Moderated by:
• Michal Stanek (Charles University) and Harrison Mbori (Strathmore University)
Featuring:
• Paula Arias (University of Miami) 2016 Global semifinalist consistently had honorable mention advocates in the FDI Moot Globals.
• Thomas Biscomb (University of Montevideo) first time in the 2018 FDI Moot, reaching to the second place in the Global Orals in 2019 FDI Moot obtaining the 9th place among the Highest Ranked teams.
• Anthony Daimsis (University of Ottawa) won the FDI Moot final 2012, best combined written and oral team 2017 and 2019, a best advocate three-peat 2017-19.
• Prakshal Jain (National Law School of India University) 2015 Global semi-finalists in 2017 won the Global Final
• Veronika Lakhno (Lomonosov Moscow State University) 2015 Round of 16, 3rd Claimant's Memorial, 2nd for the written damages arguments; 2017, 3rd in Global Rounds, in 2018 won the Global Final.
• Nicolas Pralica (Paris Bar School) won the 2016 FDI Moot in Buenos Aires and has been a regular participant in the elimination rounds.
• Veronica Sandler (University of Buenos Aires) Buenos Aires reaches the elimination rounds almost year, was a 2015 semifinalist and regularly takes top 3 memorial prizes..
Over the past 13 years, the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI Moot) has become one of the most prestigious international student competitions. Hear some of the FDI Moot’s most successful (current and recent) coaches discuss key aspects of guiding a team to FDI Moot success.
Harrison and Michal will steer the conversation through 9 topics:
1. Institutional approval, support (academic credit and funding)
2. Funding (non-institutional, sponsors, own resources)
3. Recruiting team members, organizing and motivating a team, dealing with personalities and disappointments
4. Assuring team members know enough about the law of investor State arbitration, substance and procedure
5. Research & Drafting
6. Pleading
7. Practice & (External) Feedback
8. Travel, Lodging
9. Post-Moot “Maximization” (PR, media, internal and external)
Viewers can post questions through the comments section on Facebook, and the panelists will try to answer them during the live-stream or respond to them later via the comments.