Erica Li

Senior Associate, London

+44 20 3880 1540

eli@lalive.law

Erica Li

Erica specialises in international arbitration. She has acted as counsel in high-value disputes under various arbitration rules, including the ICC, LCIA, and SIAC Rules. She advises and represents clients in a wide range of industries, such as construction, energy, and corporate disputes. In addition to arbitration, Erica has experience in complex English High Court proceedings, and cross-border litigation and restructuring and insolvency litigation.

Erica previously worked as a research assistant at the Law Commission of England and Wales.

Current professional memberships

  • Member of Executive Committee of London Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (London VYAP)

Career history

  • Senior Associate, LALIVE, London, 2026 – present
  • Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, London, 2025-2026
  • Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, London, 2024-2025
  • Associate, Herbert Smith Freehills, London, 2021-2024
  • Trainee Solicitor, Herbert Smith Freehills, London, 2019-2021
  • Research Assistant, Law Commission of England and Wales, 2017-2018

Academic qualifications

  • Bachelor of Civil Law, Oxford University, 2017
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Hong Kong, 2016
  • Exchange year, Oxford University, 2015-2016
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Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Corporate Commercial Advisory
  • Commercial Litigation

Sectors

  • Banking & Finance
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy

Languages

  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin

Nationality

  • British
  • Hong Konger

Admission

  • England & Wales, Solicitor-Advocate (Civil Proceedings), 2023
  • England and Wales, 2021