FDI Moot 2015

The 2015 FDI Moot concluded with the University of Athens winning the final and Skadden, Arps Trophy at King's College London. Universitas Pelitas Harapan (Indonesia) came second followed by National Law School of India University (3^rd), Bangalore and University of Buenos Aires (4^th). Harvard Law School and the University of Ottawa shared 5^th place, and 7^th place was shared by University of Mainz and Denver University.

Out of the 83 teams that registered world-wide (including the South Asia and Asia Pacific regionals in New Delhi and Seoul respectively) 51 took part in the hearings in London, where we were generously helped by 104 arbitrators.

The extra-ordinary individual performances of 10 advocates were recognized:

Name	University
Ritika Ajitsaria	National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India
Despoina Arslanidi	University of Athens, Greece
Ritwik Bhattacharya	National Law School of India University Bangalore, India
Maria Eleni Chrysanthakopoulou	University of Athens, Greece
Zsuzsanna Lászlóová	Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
Anand Mohan	ILS Law College, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
Nadya Andyrasari Mulya	Universitas Pelita Harapan Indonesia
Caroline Schaeffer	Brazilian Investment League, Brazil
Krishnan Shakkottai	ILS Law College, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
Michal Zabadal	Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

The Manuela Béltran Award for the Best Woman Advocate (USD400 sponsored by José Manuel Álvarez Zárate) was awarded to Despoina Arslanidi, and, proving Margaret Thatcher too modest, again, ("If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman"), her advocacy skills were also found to be the best overall and she received the Thomas Wälde Award. Maria Eleni Chrysanthakopoulou was deemed the best advocate in the Final.

Highest Ranked Team

The Highest Ranked Team (combination of written and oral scores) was University of Athens and it received the Baker & McKenzie Prize. University of Ottawa came second in this category followed by Universitas Pelita Harapan.

Claimant Memorials

The winning Claimant Memorial was submitted by University of Athens. Charles University, Prague's claimant memorial was ranked second, followed by Monash University and Lomonosov State University of Moscow ex aequo third.

Respondent Memorials

The winner of the Respondent Memorials was Harvard Law School, followed by University of Ottawa and Masaryk University ex aequo second.

Damages Aspect

A special prize for the best damages as arguments in a memorial (USD1000 sponsored by Global Financial Analytics Cash Prize) was won by University of Oslo, with Lomonosov State University Moscow and University of Buenos Aires University of Athens ex aequo second.

More detailed results will be published on the FDI Moot Website in the coming days: www.fdimoot.org

The 2016 FDI Moot Finals will be held in Buenos Aires 4-6 November 2016

We hope to see you in Buenos Aires!

Christian Campbell
Center for International Legal Studies (CILS)