Dr. Yulia Levashova LL.M.

Dr. Yulia Levashova is an Associate Professor at Nyenrode Business University, where she is part of Nyenrode’s Faculty Research Center for Entrepreneurship, Governance & Stewardship.

What drives Levashova is the intersection of rigorous academic research and real-world business and legal challenges. She is passionate about helping companies navigate the complex landscape of ESG compliance, corporate due diligence, dispute resolution and responsible investment. This combination of teaching, applied research, and advising businesses is what gives her energy. Levashova teaches across Nyenrode’s various programs, and takes pride in mentoring and supervising Master and PhD students whose thesis projects address pressing questions at the crossroads of law, business, and sustainability.

Her core expertise lies in international investment law, commercial arbitration, ESG regulation, and corporate due diligence. She has led and contributed to multidisciplinary and complex international research projects with businesses and international organizations, hereby addressing topics such as energy governance, biodiversity, sustainable use of natural resources, and evolving legal frameworks for responsible business conduct. Through her work, she has collaborated with leading international institutions including UNCTAD (contributing to the 2019 World Investment Report), UNECE and UNCITRAL.

Levashova is a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Arbitration and ADR, where she actively contributes to the work of the Dutch Commission. She is also a member of the ICC Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption (Business Integrity). Levashova is a certified arbitrator and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb). Since 2021, she has served as Director of the Dispute Prevention Program of the Asia Pacific FDI Network. She participates as an observer in UNCITRAL Working Group III on investor–State dispute settlement reform.

Levashova regularly organizes, speaks and moderates international conferences and events, including during Paris Arbitration Week and at United Nations forums. She has been a visiting scholar at the Napels University, the European University Institute, Ghent University, and the Max Planck Institute.

Levashova holds a Master’s degree in law from Utrecht University and obtained her PhD at Utrecht University in 2018. Her monograph, published in the Wolters Kluwer International Arbitration Law Library series, is widely cited in academic and arbitral practice. She is the author of numerous publications in international investment law, ESG, and dispute resolution.

Most Recent Publications:  

• Levashova, Y., et al (eds.) (2026-2027) Dispute Prevention in ISDS: Comparative Approaches, Institutional Innovations, and Digital Tools”, Special Issue, Transnational Dispute Management. 
• Levashova, Y., (2025) The Commonwealth of Independent States', in J. Chaisse, and C. Herrmann (eds), The International Law of Economic Integration (Oxford University Press).
• Y. Levashova, (2024) Investor Obligations Through the Prism of the EU Foreign Investment Screening Framework in Hillebrand et al.(eds), Weaponizing Investments (Springer)
• Levashova, Y., Lorfing, P. (Eds.) (2022). Balancing the protection of foreign investors and states responses in the post-pandemic world, Kluwer Law International, Wolters Kluwer.
• Levashova, Y. (2022). The legitimate expectations of investors under the fair and equitable treatment in times of pandemic and aftermath. In Levashova, Y., Lorfing, P. (Eds.). Balancing the Protection of Foreign Investors and States Responses in the Post-Pandemic World. Kluwer Law International, Wolters Kluwer.
• Levashova, Y. (2022). Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Economies in Transition: Challenges, Opportunities, and UNECE Tools. UNECE.
• Y.  Levashova, “The Right of States to Regulate in their Public Interest and The Right of Investors to Receive Fair and Equitable Treatment,” Kluwer Arbitration Series, 2019, pp. 316. 
• Y. Levashova, “Prevention of ISDS Disputes: from Early Resolution to Limited Access,” in J. Chaisse et al, Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, Springer, 2020.
• Y. Levashova, “The Fair and Equitable Treatment and Investor’s Due Diligence under International Investment Law,” The Netherlands International Law Review, Issue 2, 2020 (open access). 
• Y. Levashova, “Accountability and Corporate Social Responsibility of multinational corporations for transgressions in host states through international investment law,” Utrecht Law Review, May 2018. 
• Y. Levashova, et al. (eds), Special issue, The Interaction Between International Investment Law and Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Transnational Dispute Management 5, October, 2020.