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