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2009 FDI Moot Frankfurt International Arbitration Centre 22-24 October 2009  

 

The 2009 FDI Moot will be hosted at Frankfurt International Arbitration Centre by the Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit.

Autumn 2009 marks the 50th Anniversary of the "first BIT" (between Germany and Pakistan), and it is a special pleasure to hold the 2009 competition in Germany!

The Orals will be held from 22-24 October 2009, and be presided over by DIS head Jens Bredow, Prof. Chris Gibson (SULS) and Christian Campbell (CILS). We expect many esteemed members of our Advisory Board and College of Arbitrators to be present and serving on panels.

See you in Germany!

Aims of the FDI Moot

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

 

These investment 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 forum of different dynamics for current academics and practitioners from the around the world to discuss the latest developments - and assess emerging talents - in these fields.

Structure of the Competition

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.

Support

Several international organisations and institutions and prominent practitioners and scholars in the field who serve on its Advisory Board endorse the FDI Moot's aims. Academics and practitioners who are expert in international investment regulation and/or international arbitration serve as arbitrators and judges. Law publishers, financial institutions, etc are welcome to sponsor social events around the oral hearings, and law firms and investment promotion agencies are invited to support their local teams competing in the FDI Moot (e.g. registration fee, travel, lodging or dining grants) and prizes.

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