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A Note from the Editors-in-Chief

Welcome to ITA in Review, a new cutting-edge publication that addresses, through diverse content, key developments in the field of international and domestic dispute resolution.

We are delighted to announce the official launch of ITA in Review, the new and dynamic on-line law journal of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA). 

ITA in Review is a cutting-edge publication that addresses key developments in the field of international and domestic dispute resolution, including arbitration, conciliation, litigation, and mediation, through diverse content, such as scholarly and practical articles, transcripts of ITA’s programs, book reviews, short comments, video interviews, and multimedia presentations.  ITA in Review strives to provide a voice and platform for diverse contributors, including Young ITA members.

The genesis of ITA in Review can be traced back a decade to the World Arbitration and Mediation Review (WAMR), a law journal which quickly became the ITA’s premiere legal publication.  Unfortunately, about two years ago, the ITA and WAMR parted ways, leaving a void in the ITA.  However, the ITA leadership refused to accept the loss of such a valuable resource, and in 2017 formed a task force to address this void.  After several attempts and many iterations of names, usability, reach, and design, ITA in Review was born.

It is only fitting that ITA in Review would be born 10 years after the ITA first began its publishing efforts.  In numerology, the number 10 represents crystallization, the idea of patience, and nascent birth.  ITA in Review enshrines these concepts.  ITA in Review is the rebirth of ITA’s publishing efforts and the crystallization of the many ideas that the ITA has been patiently waiting for the opportunity to materialize.

Many ITA members, some of whom already have left us, devoted much to make ITA’s historical publication efforts a success.  The significant contributions of Judge Charles N. Brower, James Castello, Prof. David Caron, Donald Donovan, R. Doak Bishop, Prof. Lucy Reed, Prof. Charles (Chip) Brower, Prof. Andrea Bjorklund, Dietmar Prager, David Winn, Leah Harhay, and many others infuse and inspire ITA in Review.

On behalf of the ITA in Review Editorial Board, we are excited to launch ITA in Review and trust that our readership will find its instructive, interesting, and cutting-edge content to be of great value.

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Sincerely,

Rafael T. Boza & Charles (Chip) B. Rosenberg

ITA in Review

Co-Editors-in-Chief

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About the Contributors
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Rafael Boza is an international attorney with almost 20 years of experience.  He has successfully handled complex litigation, arbitration, and transactional matters both in the US and abroad.

Rafael attended the Universidad de Lima in Peru where he received his Bachelor in Law in Political Science and law degree.  He then obtained an LLM from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and a JD from the South Texas College of Law in Houston.

Since the beginning of his career, Rafael has been involved in the arbitration field as arbitrator, counsel, and publisher.  As arbitrator Rafael joined the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce in 2003 and AMCHAM Peru soon thereafter.  He has conducted several ad hoc and administered arbitrations.  As counsel he has represented several clients in arbitrations.  As publisher, he has been involved with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration since 2009, where he was editor of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review, and now is Co-Editor in Chief of ITA in Review.  Rafael also was editor of the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration.

Rafael has worked in Peru, Chile, and the US as counsel for banks, governmental entities, and large corporations and has extensive experience in Latin America, including in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Venezuela.  In 2010, Rafael joined a law firm in Houston where he represented commercial and individual clients in civil matters and in arbitration.  In 2014 he moved in-house with a Swiss company and now works for Sarens USA, Inc., a subsidiary of the Sarens Group, a Belgian group expert in heavy lift and engineered transport with operations all over the world.

 

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Charles (Chip) B. Rosenberg is Counsel in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration practice.  He is a specialist in public international law and international arbitration, focusing on both investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. 

Chip repeatedly has been recognized as a "Future Leader" by Who’s Who Legal:  Arbitration (2017-2019), which focuses on selecting outstanding attorneys aged 45 or under.  Who's Who Legal wrote in its most recent edition (2019) that Chip is "'a brilliant writer and tactician' who peers note 'really gets it' when it comes to complex arbitration proceedings and is 'one to watch'," and described him in its inaugural edition (2017) as "hardworking and approachable."  He also repeatedly has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by DC Super Lawyers (2016-2018).

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Chip spent two years clerking for The Honorable Charles N. Brower, who was ranked the “world’s busiest arbitrator” by The American Lawyer in terms of large investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations, in London, England and at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Chip graduated first in his class, summa cum laude, and Order of the Coif from the American University Washington College of Law.