International Arbitrator & Mediator | Lowe Arbitration | France
John W. Lowe serves as an international arbitrator and mediator. As a mediator, he has handled mediations in the US, France and the UK. These mediations have involved both international and domestic parties. Disputes have concerned commercial contracts, finance agreements and intellectual property. Mr. Lowe has trained with mediation institutions in France, the US and the UK. He has also taught courses in mediation at La Sapienza in Rome and with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
As an arbitrator, he has served as tribunal chairman, member of arbitral tribunals and sole arbitrator in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations on more than 80 arbitrations.He began his career as a US diplomat (economist) working in Mexico, Washington, and Italy where he also worked in private practice. He has worked internationally as General Counsel for telecommunication, industrial and software companies and has served as Chief Compliance Officer for a major freight forwarder. To his arbitration and mediation work, Mr. Lowe brings a wealth of experience having worked on major transactions and disputes around the world.
He has a law degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. and is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia and Ohio in the US. Mr. Lowe speaks French, Italian and Spanish in addition to his native English.




