Team 2022

FDI International Arbitration Moot Competition 2022

The 2022 FDI International Arbitration Moot Competition has ended with another remarkable feat achieved by the Saarland University team on a global stage. At the Global Rounds which took place in King’s College London from 3rd to 6th November 2022, the Saarland University/Europa-Institut team received the outstanding award for submitting the “Best Claimant Memorial” for this year’s competition.

This outstanding feat attests to the resolute devotion of the team members: Catriona Laidlaw (United Kingdom/Australia); Anita Grigoryan (Armenia); and Dimitri Liénard (Belgium), who represented Saarland University in this year’s FDI Moot Global Rounds. The road to London had many train stops for these three in terms of preparations and not once did they hesitate over their commitment. From travelling to Chiemsee in Upper Bavaria, later to Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Paris, including countless zoom practice rounds, the team members gave their all to ensure they return from London with a success story, as they did with this amazing result.

Team Saarland’s success story in the 2022 FDI Moot would be incomplete without recognising the contribution of renowned international law firms, institutions, and colleagues that supported the team with oral practice sessions in preparation for the London Global Rounds: Weber & Co (Vienna), Peters Ortner Partners (Vienna), Luther (Hamburg), Alexander & Partner (Berlin), Herbert Smith Freehills (Frankfurt), International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), International Investment Law Centre (Cologne), and all our ex-mooties and colleagues who contributed their precious time and resources to the team’s success. Also, special thanks to the Budapest and Dublin Pre-Moot organisers for their pre-moot invitations.

This year’s team was supervised by Dr. Greg Lourie, Bianca Böhme, Xenia Astapenka, Madangi Ramakrishna, Andrés Eduardo Alvarado Garzón, and Afolabi Adekemi, all under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg.