Lisa D. Love

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Legal Practice: Lisa is a corporate and complex commercial transactions attorney with over 35 years of experience representing Fortune 500 companies, middle market companies and public entities in various sophisticated commercial transactions, involving infrastructure and project development, construction, technology transfers, mergers and acquisitions, licensing and intellectual property, franchising, public and corporate finance, commercial transactions, real estate and land use, corporate, energy, maritime, corporate governance, international joint ventures, ethics, manufacturing and purchasing. Previously, under Ms. Love’s direction, Love and Long has represented the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Commodities Future Trading Commission and the National Institutes of Health. Currently, Ms. Love is spearheading Love and Long’s representation of a major port authority in upgrades to its airport facilities and a state agency in its expansion of its offshore wind power capabilities.

Having represented parties on all sides of complex transactions, Lisa uses her experience as a commercial transactions attorney to provide perspective and inform her decision making as an arbitrator and her conciliatory efforts as a mediator.

Arbitration Experience: Lisa has served as a panel member or sole arbitrator in over 30 complex domestic and international commercial arbitrations. She has also participated in over 100 mediations as a party representative and in numerous mediations as a mediator. Lisa has served in ADR matters involving mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, corporate governance, corporate organization, securities, private placements, collateralized repurchases, investment banking, real estate and development, joint ventures, consulting, breach of contracts, legal malpractice, international and domestic franchise, securities transactions, foreign investments in U.S. based business, broker-dealers, baseball arbitration, attorney malpractice, and business finance transactions, including secured and unsecured lending, factoring and credit protection transactions.

Arbitration and Mediation Professional Associations: Panel Member – JAMS; Member – JAMS Global Engineering and Construction Group; Associate – 2022 College of Commercial Arbitrators Program; Fellow – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb.); Academy Participant – ICC 2023 – 2024 DRSLearning Academy; Delegate – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – UNCITRAL Working Group II’s 77th Session; Appointee – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Professional Conduct Committee (2021 – 2024); Member – International Commercial Disputes Committee New York City Bar; Member – Arbitration Committee New York City Bar; Member – USCIB/ICC; Member – ArbitralWomen; New York City Regional Co-Chair – ABA Women In Dispute Resolution (WIDR); Member – ABA International Construction Committee; Member – ABA – International M&A and Joint Venture Committee; Member – ABA International Arbitration Committee; Fellow – Center for Conflict Resolution and Prevention/FINRA/LCLD; Member – Center for Conflict Resolution and Prevention (CPR) Panels of Distinguished Neutrals – Banking, Accounting and Financial Services Panel, Franchise Panel, Hedge Funds Panel, Insurer-Policy Holder Coverage Panel, Real Estate Panel and New York City ADR General Commercial Panel; Member – FINRA Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators; Member – Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American ADR Inn of Court – Programming Committee; Member – American Arbitrators of African Descent; Member – National Bar Association – Dispute Resolution Section; Inactive Panel Member – American Arbitration Association (AAA) Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators and AAA-ICDR (International Arbitration)- Large Complex and Mergers and Acquisition Panels.

Moot Competitions: ICC Pre-Vis Moot Competition (February 2021); Fordham Pre-Vis Moot Competition (March 2021); ICC International Mediation Competition, Paris, France – Observer (February 2020); Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Arbitration Competition, Miami, Florida – Arbitrator (November 2019); CPR International Moot Mediation Competition, São Paulo, Brazil – Arbitrator (April 2018); and Judith S. Kaye Moot Arbitration Competition, New York, New York – Mediator (November 2017).

Awards and Honors: “Best Negotiator” – Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation – October 2018; U.S. Department of Treasury – “Outstanding Service Award” SBLF Program – December 2011; and “Outstanding Woman in Real Estate” – November 2003

Ethics and Accounting/Audit Experience: Ethics: Appointee Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Professional Conduct Committee (2021 – 2024); Committee on Academic Appeals and Professional Responsibility of Georgetown University Law Center (1983 – 1984); District V-A Ethics Committee of the Office of Attorney Ethics of the Superior Court of New Jersey (2004 – 2007).Accounting/Audit: Treasurer, National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – responsible for financial review and accountability, financial statements, tax reports, and conflicts and financial management policies; Audit Committee, Newark Arks Council; and General Counsel and in-House Counsel to museums, and numerous companies responding to auditors’ inquiries.

Organizational Affiliations: American Bar Association – Construction Forum, International Arbitration Committee and Women in Dispute Resolution (WIDR – Regional Co-Chair); Fellow – American College of Investment Counsel (2016 – present); Listed Co-Bond Counsel – The Bond Buyer’s Marketplace aka The Red Book; Women in Finance; Legal Council on Legal Diversity (2017 Fellow); National Bar Association – Women Lawyers Division (Board of Directors and immediate past Parliamentarian) and Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (Past Board Member and Treasurer); and Women Owned Law (Past Board Member).

Education: Georgetown University Law Center (JD); Northeastern University (BS); Certificate of Completion Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation Executive Education – Mediation (2018); Certificate of Completion Columbia Law School Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Course on International Arbitration (2018).

Speaking Engagements: Drafting Arbitration Clauses: Advanced Considerations for In-House Counsel (In-House Connect, JAMS, Osborne Clarke May 2024); Contract Drafting and International Arbitration Assignment Provisions in Contract Documents -The intersection of express terms and external considerations to interpretation (NYU Law and University of Oslo February 2024); Contract Drafting and International Arbitration Assignment Provisions in Contract Documents -The intersection of express terms and external considerations to interpretation (NYU Law and University of Oslo February 2024); The Arbitration Litigation Debate (NYSBA ComFed ADR Spring 2023 Meeting; M&A Hot Topics in the Post 2022 World (National Bar Association Commercial Law Division February 2023); Commercial Arbitration: Trending Topics and Recent Developments (JAMS/NYSBA February 2023); Hybrid Arbitrations and Mediations (NYSBA DR Section January 2023); A Call to Action: The principles of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Modern Lawyer (American Society of International Law 2022); The Utilization of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF 2022;) Understanding Arbitrations from A to Z (2021 Metropolitan Black Bar Association – Panelist); Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice (2021 PLI); Alternative Careers in ADR: The Next Normal (2021 National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division and Dispute Resolution Committee – Panelist); Around the World in 80 Minutes: An International ADR Update (2020 Garibaldi Inn of Courts -Moderator), Where’s the Seat? How to Identify the Proper Law of the Arbitration Agreement: Domestic and Abroad (2020 New York State Bar Association – Panelist), Successfully Representing Clients in Mediation and Arbitration (2020 Metropolitan Bar Association – Panelist), Pathways to ADR for Diverse Practitioners (2020 American Bar Association – Panelist), Legal Opinions in Commercial and Real Estate Transactions (2019 American Bar Association 31st Annual National CLE Conference – Panelist), Opportunity Zones: The New Horizon – The Next Frontier (2019 NAMWOLF – Panelist), Challenges Facing the Maritime Industry Title XI Federal Ship Finance Program (2017 Annual Convention National Bar Association – Panelist), Ethics in Commercial Real Estate Transactions (2017 Annual Convention National Bar Association – Panelist), Alternative Structures to Increase Utilization of Diverse Law Firms (2017 Business Meeting National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – Panelist), Strategic Alliances for Diversity and Inclusion (2017 Annual Meeting National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – Panelist), Hot Topics In Legal Opinions (2016 National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms– Panelist), Glitz and Glamour of Commercial Transactions – Exciting Issues In Transactional Practice: Intellectual Property, International and Cross Border Transactions, Commercial Leases and Commercial Finance (2015 Annual Meeting National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – Panelist), Oil & Gas – Opportunities in a Distressed Market (2015 Annual Convention National Bar Association – Panelist), and Secured Transactions: Practical Tips For Utilizing UCC Article 9 (2014 Annual Meeting National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms – Panelist); Conducted in-house training for staffs of financial institutions regarding UCC Article 9 (Secured Transactions).

Publications/Articles:  The Dotted Line: Avoiding common construction disputes on Key Bridge rebuild | Construction Dive (May 2024 – quoted);

Reconstructing the Francis Scott Key Bridge, ABA Forum on Construction, Division 1 Newsletter (May 2024) 

New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, New York State Bar Association (2024, Vol. 17., No. 1)  

International Arbitration Experts Discuss Whether Arbitration is Efficient Dispute Resolution, Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, Volume 38, No. 12 (December 2023)

The Phase-Out of Libor (2018); Make Whole Provisions Triggered Upon Acceleration of Debt in Bankruptcy (2017); Enforceability of Tail Fee Provision in Engagement Letter (Underwriting and Corporate Securities) (2017); Secured Transactions: Practical Tips for Utilizing UCC Article 9 (2014 NAMWOLF CLE); Loan Participations and Syndications (2014 NAMWOLF); Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use in New Jersey (2005 NBI CLE);and What the Supreme Court Did and Did Not Do in Criminal Law and Procedure during the 1981 -1982 Term (1982 GULC CLE).