Dianne Lake

Dianne Lake’s practice focuses on representing sovereign States in investor-State arbitrations, as well as on advising clients on public international law and international dispute resolution matters. She has represented sovereign States in investment treaty arbitrations concerning various industries, including telecommunications, electricity, and natural gas. She also maintains a robust pro bono practice focused on asylum, international human rights, and climate change. She recently co-authored the book chapter “Towards a Climate Responsive International Investment and Commercial Arbitration Regime” in International Arbitration and EU Law (2nd Edition, Edward Elgar Publishing 2024). In 2023, Dianne was awarded a year-long Bernstein Human Rights Fellowship to work with Partners in Justice International providing support to practitioners in conflict-affected countries seeking accountability for grave international crimes in their own local courts.

Dianne holds a J.D. and a B.A. from Yale University where she was a student director and advocate in the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic, an editor for the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, a member of the Reproductive Rights and Justice Clinic, and president of the Black Law Students Association. She was the 2021 recipient of the Yale Law School Khosla Memorial Fund for Human Dignity Prize.