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Pepperdine Wins 2009 FDI Moot Competition  

On Saturday 24 October 2009, before a tribunal composed of Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel, Prof. Martin Hunter and Mr. James Hosking, Pepperdine University Law School prevailed over St Petersburg State University to win the 2009 Skadden, Arps FDI Moot final. The other semi-finalists were Kings College London and the University of Belgrade. The best counter-memorial was submitted by Murdoch University School of Law, and the best memorial for claimant was submitted by Kings College, which was also the overall highest ranked team (memorials and preliminary oral rounds). The 2009 Thomas Waelde Advocacy Prize was shared by three winners: Aaron Echols of Pepperdine, Otylia Babiak of Suffolk University Law School and Marija Skundric of Belgrade University. The problem - in part inspired by the editors of the recent TDM Special Issue on IP - involved questions of nationality, investment definition, MFN, compulsory licensing and expropriation and the relationship between investment law and trade law (TRIPs).  The 2009 FDI Moot was hosted by the Deutsche Institution for Schiedgerichtsbarkeit (DIS) at the FIAC, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt/Main 22-24 October 2009 and organised by the Center for International Legal Studies. My co-director, Chris Gibson (Suffolk University), and I would like to thank all our partners (especially DIS Secretary General Jens Bredow and Mr. Peter Kraft) and all our sponsors (Skadden, OUP, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Frankfurt Arbitration Circle, TDM) and above all the teams, the arbitrators, and the tribunal secretaries (Düsseldorf Jessup team, young colleagues from the Frankfurt law firms) for their hard work and just being there to make it such a fun event.

2009 FDI Moot Teams

Florida International University (Visscher2009, coach Manuel Gomez and Troy Elder); Georgetown University Law Center (Mo2009); Gujarat National Law University (Ago2009); Hamline University School of Law (Klaestad2009); King's College London (Jennings2009, coach Metka Potocnik); Murdoch University School of Law (Fitzmaurice2009); National Law University, Jodhpur (Castro2009); Nicolaus Copernicus University (Guerrero2009); NYU Law School (El-Erian2009, coach Jocelyn Burgos, Chris Alberti); Pepperdine University School of Law (Lauterpacht2009, coach Ms. Jeralin Cardozo); School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (Evensen2009, coach Christopher Kee); St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Law (Bustamante2009, coach Sergey Usoskin); Suffolk University Law School (Cordova2009); University Institute of Legal Studies (Jessup2009, coach Stellina Jolly); University of Belgrade (Fabela2009, coach Marko Jovanovic); University of Buenos Aires (Fleischhauer2009, coach Diego Brian Gosis); University of Cologne (Hackworth2009, coach Karolina Piatkowski de Grzymala); University of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (Winiarski2009); University of Warsaw (Zoricic2009, coach Rafal Morek, Beata Gessel)

2009 Semi-Finalists

The University of Belgrade and King's College were the unlucky semi-finalists, each losing a 2:1 split-decision

Oral Point Totals Rounds 1-6
Law School	Team Alias	Oral Points (R1-6)
Pepperdine University School of Law	Lauterpacht	1429
University of Belgrade	Fabela	1411
King's College London	Jennings	1405
Georgetown University Law Center	Mo	1404
National Law University, Jodhpur	Castro	1395
NYU Law School	El-Erian	1385
Murdoch University School of Law	Fitzmaurice	1380
Suffolk University Law School	Cordova	1371
University of Cologne	Hackworth	1370
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong	Evensen	1361
University of Buenos Aires	Fleischhauer	1331
Florida International University	Visscher	1323
St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Law	Bustamante	1304
University of Warsaw	Zoricic	1290
University of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski	Winiarski	1259
University Institute of Legal Studies	Jessup	1245
Gujarat National Law University	Ago	1234
Nicolaus Copernicus University	Guerrero	1232
Hamline University School of Law	Klaestad	1163

2009 Thomas Waelde Advocacy Prize Winner

The 2009 Thomas Waelde Advocacy Prize was shared by Marija Skundric (Belgrade), Aaron Echols (Pepperdine) and Otylia Babiak (Suffolk). The honourable mention oralists were all within 8 points (out of a possible 450) of the winners: Hugh Carlson (374 points, Gerogetown), Bhuvnesh Satija (373 points, National Law University, Jodhpur), Nima Tarbari Mersadi (373 points, Kings College), James Junianto Losari (371 points, Murdoch), Jonathan Matthews (370 points, Pepperdine), Lingxi Wang (367 points, Kings College), Kristian Hermanrud (Suffolk)

2009 OUP Best Memorial and Best Counter Memorial Prize Winners

Kings College submitted the best memorial.

Law School	Team Alias	Memorial Rank
King's College London	Jennings	1
Florida International University	Visscher	2
NYU Law School	El-Erian	3
University of Belgrade	Fabela	4
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong	Evensen	5
University of Cologne	Hackworth	6
National Law University, Jodhpur	Castro	7
Suffolk University Law School	Cordova	8
Murdoch University School of Law	Fitzmaurice	9
University of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski	Winiarski	10
St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Law	Bustamante	11
Hamline University School of Law	Klaestad	12
University of Buenos Aires	Fleischhauer	13
Nicolaus Copernicus University	Guerrero	14
Gujarat National Law University	Ago	15
University of Warsaw	Zoricic	16
Pepperdine University School of Law	Lauterpacht	17
Georgetown University Law Center	Mo	18
University Institute of Legal Studies	Jessup	19

The best counter-memorial was submitted by Murdoch.

Law School	Team Alias	Counter Memorial Rank
Murdoch University School of Law	Fitzmaurice	1
NYU Law School	El-Erian	2
King's College London	Jennings	3
University of Cologne	Hackworth	4
Suffolk University Law School	Cordova	5
Gujarat National Law University	Ago	6
University of Buenos Aires	Fleischhauer	7
University of Warsaw	Zoricic	8
Florida International University	Visscher	9
National Law University, Jodhpur	Castro	10
Hamline University School of Law	Klaestad	11
University Institute of Legal Studies	Jessup	12
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong	Evensen	13
St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Law	Bustamante	14
Nicolaus Copernicus University	Guerrero	15
University of Belgrade	Fabela	16
University of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski	Winiarski	17
Pepperdine University School of Law	Lauterpacht	18
Georgetown University Law Center	Mo	19

Overall Highest Scoring Team

Kings College had the overall highest cumulative score from the Orals Rounds 1-6 and the memorials and counter-memorials

Law School	Team Alias	Overall Total
King's College London	Jennings	2845
NYU Law School	El-Erian	2795
Murdoch University School of Law	Fitzmaurice	2640
University of Cologne	Hackworth	2630
Florida International University	Visscher	2553
Suffolk University Law School	Cordova	2541
National Law University, Jodhpur	Castro	2445
School of Law, City University of Hong Kong	Evensen	2381
University of Belgrade	Fabela	2371
University of Buenos Aires	Fleischhauer	2291
Gujarat National Law University	Ago	2164
University of Warsaw	Zoricic	2130
St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Law	Bustamante	2114
Hamline University School of Law	Klaestad	2033
University of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski	Winiarski	2009
Pepperdine University School of Law	Lauterpacht	1939
Nicolaus Copernicus University	Guerrero	1922
University Institute of Legal Studies	Jessup	1875
Georgetown University Law Center	Mo	1854

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