About Us

Investment Arbitration Reporter is a news and analysis service focusing on the international law that applies to foreign investment, particularly the international investment treaties and arbitration claims that arise in this context.

We offer detailed and nuanced coverage, with a particular focus on investigation of unreported cases and rapid review and analysis of legal documents and important policy developments.

We also offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on investor-state claims, enabling subscribers to monitor particular cases or arbitrators, and to research developments in a chosen country, treaty-regime, or time-period.

Our contributors are subject-matter experts with advanced degrees and/or practice-experience in the investment law field, thus distinguishing our reports from mainstream media reporting or PR material.

Contributors

Lisa M. Bohmer (Managing Editor) coordinates and oversees our day-to-day coverage. She holds a PhD in international arbitration law from the Sorbonne Law School in Paris. Her research focused on state functions and international arbitration. She also studied at the Ecole normale supérieure and Columbia Law School (New York). Before joining IAReporter in 2018, she was part of the arbitration team of an international law firm and taught international law at several universities. She can be reached at Lisa[at]iareporter.com.

Damien Charlotin (Data Editor and Senior Analyst) holds a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge; his thesis, based on data science methods, investigated legal argumentation and citations in international litigation and arbitration. Prior to this, he studied at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, La Sorbonne, and Columbia Law School. He is now based in Paris and teaches Legal Data Analysis at HEC and Sciences Po Law School. Damien also assists Geneva Professor of International Law Makane Mbengue on certain matters of legal practice, but does not work on his investor-state arbitrations. He can be reached at dc[at]iareporter.com.

Jarrod Hepburn (Senior Analyst) has been a regular contributor since 2009. Jarrod holds a doctorate in law from the University of Oxford and is qualified to practice law in Australian federal and state jurisdictions. In July of 2018, he joined the permanent academic staff of Melbourne Law School as a Senior Lecturer. He is the author of the Oxford University Press title Domestic Law in International Investment Arbitration – a work based on his doctoral dissertation. He can be reached at jh[at]iareporter.com.

Vladislav Djanic (Senior Analyst) is a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam, where he focuses on the history of arbitration involving states or state-entities. He has an LLM from the London School of Economics and undertook his law studies at the University of Novi Sad. He has had previous experience in advising in investment arbitration, but is no longer engaged in this capacity.

Johanna Braun (Researcher/Analyst) is a PhD candidate at the University of Cologne, where she focuses on standards of investment protection and the consideration of circumstances prevailing in host states. She studied law at the Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of Padua. She joined IAReporter in early 2021.

Girish Deepak (Researcher/Analyst) is a PhD candidate at the University of Vienna, where he focuses on the conflict between trade, investment, and intellectual property rights protections in investment and trade treaties. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) and prior to joining IAReporter in 2021, he was part of the arbitration team of an international law firm.

Luke Eric Peterson (Publisher/Founder) launched IAReporter in 2008 and was the day-to-day editor until 2019. A native of New Brunswick, Canada, and now residing in Southern California, he worked prior to IAReporter as a journalist for mainstream and financial news outlets, and as a think-tank researcher focused on the intersection of global economic governance and sustainable development. In the 1990s, he took graduate degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and as a Commonwealth Scholar at University College London.

He can be reached at Luke[at]iareporter.com.

Our Editorial Policy

We are an editorially-independent news publisher. Our Editor and contributors do not have personal stakes in the investor-state lawsuits that we write about, and we don’t serve as advisors to parties involved in related litigation or arbitration.

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Testimonials

“Luke Eric Peterson is the world’s leading journalist writing about investment law and policy. His Investment Arbitration Reporter service is an invaluable tool which I use to keep track of the latest developments and trends in the field of investment law and policy. I often recommend it to my academic colleagues, my students, and to practitioners.”
Christoph Schreuer, former Professor of International Law, University of Vienna; Author of The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (Cambridge University Press)

“Investment Arbitration Reporter provides reliable and impressively timely information on investor-state arbitrations – including otherwise unpublicized non-ICSID cases. Thanks to the long experience and expertise of its editor, Luke Eric Peterson, the service offers not merely case summaries but also useful insights and analysis on recent developments in this rapidly growing and important field.”
Antonio Parra, former Deputy Secretary General, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

“It is increasingly difficult to stay on top of the latest developments in investor-state arbitration given the growing numbers of decisions and awards. Investment Arbitration Reporter is an essential tool for those in academia, government or private practice, since it provides excellent summaries of published and unpublished cases, as well as very useful and up to date information and analysis”.
Ignacio Suarez Anzorena, former Lead Counsel with Argentine Government’s investor-state arbitration claims division

“Investment Arbitration Reporter’s work is unrivaled. Mr. Peterson’s reporting was especially useful for me when I was working to improve Japan’s investment treaty model. In several instances, decisions by the Government to pursue particular negotiating strategies were influenced by lessons learned from Mr. Peterson’s reporting and analysis.”
Miyake Yasujiro, Japanese Ministry of Economy, former Investment Treaty Negotiator

“Astute analysis and measured commentary on a complex and opaque area of international law.  Investment Arbitration Reporter is a valuable resource for understanding the public policy implications of international commercial disputes.”
Matthew Sanger, Senior Advisor, International Affairs Directorate, Health Canada, Canadian Government

“Luke Peterson doesn’t just cover arbitrations. He uncovers them.”
Michael Goldhaber, Senior International Correspondent, The American Lawyer magazine