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Jane Harte-Lovelace  Partner
London  +44.(0)20.7360.8172
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Areas of Practice • Representative Experience • Professional Background • Speaking Engagements • Education

Areas of Practice

Ms. Harte-Lovelace is a partner and solicitor advocate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Insurance Coverage practice groups.  She is involved in all aspects of commercial dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation.

Ms. Harte-Lovelace advises corporate policyholders seeking to maximize recoveries on disputed insurance claims, if possible without recourse to litigation or arbitration.  She also advises policyholders on insurance strategies and on the legal implications of policy wordings.  Ms. Harte-Lovelace speaks regularly on insurance related issues, always from the perspective of the policyholder.   

For over 20 years she has advised companies and individuals in the areas of international, commercial and banking disputes including international asset tracing, fraud related cases and significant property disputes.  In addition, her practice encompasses partnership, trust, shareholder and warranty disputes, commercial fraud, professional indemnity and asbestos related claims.

Ms. Harte-Lovelace was recommended in the 2009 edition of Legal 500.  Clients praised her as "very knowledgeable".

Representative Experience
  • Acting for policyholder in LCIA arbitration against trade credit insurers
  • Advising financial institution on a number of notification issues
  • Advising in relation to claim under global public and products liability policy arising from advertising injury claims
  • Advising construction company following fatal accident in relation to inquest and potential prosecution
  • Advising professional firm defending professional negligence claim
  • Advising supplier of food flavorings in relation to product liability claims and negotiations with suppliers
  • Advising company facing asbestos related claims
  • Advising and representing vendor in warranty dispute
  • Advising beneficiary in claim against trustees

Professional Background

Jane qualified as a lawyer in 1983. She joined the firm in 1993 having previously trained and been a partner at another City law firm.

Speaking Engagements
  • "Bermuda Form Arbitrations in London:  Key issues and practical considerations" ABA webinar, 24 June 2101
  • "Credit Crunch Fallout: The Effect on Insurance Risks for Financial Institutions," Seminar at Willis , 14 January 2009
  • “Directors' Liabilities: have you got them covered?,” AIRMIC conference , Edinburgh, 18 June 2008
  • “Critical Regulatory Issues for International Fund Managers and Investment Advisers”, K&L Gates Seminar, 1 February 2008
  • “M&A Transactions – Will Longtail Liabilities Scupper the Deal?”, Joint K&L Gates, Marsh and InSolutions Seminar, 24 January 2008
  • “Directors’ Liabilities, Indemnities and D&O Insurance”, SII Seminar, 9 May 2007
  •  “International Arbitration as a Tool in Effective Risk Management,” K&L Gates Seminar, 19 April 2007
  • “Directors’ Liability and D&O Insurance”, K&L Gates Seminar, 10 November 2006
  • “Is your Board properly insured for claims and investigations? Addressing potential gaps in your company's D&O policy,” IBC In House Conference, March 6-7 2006
  • Mealey’s Asbestos Liability Forum, November 17-18 2005

Education
  • LSF, College of Law, Guildford (1981)
  • LL.B., University of Exeter (1979)

PRACTICES & INDUSTRIES
Arbitration -- International and Domestic
Commercial Disputes
Insurance Coverage
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