Assistant Professor of Law
Areas of Specialization
Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Artificial Intelligence; Law & Technology; Crypto & Law; Law & Econ; Entrepreneurship Law; Contracts; Securities Law; Law & Statistics; International Law; State & Local Government
Representative Professional Activities and Achievements
Lev E. Breydo is a multi-disciplinary scholar focused on the impact of technological change and innovation on business organizations, market infrastructure and financial instruments, with particular emphasis on credit markets and digital assets.
Professor Breydo’s scholarship has been published or is forthcoming in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including: the North Carolina Law Review, American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Nevada Law Journal, UC Davis Law Review, San Diego Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law and the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. He previously practiced with two leading law firms, focusing on corporate and financial transactions with emphasis on sovereign debt and restructuring. He also worked at FinTech and RegTech companies, and regularly advises various start-ups, particularly in FinTech, CleanTech and LegalTech.
Professor Breydo holds a JD, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he served as Articles Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, where he majored in Finance.
Publications from 2026
Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services for the AI Age, Lev E. Breydo
(23 Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 333-386 (2026))Levers of Default: Can the President Unilaterally Alter the Terms of the National Debt?, Lev E. Breydo and Nathan B. Oman
(174 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 60-86 (2026))Publications from 2024
Contagion. FTX, A Sector's Crisis & Crypto's Silent Victims, Lev E. Breydo
(98 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 97-173 (2024))Inequitable Infrastructure: An Empirical Assessment of Federalism, Climate Change, and Environmental Racism, Lev E. Breydo
(102 North Carolina Law Review 1035-1091 (2024))Infrastructure Finance for the Public Good: How Asset Recycling Can Untangle the New York MTA's $50 Billion Debt Load, Lev E. Breydo
(2024 Journal of Law and Mobility)The Broken Token Problem: Why Crypto Classification Remains Elusive, Lev E. Breydo
(55 Seton Hall Law Review 67-126 (2024))Publications from 2023
Health of Nations: Preventing a Post-Pandemic Emerging Markets Debt Crisis, Lev E. Breydo
(23 Nevada Law Journal 463-532 (2023))Political Default. The Implications of Weaponizing Global Financial Infrastructure, Lev E. Breydo
(56 UC Davis Law Review Online 53-78 (2023))Putin's Matryoskha: A War Reparations Facility for Rebuilding Ukraine, Lev E. Breydo
(61 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 641-732 (2023))Russia's Roulette: Sanctions, Strange Contracts & Sovereign Default, Lev E. Breydo
(60 San Diego Law Review 107-166 (2023))