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Lisa Munro

Arbitration Experience

  • Experience in domestic and international commercial arbitration, both ad hoc and under institutional rules
  • FCIArb, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Qualified Arbitrator (Q. Arb) designation from the ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC)
  • Panel arbitrator with Arbitration Place and Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC)
  • Editor of Arbitration Matters, providing monthly summaries of key decisions with commentary on arbitration issues
  • Host of Arbitration Boot Camp, a monthly webinar series on arbitration issues

ADR Specialization

  • Commercial/business disputes
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Directors’ and Officers’ liability

Leadership Positions and Community Contributions

  • Chair, ADR Institute of Canada Arbitration Committee (2024 – present)
  • Board of Directors, ADR Institute of Canada (2023 – present)
  • Board of Directors, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Canada Branch (2020 – present)
  • Managing Partner, Lerners LLP Toronto Office (2018 – 2019)
  • Chair and Founder, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Lerners LLP (2017 – 2019)
  • Chair, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Strategic Planning Committee (2015)
  • Board of Directors, Greater Toronto Scout Foundation (2014 – 2022)
  • Co-Chair, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Executive Committee (2014 – 2017)
  • Executive Committee Member, Lerners LLP (2007 – 2019)
  • Honourary Legal Counsel, Scouts Canada, Greater Toronto Council (2002 – 2013)
  • Partner, Lerners LLP (2001 – present)

Presentations & Publications

  • Regular speaker on arbitration topics for major organizations including Osgoode Professional Development, Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society, ADR Institute of Canada, and others
  • Contributor to Canadian Journal of Commercial Arbitration

Professional Awards & Recognition

  • National Lionel J. McGowan Award of Excellence in Dispute Resolution, ADR Institute of Canada (2024)
  • Award for Outstanding Article, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (2023)
  • Best Lawyers in Canada, Lawyer of the Year, Alternative Dispute Resolution – Toronto (2023)
  • Women’s Executive Network – Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 (2017)
  • Lexpert Zenith Award for Diversity and Inclusion (2016)
  • Diversity Journal – Women Worth Watching Award (2015)
  • Scouts Canada Medal for Good Service (2006)

Academic Qualifications

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (2020)
  • ADR Institute of Canada Qualified Arbitrator (QArb) (2018)
  • Admitted to the Ontario Bar (1994)
  • LL.B, The University of Western Ontario (1992)

Professional Memberships

  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) Canada Branch
  • Toronto Arbitration Society
  • ADR Institute of Canada/Ontario
  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Canada Arbitration Committee
  • Advocates’ Society
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
  • Ontario Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ontario

Firm

Lerners LLP

Address

225 King St West, Suite 1500
Toronto ON M5V 3M2

Contact

Phone: 416-601-2360
Email: lmunro@lerners.ca
Website: www.lerners.ca/lisa-munro