King's Mooting Duo Place Second in International Competition

For the second consecutive year, King’s College London has reached the final of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Moot Competition. The 5th FDI Moot Competition was held at Suffolk Law School, Boston, USA, on 2-4 November 2012. The team, consisting of LLB students Marcel Behringer and Laurence Hanesworth, reached the final after progressing through rounds against teams representing universities including Harvard, Pittsburgh and Pepperdine.

On 4 November, King's College London faced Ottawa University before a final tribunal, comprising Andrea Bjorkland, Doak Bishop and William Park. In a very close final match, the King’s team became runners-up in the overall competition.

The team was coached by Nima Mersadi Tabari, Metka Potocnik and Emily Schäfer under the supervision of Dr Federico Ortino.

Nima Mersadi Tabari said the team deserved this impressive result, which reflected their sheer dedication and hard work, despite facing many challenges:

“The competition this year was of an exceptional high quality with a record number of 39 teams worldwide. The FDI Moot is inherently designed for LLM and JD students with knowledge of Investment Law and Investment Treaty Arbitration and this year’s moot problem was of a highly technical nature.”

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