About the FDI Moot

Increasing  international investment, the proliferation of Bi- and Multilateral Investment Treaties, national investment promotion legislation, and international investment contracts have contributed to the development of a new field of international law that defines obligations between "host States" and foreign investors and refers to internationalised procedures (e.g. the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes - ICSID) for resolving related disputes.

These disputes involve not only vast sums, but also probe the panoply of rights, duties, and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy. Through the FDI Moot, law students - future practitioners, academics and policy makers - may attain a practical understanding of these issues. At the same time, the case and the hearings offer a special forum for current academics and practitioners from around the world to discuss developments - and assess emerging talents - in these fields.

The FDI Moot involves a hypothetical case in connection with an investment by a private investor in a foreign host state. The FDI Moot spans a period of approximately six months each year and has two phases: the writing of memoranda for claimant and respondent and the hearing of oral argument based upon the memoranda.

2012 FDI Moot

The 2012 Case involves ICSID annulment proceedings, questioning the composition of the underlying tribunal, the majority position on the definition of investment for jurisdictional purposes and whether the treatment of an expert and his report was procedurally correct. We would like to thank the 2012 Case Committee: Assoc. Prof. Tony Cole, Ms. Madhu Agrawal, Ms. Melissa Brown, Ms. Otylia Babiak 

Schedule

Sunday, 1 January 2012 Announcement of the Competition; Registration Begins - form

The 2012 problem wil be released before February 2012.

Thursday, 31 May 2012 Registration Ends  - form

Thursday, 7 June 2012 1st Deadline to submit Requests for Clarification (or Withdraw) - submit here

Thursday, 16 August 2012 2nd Deadline to submit Requests for Clarification - submit here

27 September 2012 Submit Claimant Memorial and Respondent Counter-Memorial
before 24:00 GMT, separate PDF files - upload here

Friday, 2 November 2012 Preliminary Oral Rounds
9:00-13:30 Team Sign In
12:30 Welcome Lunch
13:30-14:15 Team/Arbitrator Briefings
14:30-16:00 Hearings
16:30-18:00 Hearings
[19:00-21:30 tentative/optional Dinner, Keynote, TWTF Fundraiser]

Saturday, 3 November 2012 Preliminary Oral Rounds
8:00-8:45 Arbitrator Briefing
9:00-10:30 Hearings
11:00-12:30 Hearings
Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Hearings
15:30-17:00 Hearings
[17.00-18:00 tentative: Alumni Association Constitutive Meeting]
Announcement of Quarter-Finalists
[19.00- ... tentative/optional: Evening on the Town/Boston Pub Crawl]

Sunday, 4 November 2012 Quarter, Semi and Final Rounds
9:00-10:30 Quarter-Finals/Finals Arbitrator Briefing (Andrew Newcombe, Bench Brief Committee Chair)
11:00-12:30 Semi-Finals (Matches for Places 5-7)
Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 3rd Place Match*
15:10-17:00 Final*
18:00 Awards Reception/Dinner, Closing

* Panels drawn from Mr. Doak Bishop, Ms. Meg Kinnear, Ms. Silvia M. Marchili, Prof. Andrew Newcombe, TBA, TBA

Prizes

Winner of the Final - Skadden, Arps Trophy: TBA 4 November 2012 
Best Claimant Memorial - OUP Book Prize (voucher USD250): TBA 4 November 2012
Best Respondent Memorial - OUP Book Prize (voucher USD250): : TBA 4 November 2012
Best Advocate - ICC Court Prize (course): : TBA 4 November 2012
Highest Ranked Team - Baker & McKenzie Cash Prize (USD1500): TBA 4 November 2012
Highest Ranked Team from Africa - Joseph N. Mbadugha Cash Prize (USD500): TBA 4 November 2012

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