3rd Edinburgh International Willem Vis Pre-Moot 2013/14

Edinburgh Law School welcomed guest teams from France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland (2) and Turkey to the 3^rd Edinburgh pre-moot to the Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot on 15-16 March 2014.

The performance of the teams was impressive and the keen interest of the pre-moot arbitrators giving their advice feedback and time to the students commendable. We saw arbitrators from practice, whether judges, Queen’s Counsel, international arbitrators, solicitors, advocates and barristers, as well as academics team coaches and former moot participants. They were from many different countries and thus gave a true taster and representation of the international nature of the moot, such as England, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and USA.

Arbitrators and sponsors:

We thank everyone who has kindly given their free time to arbitrate and who has contributed to the success of the 3^rd Edinburgh Pre-Moot (in alphabetical order):

Iain Aitchison (FDBF, FCIArb)
Deborah Alcici Salomão (J-L-Universität Gießen)
Murray Armes (Sense Studio Ltd.)
Sophie Birkner (Linklaters LLP)
Olivier Broussais (Aix-Marseille University)
Çağrı Cem (Marmara University)
Janja Cevriz (Former Participant)
Neil Dowers (University of Edinburgh)
Hew R Dundas (International Arbitrator and Mediator)
Christian Fleischmann (University of Bayreuth)
Shona Frame (MacRoberts LLP)
Lord Glennie (Judge, Court of Session)
Yi Han Goh (Linklaters LLP)
Dr. James Harrison (University of Edinburgh)
Maximilian Hocke (Bucerius University)
David Holloway (University of Edinburgh)
Robert Howie QC (Faculty of Advocates)
Kathryn Hunt (Morton Fraser LLP)
Anke Krause (Linklaters LLP)
Torben Kriegesmann (University of Bochum)
Elina Kyselchuk (BIICL)
Dr. Simone Lamont-Black (University of Edinburgh)
Eva Loef (Noerr LLP)
Neil Morrison (MBM Commercial LLP)
Elena Neidhart (Geneva University)
Dragana Nikolic (Former Participant)
Ugur Erman Ozgur (University of Dundee)
Lindy A Patterson QC (Dundas & Wilson CS LLP)
Michel Reymond (Geneva University)
Lynda Ross (Dundas & Wilson CS LLP)
Dr. V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm (University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Akira Saito (Kobe University|)
Sabrine Schnyder (Baker & McKenzie LLP)
Marco Stacher (University of St. Gallen)
Nadia Walker (University of St. Gallen)
Helen Watts (Axiom Advocates)

Our sincere thanks also to our sponsors: Hogan Lovells International LLP, Dundas & Wilson and the University of Edinburgh Law School.

For photos of the event please see: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzYYsSNb_RM7UjU0WlpKOEp3eXM&usp=sharing