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Moot Court in international investment law

Since 2006, the Center for International Legal Studies has been organising the ‘Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot’ (FDI Moot), in which students take part in simulated investor-state arbitration proceedings. Teams take on the role of lawyers and represent both the investor bringing the claim and the defendant state. Firstly, the students familiarise themselves with the case and draft a pleading. After submitting their pleadings, the teams present their arguments in English to an arbitration tribunal consisting of renowned professors and lawyers.

Further information on the FDI Moot Court can be found here.

In recent years, the IILCC has organised the annual FDI Moot Training Workshop in October in cooperation with Saarland University and University College London, where students were prepared for the FDI Moot with an interactive lecture on ‘Persuading in Digital Pleadings’ in addition to simulated pleadings. From 2009 to 2011, the IILCC had its own team that successfully participated in the FDI Moot Court.

FDI Moot

Since 2008, the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (“FDI Moot”) is organized by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS). The FDI Moot is an international moot court competition in the field of international investment law in which teams from all around the world participate in a mock investment arbitration procedure. The participating students act as counsel representing the foreign investor and the host state. First, the students conduct legal research and draft a memorial based on a mock investment dispute. During the oral rounds, each team presents the arguments orally in front of an arbitral tribunal consisting of academics, arbitrators and lawyers in the field of international investment arbitration. Further information about the FDI Moot are available here.

Frankfurt Investment Moot

Since 2008, the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court“ (Frankfurt Investment Moot) is organized by the Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order of the University of Frankfurt. The Frankfurt Investment Moot is an international moot court competition in the field of international investment law in which teams from all around the world participate in a mock investment arbitration procedure. The participating students act as counsel representing the foreign investor and the host state. The moot problem is usually connects historic events to current devlopments of international investment law. Further information about the FDI Moot are available here.

UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Faculty of LawInternational Investment Law Centre Cologne

Moot Court in international investment law