Lisa D. Love, Esq., FCIArb. joined JAMS after serving as outside counsel to Fortune 500 companies and federal and state governmental agencies, an attorney with a major New York law firm, and as chief legal counsel to several municipalities. She is an accomplished arbitrator, mediator and neutral evaluator who brings to her work as a neutral extensive experience as a transactional attorney. 

Ms. Love has handled a wide range of complex commercial transactions and legal disputes, including those focused on investments, corporate finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions, energy, life sciences, construction and infrastructure projects and development, licensing and technology transfers, franchises, commercial real estate, antitrust, government and public agency, and corporate governance matters. 

As a transactional attorney with over 40 years of experience, Ms. Love uses her vast corporate experience representing parties on all sides of complex transactions to provide perspective, to inform her decision making as an arbitrator and neutral evaluator, and to assist in conciliatory efforts as a mediator. 

She has also served as a neutral evaluator in billion-dollar hedge fund disputes and as an arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations governed under the New York Convention, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and various other institutional rules. 

ADR Experience and Qualifications

• Ms. Love is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel, a member of JAMS’s Global Engineering and Construction Group, a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) Forum on Construction, an associate of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA), and a member of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. 
• She was a participant in the ICC 2023 – 2024 Advanced Arbitration Academy for North America, a past appointee of  the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Professional Conduct Committee, a member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee and of the Arbitration Committee of the New York City Bar, a member of the U.S. National Committee to the International Chamber of Commerce, the New York City Regional Chair of ABA Women In Dispute Resolution (WIDR), and a member of the ABA International M&A and Joint Venture, and Arbitration committees. 
• She is also a highly sought-after trainer, speaker, author, and educator on topics relating to drafting and interpreting arbitration agreements, insurance coverage in mergers and acquisitions, the effectiveness of arbitration (the litigation-arbitration debate), and infrastructure construction. 

Representative Matters

• Business & Commercial

Corporate Contracts & Governance

• As a private practitioner, provided corporate governance advice to clients regarding entity selection, formation and organization, interpretation of state laws and entity organizational documents, and collaboration and joint venture agreements with other corporate entities.
• As a private practitioner, drafted and negotiated numerous put and option,  stock purchase, asset acquisition, management, equity funding, bond purchase, licensing and music publishing, media, exhibition construction, loan and financing, syndicated credit, subscription finance, grant, trust indenture, private-public partnership, terminal and track, storage, right of entry, technology development, PILOT and tax abatement, nondisclosure, consulting, and employment agreements, among others.
Finance & Commercial Lending

• Arbitrated dispute between parties to a forward financing agreement regarding the purchase and sale of receivables.
• Arbitrated dispute between borrower and lender involving allegations of non-payment and conversion of collateral.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties to a credit protection agreement supporting factoring transactions involving the sale of claims and receivables of reference companies to the factor should there occur a bankruptcy or failure to pay the reference company.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties regarding a loan transaction, including the right to purchase shares in the initial public offering of the borrower.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties involving the alleged nonpayment of obligations pursuant to a convertible promissory note and note purchase agreement.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties regarding the alleged violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
• Arbitrated disputes between merchants and credit card provider regarding allegations of antitrust violations and unilateral rights to amend arbitration agreements.
• Arbitrated disputes between car title vehicle lenders and borrowers regarding allegations of violations of consumer finance act, usury laws, and unfair trade act.
• Arbitrated disputes between third party financier of plaintiff bodily injury claims regarding non-recourse financing transactions.
• Arbitrated disputes between lenders and borrowers regarding alleged breach of contracts and breach of guaranties in connection with business finance transactions.
• As a private practitioner, served as co-bond counsel to financial arm of global automobile manufacturer in its largest ever corporate diversity and inclusion (D&I) bond offering, of medium-term notes, a key component of the company’s comprehensive funding program.
• As a private practitioner, served as co-bond counsel to state housing finance agency providing over $500,000 in financing.
• As a private practitioner, represented municipal economic development agency providing tax credit financing to assist in the redevelopment and expansion of various government-supported projects.
• As a private practitioner, represented financial institution, as administrative agent, syndication agent and lender, in connection with multi-million dollar syndicated credit facilities to an entertainment conglomerate involving 25 financial institutions.
Franchise & Distribution

• Arbitrated disputes between a franchisor and franchisee involved in a twenty-year franchise relationship regarding the alleged breach of a franchise agreement and related failure to pay past due royalties, liquidated damages, and allegedly stolen money.
• As a private practitioner, represented lenders in the financing of franchises.
• As a private practitioner, represented franchisees in the acquisition of franchises and review of disclosure documents and leasing arrangements for franchise operations.
Investments

• Arbitrated dispute regarding private offering and exclusive best efforts private placement investment banking agreement and alleged failure to provide fees and warrants.
• Arbitrated dispute regarding the alleged failure to launch an exchange traded fund focused on capitalizing on “short squeeze” strategy, involving  allegations of  breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, common law fraud, intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and promissory estoppel.
• Arbitrated dispute regarding multi-million dollar investment subject to put options collateralized by first priority security interests in pledged stock, alleging violations of  Article 9 of New York Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and breach of the transaction documents and requesting turnover, seizure, replevin, injunction and damages.
• Served as neutral evaluator in mock arbitration proceeding regarding multi-million dollar dispute between partners in a multi-billion dollar hedge fund advisory firm involving claims of redemption, payout, wrongful expulsion, breach of limited liability company agreement and breach of implied covenant of fair dealing.
Licensing

• Arbitrated dispute between major league baseball team and licensee regarding alleged failure to perform obligations under licensing agreement (utilizing baseball arbitration).
• Arbitrated dispute between partners and managers of a sole purpose limited liability company formed to exploit licenses including claims for advancement and reimbursement of litigation and arbitration expenses and indemnification.
• Served as neutral evaluator in mock arbitration involving the purchase, collaboration and license agreement used in the life sciences industry for the development of new drugs and compounds including issues of fulfillment of delivery obligations, the application of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the scope of the exclusive license.
• Served as neutral evaluator in the assessment of the technology transfer process of a national research institute including collaborative research and development, exclusive and non-exclusive licensing, material transfers, employee inventions and patents.
Mergers and Acquisitions

• Arbitrated dispute between parties to acquisition transaction involving an accounting firm and the earnout of the selling shareholder involving alleged breach of restrictive covenants, breach of payout obligations and breach of employment agreement.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties to a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement in connection with the evaluation and negotiation of a merger and acquisition transaction involving the purchase of a business and its related real estate, including alleged claims of breach of contract and fraud.
• Arbitrated dispute involving the alleged failure to pay a success fee between parties to a membership agreement that provided access to non-publicly available merger and acquisition opportunities. 
• Served as neutral evaluator in mock arbitration of disputes related to the purchase and sale of shares in a refinery and post-closing liabilities related to an alleged  breach of the seller’s tax liability representations and warranties in excess of the closing escrow funds and breach of guaranty under the ICC Rules.
• As a private practitioner, represented parties in mergers, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and privatization transactions.
• As a private practitioner, prepared SEC filings required by the Exchange Act of 1934 and the Securities Act of 1933, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and T-1.
• As a private practitioner, represented a state department of insurance in the antitrust analysis of a proposed merger between a large pharmacy chain and a health insurance provider.
Nonprofit Organizations

• As a private practitioner, served as chief counsel to a nonprofit museum.
• As a private practitioner, counseled senior management and boards of directors of social service agencies, museums, religious corporations, and nonprofit developers, among others, and provided legal advice on a vast array of general day-to-day legal, labor relations, and employment and benefit matters, as well as on intellectual property (including licensing), independent contractor, security, and termination agreements. 
Supply, Service & Management Contracts

• Arbitrated dispute involving alleged breach of contract claims in connection with a service agreement for subscription-based research and related services.
• Arbitrated dispute between nursing home and resident representative alleging failure to pay service fees, failure to secure third party coverage for service fees (Medicaid), and refusal to cooperate in filing Medicaid application for coverage.
• Arbitrated dispute regarding alleged failure to provide payment under customer service agreement providing for purchase, rental and servicing of various textiles for use in respondent’s business.
• Arbitrated dispute involving electrical contractor and master services agreement regarding the alleged failure to pay for work performed pursuant to several statements of work.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties involving the alleged failure to deliver medical supplies and products pursuant to a commercials sales and purchase agreement.
• Governmental/Public Agency
• As a private practitioner, served as chief legal counsel to local public agencies, as well as the mayor, city council, departments and officers, in all aspects of municipal government, including employment issues, grievances, terminations and disciplinary actions, labor, zoning, land use, redevelopment, public finance, dispositions, acquisitions of public property, municipal tax, city ordinances and other matters involving municipal government.
• As a private practitioner, represented various federal agencies in technology transfer, equity securities acquisitions, development finance, semi-conductor organization, and easement acquisitions.
• As a private practitioner, served as disclosure counsel to a state division of the budget. 
• As a private practitioner, represented state agency on numerous bond financings.
• As a private practitioner, provided legal counsel to a federal agency pursuant to which the firm negotiated and closed over 170 preferred stock, subordinated debt and equity-equivalent securities transactions totaling over $2.2 billion.
• As a private practitioner, acted as co-disclosure counsel on the public offering of revenue bonds.
• As a private practitioner, represented federal agency in connection with its ship financing program.
• Employment Law
• Arbitrated dispute between consultant and company regarding the alleged failure to pay consulting fees and performance fees under a consulting agreement.
• Mediated dispute between employer and employee regarding the claw back of an upfront signing bonus.
• Insurance
• As a private practitioner, represented a state insurance department in connection with its evaluation of the acquisition of a large pharmacy chain by a health insurance provider and its subsidiaries domiciled in the state pursuant to the Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act.
• As a private practitioner, represented insured in coverage litigation.
• International & Cross Border
• Arbitrated franchise dispute between a franchisor and franchisee pursuant to UNCITRAL Rules regarding operation of an Egyptian restaurant franchise involving alleged misrepresentations regarding registration of service marks, suit by third party owner of service marks, and failure to indemnify and defend. 
• Arbitrated legal malpractice dispute regarding alleged drafting error in waterfall provisions of joint venture agreement organized to coordinate and oversee the construction of residential dormitories and educational facilities for a foreign university.
• As a private practitioner, represented major insurance company in subscription credit facilities to affiliates to provide acquisition financing to various borrowers organized under the laws of the United States, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Germany and Mexico.
• Arbitrated disputes between limited liability company investors and manager relating to the private placement of limited liability company interests pursuant to an operating agreement formed as an EB-5 immigration project involving the development of a franchise to satisfy the requirements of the EB-5 visa program and allegations of fraud, breach of contract, and unauthorized transfers.
• Intellectual Property
• As a private practitioner, represented a federal agency in a semi-conductor and technology development project.
• As a private practitioner, represented a federal health agency in assessing its technology transfer and agreement process in the area of diagnostics, drugs and imaging, including CDRAs, MTAs, exclusive and non-exclusive licenses, NDAs, and EIRs.
• As a private practitioner, represented estate of celebrity in licensing of likeness and image for artistic purposes.
• As a private practitioner, represented clothing manufacturer in licensing of name for various apparel uses.
• Real Estate & Real Property
• Arbitrated dispute involving alleged breach of membership agreements for work office space and related services in a commercial office building.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties to a marketing and management agreement involving the marketing, leasing, and management of apartment units.
• Securities
• Arbitrated securities cases involving alleged breach of fiduciary duty, negligent representation, negligent failure to supervise and fraud.
• Arbitrated dispute between parties involving allegations of defamation, failure to supervise and intentional infliction of emotional distress in connection with disputes between broker dealers and registered representatives.
• Arbitrated disputes between customers and investment advisory firm regarding allegedly risky, illiquid investments made on behalf of unsophisticated customers.

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

Memberships and Affiliations

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Fellow, American College of Investment Counsel, 2014 – present
• Appointee, Professional Conduct Committee, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), 2021 – 2024
• Associate, College of Commercial Arbitrators
• Fellow on the International Institute for Conflict Resolution & Prevention’s (CPR) panel of distinguished neutrals as an arbitrator
• Listed as a mediator on the CPR’s banking, accounting and financial services, franchise, hedge funds, insurer-policyholder coverage, real estate, and New York City ADR general commercial panels
• Listed on the FINRA roster of arbitrators and mediators
• Listed on the roster of arbitrators of African descent with a U.S. nexus
• Participant, ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy (North America), 2023 – 2024
• Member, ABA Construction Forum, Division 1 (Litigation and ADR) and Division 7 (International Construction), 2023 – present
• Member, ABA International Section, International Construction Committee and M&A and Joint Venture Committee, 2023 – present
• Member, City Bar of New York, International Commercial Disputes Committee, 2023 – present
• Member, City Bar of New York, Arbitration Committee, 2023 – present
• Member, U.S. National Committee to the International Chamber of Commerce
• Delegate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ UNCITRAL Working Group II’s 77th Session
• Member, National Bar Association, 2020 – present
• Dispute resolution, women lawyers, real state, probate law, commercial law, corporate law and international law sections (various years)
• Parliamentarian, Women Lawyers Board of Directors, 2020 – 2023
• Member, American Bar Association, 2019 – present
• New York City Regional Co-Chair, ABA Women in Dispute Resolution (WIDR), 2019 – present 
• Member, Arbitral Women, 2019 – present
• Member, Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American ADR Inn of Court for ADR, 2019 – 2023
• Member, Women Owned Law, 2018 – 2023
• Member, Women in Finance, 2018 – 2023
• Member, New York State Bar Association, 1985 – present
• Member, District of Columbia State Bar Association, 1995 – present
• Member, Pennsylvania State Bar Association, 2002 – present
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2016 – present
• Member, National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF), 2013 – 2024
• Board of Directors, 2014 – 2020
• Treasurer, 2016 – 2018
• Chair, Finance Committee 2016 – 2018
• Chair, Task Force on Legal Diversity, 2017 – 2023
• Co-Chair, Transactional Area Practice Group, 2014 – 2016
• Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, 1981 – present
• Member, National Association of Women Lawyers, 2018 – 2019
• Member, District V-A Ethics Committee, Office of Attorney Ethics, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2004 – 2007
• Appointee, Committee on Academic Appeals and Professional Responsibility, Georgetown University Law Center, 1983 – 1984

Selected Awards and Honors

• Best Negotiator, Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, 2018
• Outstanding Service Award, SBLF Program, U.S. Department of Treasury, 2011
• Outstanding Women in the Field of Real Estate, Women’s Fund, 2003
• One of the first women to represent two cities simultaneously as Chief Legal Counsel to the New Jersey municipalities of Plainfield and Orange Township

Selected Publications

• “America’s Bridges and the Need for Bridge Infrastructure Investment,” The Dispute Resolver, Articles on Construction Litigation & Dispute Resolution by Division 1 of the ABA Forum on Construction Law, December 2024
• “You Cannot Always Contract Your Way Out of a Problem,” JAMS ADR Insights/The Dispute Resolver, August 2024
• “The Dotted Line: Avoiding Common Construction Disputes on Key Bridge Rebuild,” Construction Dive, June 2024
• "Reconstructing the Francis Scott Key Bridge Utilizing the Progressive Design-Build Method," The Dispute Resolver, Articles on Construction Litigation & Dispute Resolution by Division 1 of the ABA Forum on Construction Law, May 2024
• International Arbitration Experts Discuss Whether Arbitration is Efficient Dispute Resolution," MEALEY’S® International Arbitration Report, December 2023
• “Lisa Love Negotiated Her Way to the Top,” Modern Counsel, 2021
• “The Phase Out of LIBOR and the Impact on Financial Transactions,” Love and Long Newsletter, 2018
• “Selective Disclosures in Securities Issuances,” Love and Long Newsletter, 2017
• “Make Whole Provisions Triggered Upon Acceleration of Debt in Bankruptcy,” Love and Long Newsletter, 2017
• “Enforceability of Tail Fee Provision in Engagement Letters,” Underwriting and Corporate Securities, Love and Long Newsletter, 2017
• “Loan Participations and Syndications,” NAMWOLF Newsletter, 2014

• Panelist, “Master Class: Claim Resolution & Coverage Disputes Under Transactional Liability Insurance Policies,” JAMS, 2024
• Panelist, “Drafting Arbitration Clauses: Advanced Considerations for In-House Counsel,” JAMS & In-House Connect, 2024
• Panelist, “Contract Drafting and International Arbitration,” NYU Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, and the University of Oslo Centre for Commercial Law, 2024
• Panelist, “Drafting Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’) Clauses for Commercial Contracts,” General Counsel Conference East, 2023 
• Panelist, “M&A Hot Topics in the Post-2020 World,” National Bar Association Commercial Law Section, 36th Annual NBA Corporate Counsel Conference, 2023
• Panelist, “The Litigation-Arbitration Debate,” New York State Bar Association,  COMFED Section, Joint Spring 2023 Meeting, 2023
• Panelist, “Commercial Arbitration: Trending Topics and Recent Developments,” New York State Bar Association,  COMFED Section and JAMS, 2023
• Panelist, “Welcome Address & General Session: A Discussion of the NAMWOLF & IILP Joint Report,” NAMWOLF Annual Meeting and Law Firm Expo, 2023
• Speaker, “Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice,” Practising Law Institute, 2021
• Observer, ICC International Mediation Competition, Paris, February 2020
• Arbitrator, Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Arbitration Competition, Miami, November 2019
• Arbitrator, CPR International Moot Mediation Competition, São Paulo, Brazil, April 2018
• Mediator, Judith S. Kaye Moot Arbitration Competition, New York, November 2017
• Presenter, “Secured Transactions: Practical Tips for Utilizing UCC Article 9,” NAMWOLF CLE Program, 2014
• Presenter, “Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use in New Jersey,” NBI CLE, 2005
• Presenter, “What the Supreme Court Did and Did Not Do in Criminal Law and Procedure During the 1981 – 1982 Term,” GULC CLE program, 1982

Background and Education

• Co-Managing Partner, Love and Long LLP, 1995 – present
• General Counsel, African American Museum in Philadelphia, 2013 – present
• Disclosure Counsel, New York State Division of the Budget, 2017 – present
• Chief Legal Counsel, 1995 – 2000
• Plainfield, New Jersey, 1995 –1996
• Orange Township, NJ 1996 – 2000
• Associate, Corporate Finance, Katten Muchin Rosenman Colin (formerly Rosenman & Colin) 1984 – 1995
• Adjunct Professor, Legal Studies Department, Montclair State University, 1998 – 2000
• Certificate of Completion, ICC Dispute Resolution Services, ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy North America, 2023 – 2024
• Certificate of Completion, Program on Negotiation, Executive Education–Mediation, Harvard Law School, 2018
• Certificate of Completion, Course on International Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Columbia Law School, 2018
• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1984
• B.S., summa cum laude, Northeastern University, 1981
• Participant, Securities and Exchange Commission Clinic, 1983 – 1984

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States Supreme Court