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Results of the 7th edition of the Bucharest Pre-Moot on occasion of the Willem Vis Moot
The University of Bucharest and the Vindobona Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Romania organized in Bucharest, on March 7-8, 2020, the 7th edition of the international conference in the field of arbitration and international commercial contracts and of the Bucharest Pre-Moot to the Willem Vis Moot.
The conference and the Bucharest Pre-Moot, which gathered over 150 participants, were sponsored by the University of Bucharest and the Vindobona Association for the Promotion of Arbitration in Romania, with the support of the following main sponsors: Filip and Company, Telekom Romania Foundation, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, Suciu, Popa and Associates and Ţuca Zbârcea & Associates. The event also benefited from financial support from the following law firms: Guia Naghi and Associates, Leroy and Associates, Markó & Udrea, MRP Partners, Paziuc & Jida Law Office, Răzvan Dincă & Associates, Rizoiu & Poenaru, Stoica & Associates, TAMC (Doru Trăilă, Adriana Almășan, Alexandru Moise, Eugen Chivu), Tudor Andrei & Associates – law firm associated with BDO, as well as from Sorina Olaru and Raluca Papadima. The event was organized with the support of the Law Students’ Association.
The international conference that took place on 7 March 2020 opened with remarks from prof. Radu Rizoiu, vice dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest. The topics addressed during the conference were: (a) Unilateral Arbitration Agreements (speakers: asst.prof. Cristina Florescu, asst. prof. Raluca Papadima and atty. Lucian Ilie), (b) Use of Experts in Commercial Arbitration and Potential Conflicts of Interest (speakers: atty. Michael Lee and atty. Cătălina Bîzîc), (c) Suspected Non-Conformity (speakers: atty. Cristian Paziuc and atty. Mihaela Gherghe) and (d) Remedies for Breach of Contract: Damages, Replace, Repair (speakers: prof. Larry di Matteo, atty. Vladimir Diaconiță and asst. prof. Octavian Cazac).
15 universities from 10 countries competed in the Bucharest Pre-Moot: Univeristé Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), University of Bremen (Germany), Bucerius University (Germany), “Heinrich Heine” University of Düsseldorf (Germany), Heidelberg University (Germany), University of Münster (Germany), Central European University (Hungary), Moldova State University (Republic of Moldova), Jagiellonian University (Poland), Kutafin Moscow State Law University (Russia), Russian School of Private Law (Russia), Comenius University (Slovakia), Bilkent University (Turkey) University College London (United Kingdom) and University of Bucharest (Romania).
In the best team category, the first place went to Heidelberg University (Germany), the second place went, ex aequo, to Bucerius University (Germany) and the University of Düsseldorf (Germany), while the third place went, ex aequo, to the University of Bucharest (Romania) and the University of Münster (Germany).
In the best oralist category, from approximately 80 students, the first place went to Florian Bode from Bucerius University (Germany), the second place went to Peter Würz from the University of Düsseldorf (Germany), the third place went to Miruna Tocileanu from the University of Bucharest (Romania), the fourth place went to Florian Kaade from Bucerius University (Germany) and the fifth place went to Pascal Beleiu from Heidelberg University (Germany).
The award for best counsel on behalf of Claimant was won by Can Sarp Özcan from Bilkent University (Turkey), while the award for best counsel on behalf of Respondent was won by Andreea Luca from the University of Bucharest (Romania).
Additionally, in the best co-counsel team category, the first place was won, ex aequo, by Cătălin Apătean and Miruna Tocileanu, on one hand, and Mălina Trifu and Andreea Luca, on the other hand, all from the University of Bucharest (Romania). The second place went to Florian Bode and Florina Kaade from Bucerius University (Germany) and the third place went to Aleksandr Sopko and Yana Medvedeva from Kutafin Moscow State Law University (Russia).
The following students received a special award for most stamina, for the exceptional effort of arguing in six consecutive rounds: Friedrich von Bosse from University of Bremen (Germany), Keanu Gerdes from University of Bremen (Germany), Alba Schulzt from Heidelberg University (Germany), Silas Mohr from Heidelberg University (Germany), Ann-Sophie Altorjay from the University of Münster (Germany), Maria Włoskowicz from Jagiellonian University (Poland), Szymon Tkaczyk from Jagiellonian University (Poland), Orsolya Sara Kovats from Comenius University (Slovakia), Simona Vaclavikova from Comenius University (Slovakia), Muhammed Hanifi Değirmençay from Bilkent University (Turkey), Can Sarp Özcan from Bilkent University (Turkey), Nil Zeren Özdemir from Bilkent University (Turkey), Ece Nur Yıldız from Bilkent University (Turkey), and Marat Khasanshin from Russian School of Private Law (Russia).
We want to thank all the arbitrators for their time and congratulate all participant students.
The organizing committee was formed of Raluca
Papadima, assistant professor at the University of Bucharest, the Collège
Juridique d’Études Européennes and Campbell University, Mihaela Gherghe, Ph.D. candidate and attorney at Rizoiu
& Poenaru, Cristina Badea,
attorney at Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen, and Horia Rădulescu, attorney at Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston
Petersen.
Date of publication: 11.03.2020
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