Lisa Glahn

Practice Areas

Construction, Litigation

Career

Lisa Glahn is a leading authority in construction law with more than 25 years of experience spanning high‑stakes litigation, strategic deal structuring, and risk‑focused contract negotiation for some of the nation’s most complex capital projects.

After building her career trying disputes across a range of construction issues, she saw firsthand how many conflicts could be prevented with stronger contracts and smarter procurement strategies. Since 2010, she has focused her practice on transactional work — advising owners on the design, construction, and delivery of major capital programs to eliminate avoidable risks before construction begins.

Today, Lisa is widely recognized for her work representing owners in major sports, entertainment, healthcare, and manufacturing projects, with experience in billion‑dollar stadium and mixed‑use developments. She serves, and has served, as lead counsel for NFL, MLB, NHL, USL/NWSL and professional tennis owners and organizations on the design and construction of new, ground‑up stadiums and entertainment districts. She also advises professional sports organizations across the spectrum, from major league franchises to minor league teams, on the development of practice venues, training facilities, and other ancillary projects.

A seasoned and trusted negotiator, Lisa has steered hundreds of complex construction, design‑build, consultant, and project management agreements from initial strategy through final execution. Well‑liked by clients and opposing parties alike, she builds consensus naturally — listening closely, identifying what truly matters to the bottom line, and using her deep expertise to uncover solutions where others see stalemate.

Industry Sector Expertise

Health Care & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Providers of Health Care Services, Supply Chain

Experience

Representative Experience

-Serves as outside construction counsel to one of the country’s largest privately held companies in the sports and entertainment industry and provides transactional assistance for all aspects of the company’s capital programs throughout its diverse portfolio of interests

-Navigated a Major League Baseball franchise through scope changes, schedule revisions and critical path issues that threatened to delay opening of its state-of-the-art Spring Training and player development complex

-Successfully litigated an equitable adjustment claim on behalf of a major maritime contractor against the Army Corps of Engineers during a two-week, multimillion dollar trial in the US Court of Federal Claims

-Wrote, negotiated and helped to implement design-build and related sub-contractual agreements for manufacturing facilities throughout New England that involved issues related to complex equipment installation

-Arbitrated and successfully resolved a complicated design defect case involving Combined Sewer Overflows on behalf of a public authority

-Drafted and negotiated a multimillion dollar design/build contract for a waste-to-energy project at a brewery in Milton, Delaware

-Reviewed and negotiated development, construction and design contracts for the construction of a 142-unit senior living facility in Cumming, Georgia

-Served as purchasers’ counsel for bondholder groups on development projects throughout the country and advised on infusion of lender rights into contracts, engagement of construction monitor, claims workout and project close out

Education