Jane Levine

Senior Vice President and Worldwide Director of Compliance, Sotheby’s

Jane A. Levine is Worldwide Director of Compliance for Sotheby’s, with responsibility for company-wide policies, training and enforcement relating to the art and cultural heritage regulation, the auction process, anti-money laundering and other areas relating to the art and auction market. Prior to joining Sotheby’s, Ms. Levine was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where she served as the Art Fraud Coordinator and was a Special Trial Attorney assigned to work with the FBI’s Art Crime Team. During her ten year tenure as an AUSA, Ms. Levine prosecuted numerous criminal and civil matters involving theft, fraud and forgery in the art and antiquities market. She teaches Art and Cultural Heritage Law at Columbia Law School and has written and lectured on international trafficking in stolen art and artifacts. Ms. Levine received a B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.