New champions of the FDI Moot Court

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On the 3rd of November 2021, Symbiosis Law School, Pune became the champion of the 2021 FDI Moot Globals, prevailing in the final match over the University of Miami, School of Law. The bench of judges was as follows:

  • Yas Banifatemi,
  • Hi-Taek Shin, and
  • Mitchel Dorbyk (presiding).

The National University of Singapore took third place in the match against the Kabarak University Law School.

For further information about 2021 FGI Globals and all the winners, please click here.

We congratulate teams and arbitrators on such good work! And many thanks to the organizers for hosting this great event.


FDI Moot is the most famous moot court in the field of investment arbitration. Each year approximately 100 teams from all around the world participate in this contest. The FDI Moot is organized since 2008 by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) in Salzburg, Suffolk University Law School, Pepperdine University Law School, the German Institute of Arbitration (DIS), and the Centre for European Law at King’s College London.

During the competition, students play the role of lawyers representing the investor and the state in a dispute before an international arbitration tribunal acting on the basis of an agreement on mutual promotion and protection of investments (BIT).

This year’s edition of the FDI was held online.