Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court

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Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot
Established2007
Venue Frankfurt
Subject matter Investment arbitration
ClassGrand Slam [1] [2] [3]
Record participation66 teams (2017)
Online: 105 teams (2022)
QualificationNational/regional rounds
Most championshipsThree-way tie (2)
Website http://www.investmentmoot.org/

The Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court or Frankfurt Moot is a moot competition co-organised by the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. It is the oldest student competition in the area of investment arbitration, with the first edition of the moot taking place in 2008. [4] [5] As the class-leading moot in its field (investment arbitration), it is considered one of the grand slam or major moots. [6] With the exception of India and China, national rounds are not conducted, but each university may only send one team, unlike the Foreign Direct Investment Moot. Like many other arbitration moots, pre-moots are also conducted by institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce, HKIAC, and European Court of Arbitration. [7]

Written submissions are required in the form of skeletals, but they do not count towards progression in the oral rounds, and there is also no prize for best written submissions. In recent editions, teams participate in three preliminary rounds. The top 16 teams progress to the knockout stages, and there is a prize for best oralist in the championship final. Each round is typically judged by three arbitrators. The 2020 edition of the moot was cancelled at the last moment due to COVID-19. As travel restrictions continued to remain in place, the 2021 and 2022 editions adopted the virtual format.

Competition records

YearTotal number of teamsChampion (win number)1st runner-up (win number)2nd runners-upBest Advocate (win number)Best Non-OECD Team (win number)
202366 Symbiosis Law School, Pune (1) Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1)* NALSAR University of Law
* National University of Singapore 		Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1)
2022 [8] 105 (online) Singapore Management University (2) Modern International Law Studies (1)* City, University of London
* Sciences Po 		Modern International Law Studies (1)
2021 [9] 42 (online)National University of Singapore (2) Government Law College, Mumbai (1)* National University of Study and Research in Law
* Amsterdam University 		NANA
2019 [10] 64 Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1) University of Vienna (1)* Singapore Management University
* University of Latvia 		Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1)Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1)
2018 [11] 47National University of Singapore (1) University of Ljubljana (1)* University of Buenos Aires
* University of Novi Sad 		University of Ljubljana (1)National University of Singapore (2)
2017 [12] [13] [14] 66Singapore Management University (1) Gujarat National Law University (1)* George Washington University
* Lomonosov State University 		Singapore Management University (1)* Gujarat National Law University (1)
* Singapore Management University (1)
2016 [15] [16] 63 Bucerius Law School (1)National University of Singapore (1)* Aristotle University
* Jindal Global Law School 		Bucerius Law School (1)* National University of Singapore (1)
2015 [17] [18] [19] 36Jindal Global Law School (1)Singapore Management University (1)* National Law University, Delhi
* National University of Singapore		Jindal Global Law School (1)* Jindal Global Law School (1)
2014 [20] 30* University of Miami School of Law (2)
* Sciences Po (1)		* George Washington University
* Norman Manley Law School 		Sciences Po (1)* Norman Manley Law School (3)
2013 [21] 34 Stockholm University (1) Peking University (1)* American University
* Gujarat National Law University		Stockholm University (2)Peking University (1)
2012 [22] 32Norman Manley Law School (1) University of Versailles (1)*
*		Stockholm University (1)Norman Manley Law School (2)
2011 [23] [24] 26University of Miami School of Law (1) Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (1)*
*		Norman Manley Law School (1)Norman Manley Law School (1)
2010 [11] 21 Georgetown Law School (1)George Washington University (1)*
*		Georgetown Law School (1) Universidad San Francisco de Quito (1)
200927 La Trobe University (1) City University of Hong Kong (1)*
*		La Trobe University (1)City University of Hong Kong (1)
2008 Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (1) St Gallen University (1)*
*		St Gallen University (1)NA

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