2018 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Annual Report
Global Sponsor
Host of the Global Orals
Founding Institutions
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Table of Contents The 2019 FDI Moot Global Orals 2 will be held 8-11 November 2019 at 2 Case Committee 3 Bench Brief Committee 3 Teams 4 National Rounds 7 Viet Nam National Orals 7 Best Oral Team 7 Regional Rounds 8 Africa Regional Orals 8 Asia Pacific Regional Orals 9 South Asia Regional Orals 10 Skeleton Brief Judges 11 Arbitrators 11 Students and Coaches, Africa, Asia Pacific, South Asia 12 Global Rounds 12 Best Oral Team 12 Best Claimant Memorial 13 Best Respondent Memorial 13 Highest Ranked Team 13 Best Advocates Global Rounds 13 Honourable Mention Advocates 13 Students and Coaches 14 Memorial Judges 16 Arbitrators 16 Pre Moot Organisers 17 The Thomas Wälde Team Fund 17 Sponsors 17
The 2019 FDI Moot Global Orals will be held 8-11 November 2019 at
Page 2 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Case Committee Each year's FDI Moot Case Committee begins its work the preceding June. Liaising with the FDI Moot's Board and Organisers, it develops a fact scenario and procedural background. Generally, the case evolves on the basis that the home and host State are parties to an IIA (BIT, MIT, etc), the New York Convention of 1958 and the Washington (ICSID) Convention of 1965.Generally, each year's case will involve one or two "procedural" issues (e.g. jurisdiction, admissibility, interim measures, disqualification of arbitrator) and one or two "substantive" issues (e.g. expropriation, denial of justice, discriminatory treatment, violation of fair and equitable treatment and/or full protection and security standards). The Case Committee submits its final draft to the FDI Moot Organisers and Board for approval at the end of the preceding year, and the case is then published in February each year. The Case Committee remains responsible for responding to any requests for clarification (if scheduled) between June and August of each year.
María Pía Alais Julia Theresa Pineda Bernardo Roden Pires Elis Wendpap Prakshal Jain
The 2018 case arises from the Government of Kronos inviting a foreign (ostensibly Ticadian) mining company to exploit rare earth deposits of “lindoro” - until a few years later, a scientific study indicating water contamination from the mine (and injury to human health) along with a political ideology to repatriate control of key economic sectors prompt, inter alia, an immediate prohibition of lindoro mining, termination of the Claimant’s concession and the complete collapse its business. The SCC Tribunal is asked to examine the Claimant’s nationality with respect to the BIT invoked, the admissibility of its claims (in light of the BIT’s “fork in the road” clause) and the Respondent‘s counter- claims as well as adjudicate the scope of the parties’ respective obligations, in particular with regard to expropriation, protection of the environment and human health under the Kronos Ticadia BIT. Ms Alais is an FDI Moot alumna of 2016 and 2017, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina Mr. Jain is an FDI Moot alumnus of 2017, National Law School of India University, India Ms. Pineda is an FDI Moot alumna of 2016 and 2017, De La Salle University, College of Law, Philippines Bench Brief Committee Each year's FDI Moot Bench Brief Committee begins its work in March. It analyses the fact scenario and procedural background of the case and may submit confidential requests for clarification to the Case Committee (contemporaneously with the requests of the competing teams) and may liaise with the Case Committee and the Organisers regarding proposed responses to the requests. The FDI Moot's Bench Brief Committee submits its final draft of the Bench Brief to the Organisers one week before the memorial deadline each year. The Bench Brief Committee may submit a revised draft one week before the orals if it believes the teams' memorials have raised relevant, not previously considered arguments.
María Pía Alais Prakshal Jain Bernardo Roden Pires Aleksandra Samsonova
Ms. Samsonova is an FDI Moot alumna of 2015, 2016 and 2017, MGIMO University, Russia
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot Teams
University / Institution Country Alias Comp Africa Nazarene University, School of Law 1 Kenya Gray G **Africa Nazarene University, School of Law 1 Kenya Zafrulla A Africa Nazarene University, School of Law 2 Kenya Fernandes A Allameh Tabataba'i University Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ecer G Amity Law School, Delhi IP University India Kooijmans S Arellano University School of Law Philippines Bulabula P Belarusian State University Belarus CXL G Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Poland CXL G Charles University Czech Republic Dillard G Comitê de Jovens Arbitralistas Brazil CXL G De La Salle University - College of Law Philippines Dearruda P Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Team 1 Viet Nam Sepulveda V Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Team 2 Viet Nam Nervo G **Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Team 2 Viet Nam Lalonde P **Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Team 2 Viet Nam Guggenheim V Dire Dawa University College of Law Ethiopia CXL A Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University India Shahabuddeen S ELTE Law School Hungary Bastid G Far Eastern University, Institute of Law Philippines Paz G **Far Eastern University, Institute of Law Philippines Elkosheri P Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Mahiou G Foreign Trade University, Faculty of Law Viet Nam Duinslaeger V Government Law College,Mumbai India Goitein S Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar India Mosler G **Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar India Alkhasawneh S Hanoi Law University, Team 1 Viet Nam Aghahosseini V Hanoi Law University, Team 2 Viet Nam Skubiszewski V Haramaya University College of Law Ethiopia Carry G **Haramaya University College of Law Ethiopia Quintana A Harvard Law School United States Jeevan G HCMC of University of Foreign Language - IT Viet Nam CXL V Hidayatullah National Law University India Oxman G **Hidayatullah National Law University India Fitzmaurice S Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russian Federation Morelli G Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Team 1 Viet Nam Momtaz P **Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Team 1 Viet Nam Ajibola V Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Team 2 Viet Nam Colliard V Hue University, University of Law Viet Nam Abisaab V HUFLIT, Department of Economic Law Viet Nam Bedjaoui V HUFLIT, Department of Law Viet Nam Donoghue V Ibn Haldun University, Faculty of Law Turkey CXL G
Page 4 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Istanbul Sehir University Turkey Khan G Jagiellonian University Poland CXL G Kabarak University Law School Kenya Orrego G **Kabarak University Law School Kenya Aranguren A Kenyatta University, School of Law Kenya Yewdall A King's College London United Kingdom Cancado G Kyiv Institute of International Relations Ukraine Salam G Kyoto University Japan Gevorgian P Lac Hong University Viet Nam Mvubidi V Lac Hong University, Faculty of Administration. Viet Nam Onyeama V Lagos State University, Faculty of Law Nigeria CXL A Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Law Russian Federation Broms G MARA Technology University, Faculty of Law Malaysia Lipton G **MARA Technology University, Faculty of Law Malaysia Sorensen P Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Germany Rezek G Masaryk University Czech Republic Evensen G MGIMO University, Faculty of International Law Russian Federation Caron G Moi University, Faculty of Law Kenya CXL A Monash University Australia Abraham G Mount Kenya University Kenya CXL A Multimedia University, Faculty of Law Malaysia Ngoma G **Multimedia University, Faculty of Law Malaysia Luchaire P NALSAR University of Law, Faculty of Law India CXL S National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece Owada G National Law Institute University Bhopal India Zourek G **National Law Institute University Bhopal India Fleischhauer S National Law School of India University India Soldan G **National Law School of India University India Herczegh S National Law University Delhi India Sebutinde S National Law University Jodhpur India Schwebel G **National Law University Jodhpur India Mawdsley S National University of Advanced Legal Studies India Kirsch G **National University of Advanced Legal Studies India Basdevant S National University of Lesotho, Faculty of Law Lesotho CXL A National University of Singapore Singapore Arbour G **National University of Singapore Singapore Lacharriere P New York University School of Law United States Hackworth G O.P. Jindal Global University India Spiropoulos S Paris Bar School France Alayza G Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne France Gros G Pepperdine University, School of Law United States CXL G Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Alfaro G
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo Brazil Thierry G Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab India Bernardez S RUDN University, Faculty of Law Russian Federation Erskine G Russian State University of Justice Russian Federation Kreva G San Beda University - College of Law Philippines Roucounas P School of law, CHRIST India Weeramantry S Seoul National University Team 1 Korea (Republic of) Morozov P Seoul National University Team 2 Korea (Republic of) Aguilar P Seoul National University Team 3 Korea (Republic of) Zhengyu P Shanghai University of Political Science and Law China Buergenthal P St Petersburg State University Russian Federation Badawi G Strathmore University School of Law Kenya Lachs G **Strathmore University School of Law Kenya Skotnikov A Suffolk University Law School United States Forster G Symbiosis Law School India Pirzada S Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 1 Ukraine CXL G Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 2 Ukraine CXL G Ton Duc Thang University, Faculty of Law Viet Nam Bennouna V Transnational Law and Business University Korea (Republic of) CXL P Trinity College Dublin Ireland CXL G Tsinghua University, School of Law China Stassinopoulos P UNECON, Faculty of law Russian Federation CXL G Universidad de San Andrés Argentina Ago G Universidad Externado de Colombia Colombia Crawford G Universitas Pelita Harapan Indonesia Decara G/P **Universitas Pelita Harapan Indonesia Lauterpacht P Universities Gadjah Mada Indonesia Castro G University College Lahore Pakistan CXL S University College London United Kingdom Verhoeven G University of Barcelona, IELPO LLM Spain CXL G University of Buenos Aires Argentina Fortier G University of Economic and Law, Economic Law Faculty Viet Nam Eldine V University of Economics and Law Viet Nam Castaneda V University of Economics HCMC, School of Law Viet Nam Charlesworth V University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Law Hong Kong, China (SAR) Valticos P University of Ibadan Nigeria CXL A University of International Business and Economics China Vukas G **University of International Business and Economics China Dimitrijevic P University of Iranian Central Bar Association Iran (Islamic Republic of) CXL G University of Maribor, Faculty of Law Slovenia Ladreit G University of Miami, School of law United States Waldock G University of Montevideo Uruguay Klaestad G University of Nairobi, School of Law Kenya CXL A University of Ottawa Canada Alvarez G
Page 6 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies India CXL S University of São Paulo, Faculty of Law Brazil Palmer G University of South Africa South Africa CXL A University of Sultan Zainal Abidin, Faculty of Law Malaysia Mbanefo P University of Tehran, Faculty of Law Iran (Islamic Republic of) Meersch G* University of Warsaw Poland Bravo G Vietnam National University, Faculty of Law 1 Viet Nam Wyngaert V Vietnam National University, Faculty of Law 2 Viet Nam Offerhaus V Vinh University, Faculty of Law Viet Nam Elkhani V Vinh University, Team 2 Viet Nam Ademola V WB National University of Juridical Sciences India Torres G **WB National University of Juridical Sciences India Bustamante S Wollega University School of Law Ethiopia CXL A Yonsei University Korea (Republic of) Wellington P V=Viet Nam National A=Africa Regional **Teams Advancing CXL=Cancellation/No-Show P=Asia Pacific Regional S=South Asia Regional G=Global Rounds *=written only National Rounds Viet Nam National Orals The Viet Nam National Orals are qualifying rounds. All teams from Viet Nam must participate with the top National team(s) advancing to the Asia Pacific Regional. They do not, however, need to submit skeleton briefs, and are evaluated on their oral performance only. The Vietnam Society of International Law VSIL is the local organiser of the Viet Nam National Orals, hosted in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Best Oral Team University Team Alias 1. Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam Team 2 Guggenheim 2. HCMC University of Law Ajibola Freshfields Singapore covered travel and registration for the winner, and Sidley Austin covered the registration for the runner up for the Seoul Regional. Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam Team 2
1st Viet Nam National Orals
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Regional Rounds Africa Regional Orals The Africa Regional Orals took place 6-7 September and were organized by and hosted at Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya. The Africa Regionals are qualifying rounds and all teams from the region must participate via the Regional with the top team advancing to the Global Rounds. The Regional Organizer has arranged for subsidised registration fees. Teams not among the top performers may top up their registration fees to take part in the Globals. Best Oral Team Alias Country 1. Strathmore University School of Law Skotnikov Kenya 2. Kabarak University Law School Aranguren Kenya Semi Finalists Haramaya University Quintana Ethiopia Africa Nazarene University Team 1 Zafrulla Kenya Strathmore University School of Law was presented with the Noël Ferris Africa Strathmore University, School of Law Regional Team Prize of €1500. Best Claimant Brief 1. Africa Nazarene University Team 1 Zafrulla Kenya 2. Africa Nazarene University Team 2 Fernandes Kenya 3. Kenyatta University, School of Law Yewdall Kenya Best Respondent Brief 1. Africa Nazarene University Team 1 Zafrulla Kenya 2. Africa Nazarene University Team 2 Fernandes Kenya Africa Nazarene University Team 1 3. Haramaya University Quintana Ethiopia Best Female Advocate Best Male Advocate Best Advocate of the Final Match Minna Mumma Barnabas Tanui Monica Werimo Strathmore University Law Africa Nazarene Kabarak University Law School (Skotnikov) University 1 (Zafrulla) School (Aranguren)
Ms Werimo received the Thomas Wälde Advocacy Prize of €500 sponsored by Professor William Fox, in memory of Prof. Thomas Wälde.
3rd Africa Regional Rounds
Page 8 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Asia Pacific Regional Orals The Asia Pacific Regional Orals took place 22-24 August 2018 and were organized by KCAB International and hosted at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea (Republic). Teams from the Asia Pacific Region may participate in the Global competition either via the Regional, with the top six Regional Orals teams advancing to the Globals, and at least the top three oral teams receiving cash prizes to support their Global attendance, or, register directly for Global participation, which is limited to a max of four teams. Teams not among the top performers may re-register if any of the four direct Global places are available still. Best Oral Team Alias Country 1. National University of Singapore Lacharriere Singapore 2. Yonsei University Wellington Korea (Republic) 3. Multimedia University Luchaire Malaysia 4. Far Eastern University Institute of Law Elkosheri Philippines
National University of Singapore 5. Seoul National University Team 1 ex aequo Morozov Korea (Republic) MARA Technology University Faculty of Law Sorensen Malaysia The FDI Moot distributed a total of €6600 in prize money to top teams of the Asia Pacific Regionals for their participation at the Global Orals in Stockholm. Best Claimant Brief 1. National University of Singapore Lacharriere Singapore 2. Yonsei University Wellington Korea (Republic)
National University of Singapore 3. San Beda University - College of Law Roucounas Philippines
Best Respondent Brief 1. Universitas Pelita Harapan Lauterpacht Indonesia 2. San Beda University - College of Law Roucounas Philippines Universitas Pelita Harapan 3. National University of Singapore Lacharriere Singapore
Highest Ranked Team 1. National University of Singapore Lacharriere Singapore 2. Universitas Pelita Harapan Lauterpacht Indonesia National University of Singapore 3. Multimedia University, Faculty of Law Luchaire Malaysia
Best Advocate Preliminary Rounds Best Advocate of the Final Match Felicia Manuela Himawan Glenn Sim Universitas Pelita Harapan National University of Singapore (Lauterpacht) (Lacharriere)
th 6 Asia Pacific Regional Rounds
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
South Asia Regional Orals The South Asia Regional Orals took place 17-19 August 2018 and were organized by Kachwaha and Partners and hosted at The Indian Society of International Law, and The India International Centre in New Delhi, India. The South Asia Regionals are qualifying rounds and all teams from the region must participate via the Regional with the top four teams advancing to the Global Rounds. The regional organizer has arranged for subsidised registration fees and teams not among the top performers may re-register and top up their fees to take part in the Globals. Best Oral Team Alias City 1. National Law School of India University Herczegh Bangalore 2. WB National University of Juridical Sciences Bustamante Kolkata Semi Finalists National University of Advanced Legal Studies Basdevant Kochi National Law School of India University Hidayatullah National Law University Fitzmaurice Naya Raipur Best Claimant Brief 1. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Shahabuddeen Lucknow 2. WB National University of Juridical Sciences Bustamante Kolkata 3. National University of Advanced Legal Studies Basdevant Kochi Best Respondent Brief 1. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Shahabuddeen Lucknow 2. Hidayatullah National Law University Fitzmaurice Naya Raipur 3. National Law University Delhi Sebutinde Delhi Highest Ranked Team 1. National Law School of India University Herczegh Bangalore 2. Gujarat National Law University Alkasawneh Gandhinagar 3. National Law University (Delhi) Sebutinde Delhi Best Advocate Pleading 4 Preliminary Rounds Best Advocate Pleading 2 Preliminary Rounds Smrithi Bhaskar Vaidehi Balvally Gujarat National Law University (Alkasawneh) Hidayatullah National Law University (Fitzmaurice)
th 6 South Asia Regional Rounds
Page 10 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Skeleton Brief Judges Amel Abdallah Ana Coimbra Trigo Iuliana Iancu Jake Lowther Iurii Rybak Nicolas Alarcon Miguel Colquicocha Zafar Iqbal Nicolás Lozada Sarilnezam Salleh Sergey Alekhin Ionela Cuciureanu Noelia Irisarri Relebohile Katrina Salmgrieze Dmitry Andreev Alana M. Daley Shahab Jafari Makamane Irina Samodelkina Mihaela Apostol Martyna Darczuk Sneha Jain Kristian Maley Dmitry Semashko Aarushi Balani Pierre Daureu Sabrina Janzik Pedro Martini Shu Shang Crina Baltag William DeGarmo Naman Joshi Jayant Mehta Xuan Shao Andrius Bambalas Jayems Dhingra Marcin Kaldunski Diego Mejia-Lemos Pritanshu Shrivastava Zaira Bamberger Arran Dowling Hussey Carol Kalinoski Marcin Menkes Christine Sim Anindya Basarkod Derya Durlu Sungjin Kang Irene Mira Juliana Sirotsky Soria Rajbir Bathla Chanakya Dwivedi Charles Khamala Ali Naïmi Zaker Anna Sokolovskaya Carolina Bernal István Erdos Waqar Saeed Khan Olga Nartova Jitendra Soni Wan Mohd Asnur Bin Frederico Favacho Marina Kofman Eric Ng Juan Sonoda Wan Jantan Fernanda Florentino Nikita Kondrashov Katia Novakova Barbara Helene Steindl Andrea K. Bjorklund Fernandez Jankov Matej Kosalko Joshua Offenhartz Martin Svec Jeremy Bloomenthal William Fox Leonid Kropotov Ijeoma Ononogbu Santiago Torreira Andréa Bodanese Yuka Fukunaga Lea Haber Kuck Tatiana Sergey Usoskin Elena Burova Kiran Gore Aakanksha Kumar Polevshchikova Gökce Uyar Martin Canepa Diego Brian Gosis Raimonda Kundrotaite Dragan Psodorov Jessica van der Kamp Bernardo Cartoni Orlando Jose Veronika Lakhno Ramiila L. Quinto Gabriela Wallau Gabriel Cavazos Guterres Costa, Jr Amélie Landriault Tim Rauschning Qian Wu Villanueva Haeme Hashim Lukasz Lasek Anjanette Raymond Simal Efsane Yalcin Julien Chaisse Emily Hay Gabriel M. Lentner Julio César (h) Rivera Plamen Yotov Siyuan Chen Peng Hou Fenghua Li Victoria Rodriguez Weiwei Zhang Emily Choo Velislava Hristova Aracelly López Anastasia Rusinova Laura Ziegler Arbitrators Himanshu Agarwal Mehul Gupta Rieu Kim Masako Miyatake Suhasini Sen Aayush Agarwala Sanghoon Han Seongjoong Kim Paul J. Moon Avinash Sharma Pranay Agarwala Tomoko Ishikawa Sujin Kim Mohit Mudgal Satwik Shekhar Ashish Ahluwalia Aniket Jain Sung Youl Kim Mugambi Muhavi Tejaswi Shetty Taehee Ahn Prakshal Jain Sunyoung Kim Sambit Nanda Jaehoon Shim Daniel Alemayahu Sneha Jain Yonsoo Kim Mukami Nthiga Eunyoung Shin Rohan Alva Kirit S. Javali Suadat Kirmani Ken Obura Aditya Singha Nishchal Anand Don Jeon Hyunyang Koo Miyun Oh Nikhil Singhvi Imam Aruona Jung Dae Joo Rahul Kriplani Daniel Ogunbote Sudipto Sircar Godfrey Ayeranga Deepak Joshi Kritika Krishnamurthy Anuroop Omkar Rohini Sisodia Seung Hyo Baek Naman Joshi Schrachika Jinwon Park Ashwath Sitaraman Raghavendra Bajaj Hee Kyung Jung Kulshreshtha Mehul Parti Divyanshu Srivastava Vrinda Bhandari Samar Kachwaha Vaibhav Kumar Chanan Parwani Mira Sun Jayant Bhatt Divyya Kapur Karan Lahiri Abhikalp Pratap Singh Aditya Swarup Pavan Bhushan Akanksha Kaul Kofuna Lawi Adit Pujari Joseph Tirado N. Jansen Calamita Hansa Kaul Jaemin Lee Abhishek Puri Ashish Tiwari Wonil Chang Shruti Khanijow Kevin Lee Soh Young Rhee Kenny Um Prakhar Chauhan Ranjeev Khatana Hanah Lee Aritra Roy Subhiksh Vasudev Dae-Yun Cho Han Wool Kim Hyung Keun Lee Shruti Sabharwal Aditya Wadhwa Cho Choi Hye Sung Kim Eon Ho Lee Sanjana Saddy Anish Wadia Dongdoo Choi Hyun Jee Kim Dongho Lee Jai Sahai Endlaw Chris Wakoko Seung Kyu Choi Jin-uk Joseph Kim Hyun Wook Lew Devanshu Sajlan Stephen Wallace Emily Choo Julia Kim Ayong Lim Shivi Sanyam White Jack Coe Maro Kim Benjamin Lissner Nooreen Sarna Richard Won Shraddha Deshmukh Myung Woo Kim Sanyat Lodha Satyajit Sarna Alfred Wu Jayems Dhingra Myung-Ahn Kim Karan Luthra Apoorv Sarvaria Kellie Yi Timothy Dickens Paul J. Kim Ishaan Madaan Bhushan Satish Jai Eun Jane Yoo Rohan George
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Students and Coaches, Africa, Asia Pacific, South Asia Suejin Ahn (P) Yiyin Gao (P) Minhye Kim (P) Ever Rose Paling (P) Kent Wilson Andales (P) Arjun Gaur (S) Shimon Komiya (P) Yue Pan (P) Lakshay Arora (S) Shreetama Ghosh (S) Seungmin Lee (P) Harshad Pathak (S) Meghna Arora (S) Wenyue Guan (P) Yu Jin Lee (P) Quynh Phan (P) Godfrey Ayeranga (A) Ching Him Ho (P) Kyemin Lee (P) Zhan Qiu (P) Aryan Babele (S) Seoyoung IHM (P) Jun Suk Lee (P) Priyanka Rai (S) Rashika Bajpai (S) Jackson Ikahu (A) Jung Hee Lee (P) Dan Christian Ramos (P) Ashyanna Alexine Adia Shivani Jain (S) Jason Jiajun Lin (P) Ishita Rao (S) Amira-Labi Bangcola (P) Hyeongmi Jeon (P) Kshama Loya (S) Denz Christian Resentes (P) Varsha Banta (S) Minghan Jia (P) Wilson Chi Yin Lui (P) Maxencio Jr. Rios (P) Manisha Bhau (S) Ferdinand Elbert Jr Janet Macharia (A) Aditya Sethi (S) Vic Lemuel Cajurao (P) Jomilla (P) Gensaku Maeda (P) Weijing Shan (P) Mary Cherwyn Castro (P) Jin Hwan Jung (P) Anna Margarita Malonzo (P) Pundrikaksh Sharma (S) Nicole Chalikopoulou (S) Woo Jae Jung (P) Bharath Menon (S) Akshita Sharma (S) Hillary Hin Man Chan (P) Moe Kadowaki (P) Ruoyu Mi (P) Aayush Shetty (S) Xinyu Chen (P) Josephine Kairo (A) Tomasz Milej (A) Jianping Shi (P) So Yeun Cho (P) Keerthi Kamath (S) Swetabja Mondal (S) Jaeyoon Shin (P) Min Kyeong Cho (P) Hee Ku Kang (P) Huiso MOON (P) Ayush Shrivastava (S) Juneyoung Choi (P) Dipesh Kataria (S) Aditya Mukherjee (S) Pushkar Singh (S) Koeun CHOI (P) Saif Hameed Khan Nelson Mwai (A) Harsh Singh (S) Hyebin CHOI (P) Ghori (S) Mercy Mwangi (A) Kashish Sinha (S) Seungwon Choi (P) Kashish Khattar (S) Mazlan Nasya Ameera (P) Kariz Elizabeth Teh (P) Nakwon Choi (P) Paridhi Neelesh Shrey Nautiyal (S) Naiwen Teng (P) Ivy Yuen Tung Chui (P) Khulbe (S) Xin Ru Ng (P) Quynh Tran (P) Hyeongjun Chun (P) Boaz Kibisu (A) Vy Ngo (P) Sze Wai Tsang (P) Elizabeth Joy Cortez (P) Kazuki Kikunaga (P) Beatrice Ngunyi (A) Ivan Valcos (P) Kylie Kaur Dado (P) Euihyun Kim (P) Thu Nguyen (P) Surya Vasu (S) Christianne Noelle De Vera (P) Jong Cheol Kim (P) Long Nguyen (P) Shamini Visunadan (P) James Bryan Deang (P) Yongwook Kim (P) Ismail Nur Amira (P) Pravallika VS (S) Mehek Dua (S) Hyun Jung KIM (P) Agus Pemana Nur Astry Vedika Walia (S) Miguel Jaime Encarnacion (P) Hak Yoo KIM (P) Amami (P) Xinyi Wang (P) Rong Fan (P) Chaerin KIM (P) Yoo-lim Oh (P) Mohammed Wereh (A) Pauline Marie Gairanod (P) Sun Hoo Kim (P) Katherine Joyce Olivete (P) Jue Wu (P) John Rosendo Galang (P) Bo Mi Kim (P) Kristine Pauline Ongtenco (P) Zhe Zhao (P) Global Rounds The Global Orals are organized by the Center for International Legal Studies and were hosted at Stockholm University in Stockholm, Sweden. Best Oral Team Alias Country 1. Lomonosov Moscow State University Broms Russia 2. University of Montevideo Klaestad Uruguay 3. University of Ottawa Alvarez Canada 4. MGIMO Caron Russia
Lomonosov Moscow State 5. National University of Singapore ex aequo Arbour Singapore University Higher School of Economics Morelli Russia Lomonosov Moscow State University received the Skadden Arps Trophy and free subscriptions to the Investor State LawGuide and JusMundi. The Final Match can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Me4udAW1Y.
Page 12 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Best Claimant Memorial 1. National Law University Jodhpur Schwebel India 2. WB National University of Juridical Sciences Torres India 3. Gujarat National Law University Mosler India 2nd and 3rd placed Claimant Teams Best Respondent Memorial 1. WB National University of Juridical Sciences Torres India 2. St Petersburg State University Badawi Russia
st nd 3. National Law University Jodhpur Schwebel India 1 and 2 placed Respondent Teams The top three ranked claimant and respondent memorials have been published in the TDM Journal 6 (2018). Highest Ranked Team 1. WB National University of Juridical Sciences Torres India 2. Schwebel India WB National University National Law University, Jodhpur of Juridical Sciences 3. Ottawa Alvarez Canada WB National University of Juridical Sciences received a €1300 cash award provided by Baker McKenzie and free subscriptions to the Investor State Law Guide and JusMundi. Best Advocates Global Rounds Thomas Wälde Advocate Manuela Beltrán Advocate Best Advocate of the Final Match Grace Tan Yanlin Wan Igor Kirillov University of University of Lomonosov Moscow State Ottawa (Alvarez) International Business University (Broms) and Economics (Vukas) Ms Tran received the Kluwer publication “ICSID after 50 Years”, an ICSID Review Subscription, and Kosta Boda Glassware. Ms. Wan received a cash prize sponsored by José Manuel Álvarez Zárate, the Kluwer publication “Interaction and Conflict of Treaties in Investment Arbitration”, and an ICSID Review Subscription. Mr. Kirillov received the Kluwer publication “Building International Investment Law: The First 50 Years of ICSID”, an ICSID Review Subscription, and Kosta Boda Glassware. Honourable Mention Advocates
Ayana Banerjee, WB National University of Juridical Sciences (Torres), Kartik Rajpal, King’s College London (Cancado), Aglaya Melnik, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Broms), Vera Bykova, Higher School of Economics (Morelli), Yanlin Wan, University of International Business and Economics (Vukas), Igor Kirillov, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Broms), Jessica Allen, New York University (Hackworth) Sam Delong*, Suffolk University Law School (Forster), Karen Odidika*, King’s College London (Cancado)
Honourable Mention Advocates received of a copy of the Kluwer publication “Arbitral Awards as Investments: Treaty Interpretation and the Dynamics of International Investment Law”, an ICSID Review Subscription, and an Honourable Mention Advocate FDI Moot Coffee Mug. *not pictured
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Students and Coaches Randy Abirawa (S) Martina Boršic (S) Cesar Andres Smriti Kalra (S) Alexander Adamou (C) Bruna Braga Luz Oliveira (S) Dorado Ramirez (S) Putri Arsita Fitriyani Sabina Adascalitei (C) Hana Brchanova (S) Isobel Maria D’arcy (S) Kamarga (S) Adnan Alajaji (S) Giulia Breitenbach Thomas Eardley (S) Qamarynna Kamarudin (S) Lukas Albert (S) Benvegnú (S) Leyla Ebrahimi (S) Zoya Karpova (S) Christian P. Alberti (C) Leon Brulc (S) Angelica Elmido (S) Anna Katyk (S) Francisco Algorta (S) Luiza Bruno De Lima (S) Zeynep Nefise Emre (S) Igor Kirillov (S) Sheila Putri Alina (S) Veronika Bulatova (S) Istvan Erdos (C) Selcuk Kirmac (S) Brenno Allaim De Sousa (S) Dominika Buresova (S) Lucas Escobar (S) Brian King (C) Jessica Allen (S) Patti Burris (S) Ngina Faith (S) Nikola Klimova (C) Siwar Almashal (S) Vera Bykova (S) Benoit Feroldi (S) Marina Koleskina (S) Pilar Álvarez (C) Sinan Bölükoglu (S) Luis Renato Ferreira Roman Kolesnikov (S) Juan Ignacio Amado Sharon Yang Cahyadi (S) Da Silva (C) Natalya Kondrakhina (C) Aranda (C) Leticia Camargo (C) Vitória Freisleben Barzoni Anna Korshunova (C) Ibrahim Mohamed Amir (S) Rodrigo Carvalho De Soares (S) Anton Koshelev (S) Lampros Anastasopoulos (S) Lomando (S) Charlotte Fromont (S) Brayden Koslowsky (S) Kirana Anjani (S) Bruna Cavallini De Oliveira Javier Galperin (S) Agata Kruczyk-Gonciarz (C) Nanjira Annabel (S) (S) Florencia Garcia (C) Mulugeta Kula (S) Guido Antolini (C) Kadima Cedric (S) Anteneh Gebresilassie (S) Daniil Kulebiakin (S) Beatriz Antunes De Ece Celebican (S) Patrick Martuah Girsang (S) Harshvardhan Lahiri (S) Siqueira (S) Alex Satoru Cheah (S) Sophia Goh (S) Aashish Lakhanpal (S) Zahra Ardalani (S) Kamo Chilingaryan (C) Jonathan Goh Han Liang (C) Veronika Lakhno (C) Paula Arias (C) Vishakha Choudhary (C) Lakshmi Gopal (C) Raphael Lang Silva (C) Elina Arocena (S) Ivan Chumachenko (C) Anastasios Gourgourinis (C) Emmanuel Laryea (C) Amin Arzhangi (S) Nicholas Ciglioni Ekaterina Grivnova (S) Alexandra Lawrence (S) Mitiku Asfaw (S) Tavares (S) Matias Guarda (S) Michael Lee (C) Alexandra Aslanyan (S) Giovanni Costa D Avila (S) Abdulkadir Göksal (S) Juan Ignacio Leguizamo (S) María Luz Atala (S) Manuel Alberto Cuberos Jolene Hansell (C) Khai Yean Leong (S) Effie Atieno (S) Quintero (S) Danica Harvey (S) Marcus Liew (S) Victor Aupetit (S) Eduardo Da Silva George Hauschild (C) Khang Yen Lim (S) Santiago Avila Florez (S) Coelho Leal (S) Bruno Hellmeister Jessica Ajos Los Banos (C) Chaitanya Awasthi (S) Anthony Daimsis (C) Lico Canal (S) Akash Santosh Loya (S) Atiqah Azman (S) Stefan Danojevic (S) Brian Hillary (S) Matias Lu (S) Arash Badkoubeh Hezaveh Martyna Darczuk (C) Felicia Manuela Himawan (S) Domokos Lukács (S) (S) Thomas Dauvillier (S) Victória Hoff Da Cunha (S) Myroslava Lysiana (S) Sifat Baharoon (S) Lucas De Medeiros Diniz (C) Gokul Holani (S) Camila Macedo Simão (C) Vaidehi Balvally (S) Virginia De Paula Lopes De Nikola Honzova (S) Nikhil Devanand Tayrê Balzan Schneider (S) Almeida (S) Emma Iannini (S) Mahadeva (S) Ayana Banerjee (S) Letícia De Zan Garcia Muhammad Ikbal (S) Erin Manuel (S) Andréa Barbosa S. P. De Martins Da Silva (S) Luis Inclan (S) Liangyu Mao (S) Freitas (S) Marie Delcourt (S) Shahab Jafari (C) Oleksii Maslov (C) Hananeh Bazrafkan (S) Sam Delong (S) Ali Jafarinedoushan (C) Valeriia Matorina (S) Iuliia Beketova (C) Yelysaveta Demydenko (C) Elahe Jahangard (S) Harrison Mbori (C) Alzbeta Belova (S) Andreas Desyllas (S) Saarthak Jain (S) Dimitriy Mednikov (C) Elena Belova (S) Joan Paula Deveraturda (C) Naghmeh Javadpour (S) Natalie Melamed Gemio (S) Tomas Eduardo Bergallo (S) Oktaviano Putra Dharman (S) Huizhen Jiang (S) Aglaya Melnik (S) Caique Bernardes Mariana Dias Sallowicz (S) Mercedes Jiménez De Daniel Mendes Bioza (C) Magalhães Queiroz (C) Agustin Diaz Funes (S) Aréchaga (C) Karolina Mensikova (S) Shashwat Bhaskar (S) Aabha Dixit (S) TJ Paula Jornacion (S) Aamod Modi (S) Smrithi Bhaskar (S) Grace Do (S) Augustine Jouenne (S) Ali Moghaddam Abrishami Thomas James Biscomb (S) Ana Carolina Do Hsiao-jan Juang (S) (C) Barbara Blanchard (S) Amaral Gurgel (S) Zekeria Junda (S) Saeed Mohammadi Andréa Bodanese (C) Débora Dolfini Agliardi (S) Safira Aminagustin Bidhendi (S) Kateryna Bondarenko (S) Juwana (S) Werimo Monica (S)
Page 14 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Anna Carolina Monte Alto Darius Ruff (S) Dogukan Tek (S) Luis Felipe Yonezawa Da Silva (S) Pia Ruggieri (S) Andromachi Toanoglou (S) Fernandes (S) Inah Marie Morales (S) Juan Manuel Ruiz (S) Ewa Tokarewicz (S) Wardah Yumna Yunos (S) Victor Mugambi (S) Analia Ruiz Moreno (S) Binh Ton Nu Thanh (S) Pulkit Zamindar (S) Christyan Muller Ajala (S) Ulisses Santé Aguiar Luiza Tonial Ribeiro (S) Daria Zavershinskaia (S) Minna Mumma (S) Pizzolatti (S) Maria Eduarda Torres Maciej Zenkiewicz (C) Elena Murashko (S) Sarilnezam Salleh (C) Vargas (S) Laura Ziegler Gonçalves Rene Naimeg Da Mata (S) Marco Sana (C) Dung Tran (S) Meirelles (C) Prisya Radha Nair (S) Veronica Sandler (C) Grace Tran (S) Shahrizal M. Zin (C) Nima Nasrollahi Shahri (C) Graciana Scarpellini (S) Mi Tran Thi Ha (S) Ilya Zobkov (S) Terrence Neal (S) Daniela Scheuermann Juan Pablo Trelles (C) Marek Neumann (C) Celada (S) Cam Trinh Phuong (S) Eric Ng (C) Devony Schmidt (S) Thao Trinh Phuong (S) Hong Dao Nguyen (S) Christian Schultz (S) Adeline Tsui (S) Joe Nguyen (S) Lucia Scripcari (S) Juan Pablo Trelles (C) Phu Nguyen (C) Ern Xu Seah (S) Zakariyas Tufa (C) Juliana Njiriri (C) Fernanda Secco Mazocco Mayank Udhwani (C) Laras Sekar Hadiyanti (S) Connor Tweardy (S) Kusumo Ningrum (S) Gursimar Setia (S) Mayank Udhwani (C) Georgiy Obolentsev (S) Vishesh Sharma (S) Sofia Urrea Zuluaga (S) Karen Odidika (S) Priscilla Shasha Devi John Julian Van Huizen (S) Leonardo Ohlrogge (C) Seyapalan (C) Mikael Vardanyan (S) Ayub Okayo (S) Jerry Shalmont (C) Rose Shahanna Vargas (S) Mariusz Olczykowski (S) Irina Shchurova (S) Isadora Vellozo Beani (S) Melanie Ollero (S) Samyukta Shetty (S) Kristyna Veselkova (S) Anjella Omondi (S) Arkady Shevchuk (S) Kirthana Darshayinie Lucie Ostra (S) Siddharth Shivakumar (S) Vijaya Sandran (S) Justus Otiso (C) Averal Sibal (S) Anthony VanDuzer (C) Arpita Pande (S) Glenn Sim (S) Mateo Verdias (C) Viktoria Pankratova (S) Aashesh Singh (S) Chitransh Vijayvergia (S) Mahika Pavithran (S) Akshata Singh (C) Ransher Vikram Singh (S) Leticia Pavlak (S) Harinder Singh (S) Lucia Vilaseca (S) Yuri Pedroza Leite (C) Inaê Siqueira De Oliveira (C) Kamilla Vildanova (S) Tatiana Petrova (S) Elena Sitkareva (C) Xhilda Vocaj (S) Rachel Piccirillo (S) Dmitrii Smirnov (S) Viktoria Volgina (C) Dominika Pietkun (S) Jason Smith (S) Maryna Volokhova (S) Max Pillmore (S) Jay Smith (C) Anastasia Voskanyan (S) Zofia Porada (S) Antonin Sobek (S) Carl Friedrich Otto Wagner Nicolas Pralica (C) Nataliia Soldatenkova (S) (S) Zarah Jill Probadora (S) Daria Soshnikova (S) Yanlin Wan (S) Dionysia Eftychia Psarrou (S) Harsh Srivastava (S) Maria-louisa Wangondu (S) Joshua Juanputra Hana Šrot (S) Gabriela Wallau (C) Purnawan (S) Melencio Sta. Maria (C) Gretta Walters (C) Elizaveta Rachkova (S) Mykola Stasiuk (S) Simon Weber (C) Larysa Radchenko (C) Anna Stepien (S) Belinda Weiland (S) Althea Suraya Rahmat (S) Mariia Strekalova (C) Isabelle Wenger (S) Kartik Rajpal (S) Jingyao Su (S) Jennifer Wu (S) Ramya Ramachanderan (S) Martin Svec (C) Tan Xuan You (S) Katja Rath (C) Tamás György Sveda (S) Chunyu Xue (S) Alina Redkina (S) Farkas Marcell Szilasi (S) Jiayin Yang (S) Yael Ribco (C) Lei Tang (S) Ryo Yap (S) Vivian Daniele Rocha Barnabas Tanui (S) Samira Yekehbash (S) Gabriel (C) Palada Dharma Teja (S)
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Memorial Judges Amel Abdallah Ana Coimbra Trigo Velislava Hristova Diego Mejia-Lemos Nicolas Alarcon Loayza Miguel Colquicocha Martinez Dimitrios Ioannidis Marcin Menkes Sergey Alekhin Sebastian Coulon Bauer Noelia Giselle Irisarri Aakanksha Munjal Dmitry Andreev Ionela Cuciureanu Gonzalez Deibe Krista Nadakavukaren Mihaela Apostol Alana M. Daley Sabrina Janzik Schefer Aarushi Balani Martyna Darczuk Marcin Kaldunski Zoltán Novák Crina Baltag William DeGarmo Carol Kalinoski John Nyanje Andrius Bambalas Michael B. Devine Waqar Saeed Khan Abhikalp Pratap Singh Zaira Bamberger Jayems Dhingra Paul J. Kim Dragan Psodorov David Bastian Arran Dowling Hussey Marina Kofman Ramiila L. Quinto Rajbir Bathla Derya Durlu Gürzumar Nikita Kondrashov Tim Rauschning Jessica Beess und Chrostin Chanakya Dwivedi Matej Kosalko Anjanette Raymond Carolina Bernal István Erdos Leonid Kropotov María Cristina Rosales del Wan Mohd Asnur Bin Wan Frederico Favacho Olga Kuchmiienko Prado Jantan Fernanda Florentino Lea Haber Kuck Stanislav Rzhaksenskiy Andrea K. Bjorklund Fernandez Jankov Aakanksha Kumar Levent Sabanogullari Andréa Bodanese William Fox Raimonda Kundrotaite Arseny Salamatov Elena Burova Yuka Fukunaga Daria Kuznetsova Katrina Salmgrieze Petra Butler Daniel Felipe Cristobal Veronika Lakhno Irina Samodelkina Maria Roseli Candido Garcia Clavijo Amélie Landriault Svetlana Shelepina Martin Canepa Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Mayer Fenghua Li Krystyna Sowa Bernardo Cartoni Kiran Gore Aracelly López Alexander Sysoev Gabriel Cavazos Villanueva Sagar Gupta Jake Lowther Sergey Usoskin Claire Chabat Orlando Jose Guterres Costa Nicolás Lozada Pimiento Oksana Varakina Nikoletta Chalikopoulou Haeme Hashim Wojciech Maciejewski Herman Verbist Siyuan Chen Emily Hay Kristian Maley Weiwei Zhang Emily Choo James Hope Anna Maltseva Velimir Zivkovic Thomas S. Clifton James Hosking Chrysoula Mavromati Arbitrators Lauren Aguiar Michael B. Devine Nikita Kondrashov Tero Poutala Ginta Ahrel Valeria Dubeshko Orhan Emre Konuralp Nicolas Pralica Daniel Alemayehu Dominika Durchowska Olga Kuchmiienko Abhikalp Pratap Singh Mihaela Apostol Constantin Eschlböck Lea Haber Kuck Tim Rauschning Cagla Arslan Bozkus Georgios Fasfalis Raimonda Kundrotaite Anastasia Rusinova Ardeshir Atai Steven Finizio Lukasz Lasek Arseny Salamatov Gladys Sarah Bagasin William Fox Anina Liebkind Katrina Salmgrieze Aarushi Balani Paul Frankenstein Kristoffer Löf Krystyna Sowa Wan Mohd Asnur Bin Wan Sandra Friedrich Jake Lowther Michal Stanek Jantan Yuka Fukunaga Wojciech Maciejewski Kasper Steensgaard Jan Asmus Bischoff Anita Garnuszek Ishaan Madaan Juan Antonio Stupenengo Filip Boras Christopher Gibson Cornel Marian Maria Teder Julian Bordacahar Diego Brian Gosis Juan Massun Patrycja Treder Veronica Burachevskaya Sonja Heiskala José Rafael Mata Dona Matti Tyynysniemi Elena Burova James Hope Stephen D. Mau Sergey Usoskin Petra Butler Thomas Innes Chrysoula Mavromati Subhiksh Vasudev Maria Roseli Candido Pablo Jaroslavsky Akash Menon David von Saucken Martin Canepa Tamila Jensen Timothy G. Nelson Ewelina Wetrys Rodrigo Caré Marek Jezewski Fredrik Norburg Pål Wrange Gabriel Cavazos Villanueva Natalia Kabacinska Zoltán Novák Sebastian Wuschka Nikoletta Chalikopoulou Ashish Kabra Benard Ogutu Yaroslava Zahoruiko Thomas S. Clifton Carol Kalinoski Federico Ortino Aleksandra Zanowska Jean-Rémi de Maistre Mark Kantor Magdalena Papiernik Iuliia Zozulia
Page 16 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Pre Moot Organisers
The Thomas Wälde Team Fund In October 2008, the late Prof. Thomas Wälde and Ian Laird initiated a fund to support teams’ participation in the FDI Moot. In 2018, over €8000 have been distributed among eight teams. For teams from many countries, travel expenses to and accommodation costs at the hearing venue remain significant obstacles, thus we would like to thank those that responded to our appeal: Professor William Fox, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL), the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), and Skadden without whose substantial support many, if not all, of the four African teams might not have been able to join the rounds in Stockholm. Sponsors
José Manuel Álvarez Zárate
Hans Thornstedts Foundation
Founders
Skadden Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot
Page 18 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot 2018