Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court


The Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court or Frankfurt Moot is a moot competition organised by the Wilhelm Merton Centre for European Integration and International Economic Order and McDermott Will & Emery. It is the oldest student competition in the area of investment arbitration, with the first edition of the moot taking place in 2008. As the class-leading moot in its field, it is considered one of the grand slam or major moots. With the exception of India, national rounds are not conducted, but each university may only send one team, unlike the Foreign Direct Investment Moot. Like other arbitration moots, pre-moots are also conducted by institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce and European Court of Arbitration.

Competition records

YearTotal number of teams Champion 1st runner-up 2nd runners-upBest Advocate Best Non-OECD Team
2020NA – moot cancelled due to the COVID-19 virusNANANANANA
201964Moscow State Institute of International Relations University of Vienna * Singapore Management University
* University of Latvia
Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations
201847National University of Singapore University of Ljubljana * University of Buenos Aires
* University of Novi Sad
University of Ljubljana National University of Singapore
201766Singapore Management University Gujarat National Law University * George Washington University
* Lomonosov State University
Singapore Management University * Gujarat National Law University
* Singapore Management University
201663Bucerius Law School National University of Singapore * Aristotle University
* Jindal Global Law School
Bucerius Law School * National University of Singapore
201536Jindal Global Law School Singapore Management University * National Law University, Delhi
* National University of Singapore
Jindal Global Law School * Jindal Global Law School
201430* University of Miami School of Law
* Sciences Po
* George Washington University
* Norman Manley Law School
Sciences Po * Norman Manley Law School
201334Stockholm University Peking University * American University
* Gujarat National Law University
Stockholm University Peking University
201232Norman Manley Law School University of Versailles *
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Stockholm University Norman Manley Law School
201126University of Miami School of Law Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies *
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Norman Manley Law School Norman Manley Law School
201021Georgetown Law School George Washington University *
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Georgetown Law School Universidad San Francisco de Quito
200927La Trobe University City University of Hong Kong *
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La Trobe University City University of Hong Kong
2008Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg St Gallen University *
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St Gallen University NA