Jonathan Levin

Jonathan Levin

November 12, 2021 | Daily Business Review

FTX to Expand Miami Office as Crypto Jobs Gravitate to Florida

FTX's vice president of business development said he envisions a time when property titles could be non-fungible tokens, or NFTs; escrow accounts could be handled through smart contracts; and crypto could help improve the entire real-estate process.

By Jonathan Levin

2 minute read

May 21, 2020 | Daily Business Review

Virgin Trains USA Says Florida Rail to Stay Shut for Months

The train service, initially known as Brightline, is one of the nation's most ambitious transportation projects and is the first privately owned intercity passenger railroad to be built in the U.S. in over a century.

By Jonathan Levin

3 minute read

January 23, 2019 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Mansion Sales Surge as Tax Exiles Seek Savings

For the past year, Florida real estate agents have been actively courting wealthy Northeasterners who took a hit from the Trump administration's…

By Prashant Gopal and Jonathan Levin

4 minute read

May 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

New EU-Mexico Trade Agreement: What Lies Ahead for the Future of ISDS?

On April 21, 2018, the EU and Mexico announced an “agreement in principle” to update the terms of their 2000 Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement. The new agreement advances the EU's mission to transform the traditional investor-state arbitration in favor of a permanent bilateral investment court. It also follows similar treaties and free trade agreements between the EU and Canada, Vietnam, and Singapore. This article explores how this recent trend could affect international companies and individuals with investments in the EU.

By Javier Rubinstein, Lauren Friedman and Jonathan Levin

8 minute read

March 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Discovery in Cross-Border Disputes: Choosing Between Domestic Litigation and International Arbitration

When deciding which dispute resolution mechanism is best suited to a favorable outcome, discovery is a consideration of paramount importance. Whether one wishes to seek broad, offensive discovery of their adversary or a limited discovery as to their own records, such decisions can influence the choice between U.S. litigation and arbitration.

By Lucila Hemmingsen, Jonathan Levin and Amanda Sampaio

8 minute read

November 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Through the Looking Glass: Transparency in Arbitration Costs and Costs Allocation

Javier Rubinstein, Lucila Hemmingsen and Jonathan Levin discuss the new London Court of International Arbitration report, which compares costs of cases administered by the LCIA between Jan. 1, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2016 with an estimate of the costs for those same cases had they been administered by competing institutions that use ad valorem cost calculation methods.

By Javier Rubinstein, Lucila Hemmingsen and Jonathan Levin

8 minute read

November 07, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Fresh From Deluge, Miami Weighs Bonds to Gird for Climate Change

Miami residents trudge through knee-high flooded streets in rubber boots as water pours over a vulnerable seawall, an apocalyptic scene reminiscent…

By Michelle Kaske and Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg News

9 minute read

June 02, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Puerto Rican Exodus Is Speeding Island's Economic Collapse

The choice is heartbreaking: stay to help other families, or leave to help your own. That's the calculation thousands in Puerto Rico are making. The bankruptcy of the U.S. commonwealth, the culmination of years of decline, has accelerated an exodus that's adding to the island's economic misery.

By Jonathan Levin and Rebecca Spalding

5 minute read

March 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

'Big-Hearted Banker' Emerges From the Collapse a Billionaire

By Jonathan Levin and Blake Schmidt

14 minute read