HSE team has advanced to the quarterfinals of FDI

For the first time in the history of Higher School of Economics, the HSE Faculty of Law team has reached the quarterfinals rounds of the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court (“FDI Moot”) 2018 in Stockholm, the most prestigious competition in the field of international investment arbitration.

More than 100 teams all over the world have participated in FDI Moot this year including such well-known law schools as Harvard, Sorbonne and King's College London.

The HSE team was ranked among top-5 teams having left behind more than 100 teams and having prevailed over King’s College London (United Kingdom), University of International Business and Economics (China), University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), Hidayatullah National Law University (India) and Universitas Pelita Harapan (Indonesia).

Vera Bykova was mentioned as one of the top-7 oralists of the global rounds out of more than 300 participants.

The HSE Faculty of Law was represented by Vera Bykova (2^nd year master’s student, 'International Private Law' programme), Marina Koleskina (1^st year master’s student, 'International Private Law' programme), Irina Shchurova, Elena Murashko and Daria Zavershinskaia (1^st year master’s students, 'Law of International Trade, Finance and Economic Integration' programme).

The team’s coaches: Dimitriy Mednikov (BGP Litigation), Anna Korshunova (Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners).

During the preparation for the global rounds in Stockholm, the team took part in several pre-moots in Budapest (Hungary) and Warsaw (Poland), where it managed to achieve excellent results, having become a runner-up of both pre-moots. Marina Koleskina was also mentioned as the best oralist of the Budapest pre-moot.

The team would like to express its gratitude to the HSE Faculty of Law, and its primary sponsor, which made all these achievements possible – Dentons Law Firm (with a special mention to the partner in Dentons' Moscow office and the Head of the European Intellectual Property and Technology practice – Denis Voevodin)!

The team’s appreciation for financial support also goes to Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev & Partners, Attorneys at Law, Saveliev, Batanov & Partners law firm and Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration.

Team selection for the FDI Moot 2019 (competition will be held in Miami, USA) will take place in February-March 2019.  For all questions please contact the team’s captain – Vera Bykova (BykovaVera-lawyer@yandex.ru).