What does DSPT Finder do?
DSPT Finder is an AI dispute finder built for arbitration teams, giving early warning of investment disputes days or months before a claim is filed. Every day it reads over 2,100 sources in 32 languages across more than 159 countries, watching for the moment a government does something an investor will not accept.
The aim is to catch an investment treaty arbitration dispute while it is still a government action, or a notice of dispute that has only just been served. By the time a case is filed, it is too late to be the firm that gets the call.
How does DSPT Finder find disputes before they are public knowledge?
As dispute intelligence software, the platform reads far more than a news feed. It watches over 2,100 sources in 32 languages: ministry and land-registry portals, stock-exchange filings and the official social media accounts of government departments. Every headline is translated into English and refreshed several times a day, every day. Related coverage is grouped into a single story, so a dispute unfolding over weeks reads as one timeline instead of a dozen loose headlines.
- Sectors tracked include mining, oil and gas, energy and infrastructure, among 21 in total.
- Dispute types tracked include expropriation risk and regulatory change, among eight in total.
How does the AI actually help?
AI dispute detection is what makes speed and consistency possible here. Reading a full day of reports by hand would take too much time. Instead each one is rated High, Medium or Low, then sorted by country, sector, type of dispute and treaty. Our team designed those rules and keeps testing them against real matters, so a rating lands where an experienced lawyer would put it.
A High rating usually means a fresh government action against a foreign investor, or a notice of dispute that was just served.
The other place it earns its keep is rating how strong a case looks. Inside a dispute's Deep Dive, the platform scores four things from 0 to 5: jurisdiction, merits, amount at stake and collectability, meaning whether an award could actually be paid. The reasoning sits beside each score, so a lawyer can check the working instead of taking a number on faith. It is a starting point, never a verdict. The platform is a research aid. The judgement stays with the lawyers who would run the case.
What happens once a promising lead is found?
One click turns a signal into a full research file. The Deep Dive sets out what happened, which companies were hit and which bilateral investment treaties apply. It also pulls comparable arbitrations at ICSID, UNCITRAL, PCA, ICC and SCC, the exposure by country, and the government bodies on the other side. A further step, the Arbitration Forecast, turns that research into a partner-ready memo covering jurisdiction, merits, defences, quantum and enforcement, with numbered citations and a PDF to download.
Who is DSPT Finder built for?
Two groups want different things from it. Arbitration lawyers and the business-development staff who support them want the next lead, before a rival firm gets there first.
Both receive the same Daily Intelligence Brief by email, the top stories of the day plus a personalised regional section.
What this means for a busy practice
What matters most is the time between a government's first move and the day a claim is filed. Most firms can do the research once they have a lead. What they miss is the early warning, in time to talk to the client before anyone else does.
That gap can be weeks, sometimes only days. A firm that checks the news once a day usually finds out after another firm already has the work. Speed decides who gets the call. A dispute finder can spot the signal early, but winning the client is still down to the lawyers.
For more on that early window, see our guide to how to detect investment treaty disputes early and how arbitration lawyers are sourcing disputes earlier.
Frequently asked questions
What is DSPT Finder?
DSPT Finder sources international arbitration leads. It is an AI dispute finder that reads the world's news and government filings, plus company disclosures, and surfaces the disputes worth an arbitration team's attention before a claim is filed. It covers 32 languages and more than 159 countries.
How does DSPT Finder find investment disputes before a claim is filed?
The platform reads over 2,100 sources in 32 languages: government portals, stock-exchange disclosures and official ministry channels. It updates several times a day, so an early government action surfaces long before any tribunal case exists.
What does DSPT Finder's AI do when it screens a signal?
Screening is where AI saves the most time, on rules our team designed and tested. Every report is rated High, Medium or Low, then classified by country, sector and dispute type. The Arbitration Viability Assessment scores four factors from 0 to 5, with the reasoning attached.
Who uses DSPT Finder: arbitration lawyers, business-development teams, or both?
Both, plus risk and compliance teams at multinational investors. Arbitration lawyers and their business-development staff use the platform for arbitration lead generation; risk teams use the same feed to see where regulatory pressure on foreign investors is building, by country and sector.
How is DSPT Finder different from reading arbitration news or setting an alert?
A news alert catches a story once it is public and already competed for. The platform tracks over 2,100 sources across more than 159 countries and rates each new report the day it appears. That happens before most law firms have seen it, which is the window worth acting on.