Bar, Women in Int’l Law: Transforming the Legal Landscape (2013);
• Speaker, A Day of Int’l Arbitration in Study & Practice, New York (2012);
• Moderator, ICDR Y&I Roundtable discussion on ICA in Brazil, Miami (2012);
• Participant, International Chamber of Commerce Institute Master Class for Arbitrators, Paris (2012);
• Observer, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law Working Group II on Arbitration and Conciliation and III on Online Dispute Resolution, New York (2006 – 2012);
• Speaker, USCIB/ICC, Best Practices for Meeting a Client’s Needs in Int’l Arbitration, New York (2007);
• Speaker, ICDR/CBAr International Commercial Arbitration Conference, São Paulo (2007); and
• Speaker, Annual Workshop on Arbitration, The Americanization of International Arbitration: Myth or Reality, New York (2006).