9TH Hanover PreMoot

9th Hanover PreMoot 19. - 21.02.2015

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8th Hanover PreMoot

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By pursuing the challenges of the Vis Moot Court, you have added an important element to your legal education. As many of our attorneys at Skadden know from their own experiences, attending a Moot Court can be an exciting time and can give you the opportunity to build many new relationships.

Skadden is pleased to be a part of the Hanover PreMoot, and we look forward to meeting you. We wish all of the participants luck and success at the 12th Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot Hongkong and the 22nd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – Vienna.

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On behalf of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and the

Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA) we would like to give you a very warm welcome

to the 9th Hanover PreMoot. For three days Hanover will become Vindobona, Danubia.

We are proud to organize and host this event, which has become a well-established tradition

since its first edition in 2007. With 30 participating teams the Hanover PreMoot is among the

largest PreMoots in Europe. Nevertheless, we hope that this event will still provide you with

the honest hospitality in a family-like atmosphere it is known for. Moreover, we are sure that

our PreMoot will serve you with a combination of an academic and intellectual challenge

where you can improve strategic thinking and experience law in a cross-cultural atmosphere.

For the fourth time we are hosting an international PreMoot conference as a warm up for

arbitrators, coaches and team members. The topic of this year’s conference is “Arbitration

without Consent”. We are very proud and thankful that we can present an outstanding

panel of internationally well recognized practitioners. Our special thanks go to: Alma

Forgó, Andreas J. Roquette, LL.M. (New York), Moritz Schmitt, LL.M. (NYU), Dr. Hans-Patrick

Schroeder, Dr. Anke Sessler and Professor Dr. Kristina Siig.

Many thanks also go to all the arbitrators, who devote themselves voluntarily to the great

Willem C. Vis Moot Community serving as arbitrators here in Hanover. In each pleading,

the mooties will find a tribunal composed of high ranking practitioners and coaches or

former mooties.

The Willem C. Vis Moot is designed to be an educational program with many facets of

real legal profession in the form of a competition. Hopefully, this PreMoot will similarly

be an educational and beneficial experience for everyone. Therefore, all team-members

and coaches are encouraged to watch other pleadings when they are not scheduled to

argue or to arbitrate (and if it is not forbidden by the rules of the Willem C. Vis Moot).

Words of Welcome...Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA)

We hope that the days‘ events will not only allow teams to further refine their

arguments and oral presentation but also to get in contact with each other. One

will especially have the opportunity to socialize during the evening reception

at the “Dachgeschoss” on Thursday night and the Barbecue on Friday night.

We are still able to organize the PreMoot, including the social events, without

charging any participation fee. This is only possible because the Mooties and

the former Mooties of the Hanover Team understand the PreMoot as a personal

invitation for friends with homemade cake and sandwiches. Additionally, the Soldan

Foundation, Gleiss Lutz and especially Skadden make the social events possible.

We hope you enjoy your stay, especially the barbecue sponsored by Skadden.

Without the dedication and commitment of the staff of the Institute for Procedural

Law and Attorney Regulations (especially Nassim Eslami and Jaschar Mirkhani)

the PreMoot could not have taken place. They all deserve our deepest gratitude!

May the Hanover PreMoot be a harold for the spirit of the Willem C. Vis Moot

in Hong Kong and Vienna. It is a great privilege for us to have you all here in

Hanover!

Sven HasenstabFor the Hanover Vis AlumniAssociation (HVAA)

Professor Dr. Christian WolfFor the Institute for Procedural Lawand Attoney Regulations (IPA)

1. Aarhus Denmark

2. Amsterdam Netherlands

3. Athens Greece

4. Bangalore India

5. Bucerius Law School Germany

6. Bucharest Romania

7. Cologne Germany

8. Comenius Slovakia

9. Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany

10. Frankfurt Germany

11. Free University of Berlin Germany

12. Galatasaray Turkey

13. Goettingen Germany

14. Hanover Germany

15. Humboldt Germany

16. Jagiellonian Poland

17. Marmara Turkey

18. Masaryk Czech Republic

19. Munich Germany

20. Muenster Germany

21. Osnabrueck Germany

22. Paris France

23. Prague Czech Republic

24. Salzburg Austria

25. Silesia Poland

26. Southern Denmark Denmark

27. St. Gallen Switzerland

28. Tübingen Germany

29. Turin Italy

30. Wuerzburg Germany

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The Hanover Vis Alumni Association e.V. is a forum for former and current participants

of the Willem C. Vis Moot Court and the Willem C. Vis (East) Moot Court to unite and

network. It shall serve as a platform for exchanging experience and knowledge.

Another major aspect for the Hanover Vis Alumni Association is the ideal and

financial support for the current Vis Moot Team. The participation in the Willem C.

Vis is a unique chance for every student but also a challenge. Being aware of that,

the Hanover Vis Alumni Association tries to forward experiences from former team

members, having started their career out in the world already, to the next generation

of “Mooties”. Moreover, we are supporting the Hanover PreMoot by acting as

Arbitrators and by organizing pleadings in Law Firms.

We appreciated that for our former participation in the Willem C. Vis only personal

qualification was decisive but not any personal financial aspects. Together with the

sponsors of the Willem C. Vis we regard it as our duty to help the next generation of

participants to keep it like that.

For more information about the HVAA visit our website

www.VisAlumnis.de

About...Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA)Hannoverscher Ehemaligenverein des Willem C. Moot Wettbewerbs e.V.

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9th Hanover PreMoot 19. - 21.02.2015

Agenda

Thursday, 19th February 2015

Friday, 20th February 2015

Saturday, 21st February 2015

3 p.m. 4TH Hanover PreMoot Conference Warm up for arbitrators, coaches and team members

Topic: Arbitration without Consent Room: VII/005 (Conti Campus)

7 p.m. WelcomingAt the 14th Floor („Dachgeschoss“)

8.30 a.m. RegistrationAt the 14th Floor („Dachgeschoss“)

9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PleadingsSeminarrooms at the Campus.

7.30 p.m. Evening Get-TogetherBarbecue (casual) with Food and Drinks at the Campus.

9 a.m. RegistrationAt the 14th Floor („Dachgeschoss“)

9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. PleadingsSeminarrooms at the Campus.

1.30 p.m. Group PictureMeeting Point: „Dachgeschoss“

6 p.m. FarewellAt the 14th Floor („Dachgeschoss“)

3.00 p.m. - Registration

3.15 p.m. - Words of WelcomeProfessor Dr. Christian Wolf, Leibniz University of Hanover

3.30 p.m. - State Court Intervention in International Arbitration Dr. Anke Sessler, Skadden, Arps (Frankfurt)

4.00 p.m. - Interim Measures in International ArbitrationAndreas Roquette, LL.M. (New York), CMS Hasche Sigle (Berlin)

4.30 p.m. - The new ICC Rules - Emergency Arbitration and beyond Alma Forgó, Deputy Counsel ICC (Paris)

5.00 p.m. - Coffee Break

5.30 p.m. - Piercing the Corporate VeilDr. Hans-Patrick Schroeder MLE, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Hamburg)

6.00 p.m. - Counter Claims in International ArbitrationMoritz Schmitt, LL.M (NYU), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Vienna)

6.30 p.m. - Fundamental Breach of the Buyer under the CISGProfessor Dr. Kristina Siig, University of Southern Denmark

7.00 p.m. - PreMoot Welcoming Evening

9th Hanover PreMoot4th PreMoot Conference: February, 19th 2015

“Arbitration without Consent“ supported by ICC YAF

Room VII/005

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The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, Leibniz University of Hanover, Conti Campus, Königsworther Platz 1, 30167 Hannover

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Dr. Anke SesslerAnke Sessler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Prior to joining Skadden in September 2014, Anke Sessler was chief counsel for litigation at Siemens AG for six years and before that partner at a top international law firm in Frankfurt for more than 10 years. She spe-cializes in complex domestic and international litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on corporate law, banking and finance, capital markets, joint ventures and M&A. Anke Sessler is an experienced litigator who has pleaded cases in numerous regional courts and higher regional courts throughout Germany. She also acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

Andreas Roquette, LL.M. (New York)Andreas J. Roquette is a partner and member of the Projects division of the practice group Real Estate & Public. He represents clients in large-scale litigation as well as in arbitration proceedings and in the sett-lement of disputes out-of-court. Andreas J. Roquette is a member of the Legal Work Group of the Reform Commission for Construction of Large Projects at the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban Development (BMVBS), the German Court Conference on Construction Law, the Centre for German and International Civil and Structural Engineering Law, the German Association for Construction Law, the German Institute of Arbritation and of the Federal Association PPP.

Dr. Hans-Patrick SchroederHans-Patrick Schroeder is a partner at Freshfields working in the Hamburg office. He is a member of the dispute resolution practice group and specialises in arbitration, national and international litigation and distribution law. He is also a member of the automotive sector group. He completed his legal education at the universities of Hanover and Le Havre, France. He holds the degree of doctor of laws (Dr. iur.) from Hanover university and a master’s degree in European legal practice (MLE), acquired during his studies in Hanover and Le Havre. At the Centre for Negotiation and Mediation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universi-ty, he was certified as a mediator for economic disputes (Wirtschaftsmediator).

Professor Dr. Kristina SiigKristina Siig is an associate professor (tenured). She researches within the areas of international trade law in general, in particular with view to international arbitration and maritime law. Kristina Siig obtained her doctorate in maritime arbitration from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo, Norway. Since then she has been with the Department of Private Law, at the University of Aarhus, as well as having practiced maritime law with Messrs. Gorrissen Federspiel. In 2005 she became an associate professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, where she has been coaching the local team since 2008.

Professor Dr. Christian WolfChristian Wolf is the executive director of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and the responsible academic teacher for the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in Hanover. Before becoming a chairholder in 2000 he worked as an attorney, judge at the district court (LG) in Munich and assistant professor at the law faculty of Munich. Since 2006 he is one of the editors of the Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA). He regularly serves as an Arbitrator in Hong Kong and Vienna.

Alma ForgóAlma Forgó is a German qualified lawyer and Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitra-tion in Paris, where she is in charge of international arbitration cases. Alma holds a Master‘s degree in International Public Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Before joining the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Alma trained in the International Arbitration departments of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London and of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris. She participated in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a student with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and co-coached the Vis Moot team of Université Paris I Sorbonne.

Moritz SchmittMoritz Schmitt is an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He is based in the firm’s Frankfurt office and is currently seconded to the Vienna office. His specialist focus includes international com-mercial and investment arbitration. Moritz has previously clerked on the Upper Regional Court Hamburg and trained with Freshfields in Hamburg and Hong Kong. He has also worked as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Moritz completed his legal education at the University of Freiburg and the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He earned his master of laws degree at New York University School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar. As a former participant, coach and arbitrator, Moritz has gained extensive experience in several mooting competitions.

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Aarhus UniversityAnne-Sofie Bagger ErsgardAnne-Sofie is a 9th-semester law student at Aarhus University. She works at LETT Law Firm as a trainee and this job gives her an insight into the practical side of Business and Commercial Law which is her main field of interest. Anne-Sofie has participated in the Elite Module at Aarhus University which is aimed at law students with an interest in Business and Commercial Law. In her spare time she likes to develop and explore her skills in the kitchen and read books.

Katja Kruse MagnussenKatja is a 4th-year law student at Aarhus University. She teaches 5th-semester students in the Basis Elements of Private Law. Her main field of interest is Company and Commercial law, especially in an inter-national perspective. In her spare time Katja enjoys cooking and the outdoors. Katja wants to participate in the Vis Moot to develop her oral skills by pleading.

Daniel Idorn MortensenDaniel is at his 5th year as a law student at Aarhus University. He works as a student assistant in the law firm Holst, Advokater with all areas of commercial law. He likes international law and traveling and therefore studied a semester at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Spends spare time on football, mountain biking or going out. Looks forward to participate in Vis Moot.

Hans Nikolaj Amsinck BoieHans is a 4th-year law student at Aarhus University. He is currently working at Gorrissen Federspiel Law Firm. He also teaches 1st-year law students in Constitutional Law at the university. Hans participates in the Moot to enhance his skills in legal reasoning, written presentation and oral argumentation, and to experience working close together with other skilled students, lawyers and professors. In his spare time he likes to cook, hang out and watch a good movie. After he finishes his studies, Hans plans to work as a lawyer in a top Danish law firm.

Sofie Brandt RiisSofie is at her 9th semester of law at Aarhus University. Besides studying, she works as a legal intern at Kromann Reumert law firm and teaches first-year students constitutional law. Her main legal interests are international commercial law, especially international litigation and arbitration. She participates in the Vis Moot to enhance her skills within written and oral legal reasoning and to get to work closely with other interesting and talented law students. In her spare time she likes to cook, eat out and go for a run.

Kristian TorpKristian is a 9th-semester Law student at Aarhus University. He is currently working at Holst, Law, where he is employed mainly with litigation He also teaches 1st- Constitutional Law at the university. In his spare time Kristian enjoys long distance running or reading. Kristian participates in the Vis Moot because it is a once-in-alifetime opportunity to work and compete with some of the most talented law students from around the world.

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Morten Riber NielsenMorten is a 4th-year law student at Aarhus University. He works at a voluntary organization called Den Sociale Retshjaelp, where he helps vulnerable people in Denmark with their legal problems. His main legal interest is International Private Law. In his spare time he enjoys playing badminton and to work out frequently to clear his head for all mental challenges. Morten participates in Vis Moot to improve his oral and written skills before reaching his goal of becoming a lawyer.

Esben Ravnsbæk JohannsenEsben is a 5th-year law student at Aarhus University. He works at Gorrissen Federspiel Law Firm, where he assists the department of Insolvency and Restructuring law and has previous worked with other areas of commercial law as well. In his spare time he enjoys sports and going out with his friends. Esben partici-pate in the Moot to enhance his oral and written presentation of arguments and to obtain more practical experiences with International Law.

Lars Heiko Matzen (Coach)Lars Heiko Matzen is a junior lawyer at LETT Law Firm located in Aarhus, Denmark. Lars deals with inf-rastructure, energy and financing and is especially engaged in commerciallaw related issues, including those relating to real-estate transactions and lease law. Lars was a member of Aarhus University’s Vis Moot team in 2014. He and the team made it to the round of 16 and Lars received an honourable mention for his personal performance.

Christina Nissen (Coach)Christina Nissen is a lawyer at LETT Law Firm located in Aarhus, Denmark. Christina is especially involved in matters relating to commercial law, litigation and arbitration. Moreover, Christina deals with general commercial law, advising Danish as well as foreign clients on the conclusion of contracts, leasing rela-tions and the handling of disputes between international parties, etc. Finally, Christina has been involved in bankruptcy proceedings and has, in that connection, conducted a number of avoidance proceedings before the Danish courts. Christina has been coach of the Aarhus University team since 2012.

University of AmsterdamMarlon SnikMarlon is a 23-year-old Private Law master student. Last year she finished her bachelor degree in Law and Business. Furthermore, she worked at a non-profit organization that provides legal aid to less fortunate people and she concluded a legal internship at an international commercial law firm.

Professor Lasse Højlund ChristensenLasse Højlund Christensen works as a professor at Aarhus University. Lasse is particularly engaged in insolvency law and law of procedure. He has written several books and articles about topics relating to law of procedure, and he is member of Retsplejerådet – a council which advices the Danish government about legislation relating to law of procedure, including arbitration. Lasse has been coach of the Aarhus University team since 2007.


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Daan BarbiersDaan finished his bachelor degree in law in 2013. Apart from his current studies, Daan works as a research and teaching assistant at the law faculty of the University of Amsterdam. As an intern with the internati-onal commercial law firm Stibbe Advocaten, he has gathered practical experience in the field of corporate and commercial litigation.

Dennis BemelmansDennis is a master student in private law at the University of Amsterdam and is particularly interested in international trade law, contract law and corporate law. He has working experience as part of the support staff at the Public Prosecution Service in Amsterdam. Besides his studies he enjoys playing sports and debating. Dennis is co-founder, co-owner and vice-president of De Nederlandse Debatclub in Amsterdam – one of the few debate clubs in The Netherlands open to non-students and students alike.

Onno Hennis (Coach)Onno Hennis (30) is a Dutch lawyer admitted to the bar in Amsterdam. He completed his LLM cum honore at the University of Amsterdam. Onno practices corporate litigation at a small boutique firm in Amster-dam. He participated in the 16th/6th (East) Vis Moot Court for Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and has been a coach of the University of Amsterdam since 2009.

Pieter Spuijbroek (Coach)Pieter (25) is a Dutch lawyer admitted to the bar in Amsterdam. He completed his LLM in corporate law at the University of Amsterdam and specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Pieter participated in the 20th Vis Moot and has been involved with the Vis Moot as coach of the University of Amsterdam team since then.

Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort (Coach)Tijmen Klein Bronsvoort (29) is a candidate civil-law notary practicing corporate law in Amsterdam. He completed LLMs at the University of Utrecht, the University of Amsterdam and Columbia University, and holds an MSc. in political science. Tijmen participated in the 17th Vis Moot and has been a coach of the University of Amsterdam Vis Moot team for the past three years.

Frank Hamming (Coach)Frank Hamming (25) is an attorney admitted to the bar in Amsterdam, specialized in corporate law / M&A. He completed his LLM at the University of Amsterdam and obtained a combined LLM / MSc degree from the University of Hamburg, University of Bologna and Indira Gandhi Institute in Mumbai. Frank participated in the 18th Vis Moot and has been a coach of the University of Amsterdam team for the past two years.

Guido StraubGuido is currently studying Commercial Law at the University of Amsterdam. He finished his Bachelor‘s degree in 2014. During his Bachelor‘s degree Guido studied a semester at Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Guido also currently works in an investment management firm, where he has gathered experience in the field of financial law. Besides that Guido volunteers in a legal aid centre, where he gives free legal advice. He has also been active in a political youth movement, and has volunteered in various countries.


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National and Kapodastrian University of AthensLito DokopoulouLito Dokopoulou is a senior law student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her acade-mic interests focus on Corporate Law and Commercial Arbitration. As an exchange student at Copenhagen Business School she acquired a business perspective. In 2013 she became intern for a law office speciali-zing in Commercial Law. She speaks fluent English, French and basic Danish. Lito is an avid sports fan; she earned second place in the national tennis championship of 2008. She allocates her time between studies and beach-volleyball practices and tournaments in several of which she acquired first place.

Varvara GkikaVarvara Gkika is a 3rd year law student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds the Eurobank‘s Scholarship for best overall performance in her senior high school. She is fluent in two foreign languages, namely English and French, and has excellent computer skills. She is editor-in-chief for the newspaper of her University concerning commercial issues. She is a competitive swimmer, with an athletic career of over 11 years. Her principal motive for participating in this particular competition is her willingness to become professionally involved in the alternative dispute resolution methods and the commercial law.Evgenia StavropoulouEvgenia Stavropoulou is a senior law student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is editor for the Public Law Journal published by the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and in charge of the Journal‘s section dedicated to foreign jurisprudence. She was member and orator of the team representing the University at 2012 Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot. By participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot she is looking forward to expanding her knowledge in the field of international commercial law and arbitration in general.

Dimitra TsakiriDimitra Tsakiri is a senior law student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, after suc-cessfully completing one semester at the Law Faculty of Vienna University. She was a member of the University of Athens team ranked among the four best teams in Europe participating in the 2013 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. She received award for her oral pleading and she was selected to represent the University of Athens in a series of international youth leadership seminars. Currently, she is an intern at the Arbitration and Mediation Organization of the Germ an Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

Faidon VaresisFaidon Varesis was member of the University of Athens team that won the Special Award for the Best Team participating for the first time in the 8th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition. While attending the International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Summer School at the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received the highest overall grade among the participants. He holds the State Foundation Scholarship for best overall academic performance and he is editor for a Private International Law Journal at the University of Athens.

Dr. Vassiliki Marazopoulou, LL.M. (Athens) (Coach)Vassiliki Marazopoulou holds a Phd and an LLM in Private International Law from the University of Athens. She is an Attorney-at-law admitted in the Athens Bar and she practices in the Law Firm ‚PMN, Pamboukis, Maravelis, Nikolaidis & Associates‘. Her main areas of specialization are international commercial arbitra-tion, conflict of laws and international law of successions. She has acted as secretary in ICC arbitrations and she regularly advises clients on International Commercial Arbitration. She has been a member of the teaching team in Private International Law in undergraduate and graduate courses for the academic year 2014-2015 in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law.


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National Law School of India University Bangalore

Ritika AjitsariaI am a 2nd year student of the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) course at NLSIU, Bangalore. Though I am a novice at the art of mooting, I am a prolific debater. I have a proclivity to constitutional law, but have enjoyed learning about international commercial arbitration, and particularly CISG, over the course of this moot. My other areas of interest include reading, travel, and sports, including football and tennis. I look forward to being a part of the Vis East Moot this year.

Misha ChandnaI am a 4th year student at NLSIU, Bangalore. I have a keen interest in commercial litigation, especially tra-de laws and also media law. I have previously participated, with considerable success, in the Oxford Media and the ELSA WTO Moot Court competitions. My hobbies include trekking, running marathons, playing badminton and reading. I am really looking forward to participating and learning.

Sapan ParekhI am a IV year student at NLSIU, Bangalore. I have a predilection for commercial laws especially Competi-tion Law. My previous experience with commercial law includes various internships and being a research assistant for a Partner at AMSS, India. I have participated in various national moot competitions and seek to further my advocacy skills at the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition. My hobbies include sports and reading.

University of Bucharest

Paul BanzeaMy name is Paul Banzea and I am a 4th year student at the University of Bucharest. Eager to better myself on every level, I am always ready for a challenge. I am fully capable of working on my own, but working in a team is where I can use my full potential. I believe that there is no such thing as a self made man and that networking and being part of a team is the best solution in today‘s ever changing world.

Alexandra EnacheMy name is Alexandra Enache. I am a 4th year student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest. After several internships, I have discovered my passion for Commercial and Company Law, mostly when connected to Private International Law. I joined the Willem C. Vis Moot because it is an opportunity to refine my debating skills, through a down-to-earth, well grounded use of law. I am extremely eager to put all my gathered knowledge into practice, while tightening the bonds within our team towards success.


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Luca MateescuMy name is Luca Mateescu and I am a 4th year student. While my main focus is International Commercial Arbitration and Corporate Law, I constantly try to perfect my understanding of the underlying econo-mic and business mechanisms. Specifically, in addition to holding various other internship positions, I participate in various business and politics oriented extracurricular activities such as Aspire Academy, a Romanian program taught by leading entrepreneurs and Harvard and Wharton professors, as well as the European Youth Parliament and the locally popular Business Club.

Bogdan NaeMy name is Bogdan Nae and I am a 3rd year student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest. My main areas of interest are Private and Public International Law and Dispute Resolution. I am also passionate about Economics, Philosophy and History. I believe that being part of a team is a prerequisite for success. I am having a great time taking part in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and I am looking forward to meeting you!

Diana NacutaMy name is Diana Nucuta. I am a 3rd year student at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law and also at the Juridical French-Romanian College of European Studies, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University. I am mainly interested in Civil and Commercial Law and recently I discovered International Arbitration. Willem C. Vis Moot is my first international competition and I am very excited about being part of this project. After graduation, my plans involve becoming a judge and completing a master’s degree.

Liana StoicaMy name is Liana Stoica and I am a 3rd year law student at the University of Bucharest. My main area of focus has been Civil Law, but now International Commercial Arbitration has also gained my attention. I love challenges, I enjoy a good conversation and I plan to be a successful lawyer.

Theodora StoicaMy name is Theodora Stoica and I am a 4th year student at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law. I am particularly interested in Civil law, Commercial law and Private International Law. I participated in various competitions, moots and completed internships with several law firms. I consider the Moot to be a challenging experience and a perfect preparation for my future career as a lawyer.

Matei StefanescuMy name is Matei Stefanescu and I am a 4th year student at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest. I participate in the the Vis Moot because I am very passionate about Private Law. Equally, I like the high level of legal debates the Moot requires. Additionally, I have always tried to overcome my limits and I strongly believe that this competition represents a continuous battle in this direction.

Mihaela Gherghe (Coach)Having benefitted from the Vis Moot myself, I am currently coaching the team of the University of Bucha-rest. I am a member of the Bucharest Bar since October 2014 and am currently specializing in Corporate and Commercial Law. I have graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest and am pending graduation from an LL. M. in Business Law with the same University. I divide my spare time between reading, photography and summertime sports.

Raluca Papadima (Coach)I am a member of the New York, Paris and Bucharest bars and a practicing attorney. In addition, I also teach Commercial Law at the University of Bucharest Law School and at the College Juridique Fran-co-Roumain d’Etudes Europeennes. I participated as a student in the 2003-2004 Willem Vis moot and have returned to the moot every year afterwards as an arbitrator. Since 2012, I am also co-coaching the team representing the University of Bucharest in the moot.


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Bucerius Law SchoolGiancarlo CapurroFrom the outset of his law studies at Bucerius in 2012, Giancarlo improved his advocacy skills by engaging in numerous mooting activities. Particularly, he was part of Bucerius’ ICC International Com-mercial Mediation Competition team in 2013 which reached the semifinals at Paris. Additionally, he completed an internship with Latham & Watkin’s Arbitration Practice Group at Hamburg and spend a term at Cardozo Law School, New York City. Carlo is furthermore involved in the German Society for the UN and was engaged in the Model United Nations.

Cara JansenCara has a strong connection to China. Being fluent in Mandarin, she was educated at a high school in Tianjin and at Peking University of Transnational School, Shenzhen. Very soon after initiating her law studies in 2012, she has started to work for the Hamburg international commercial law firm Bröder-mann & Jahn . Likewise, working for the Vienna finalist arbitrator from 2013, Professor Jens Bröder-mann, she explored her interest for arbitration. Cara is a passionate tailor and tennis player.

Viktoria KurtenbachVictoria has a significant interest for intercultural exchange. Having already spent half a high school year in each Québec and Saskatchawan, Canada she worked for one year in the public relations division of an NGO in India. Eventually, she commenced her law studies in 2012 and is since serving as a Senate representative at Bucerius and a research assistant to Professor and Judge at the German Constitu-tional Court Doris König. In fall 2014, Victoria spent one semester at University Sciences Po in Paris..

Moritz NickelMoritz has been working as a research assistant to Professor Karsten Thorn in the fields of Private International Law and Arbitration since the start of his law studies in 2012. Last autumn, he has spent one semester at University of Texas, Austin and interned for inter alia the law firm Clifford Chance at Munich. In addition to being a lawyer, Moritz is also a musician: He has not only been working as a guitar teacher for several years, he also has a strong interest in composition and recording. Accor-dingly, Moritz worked for the Hamburg music producer Andreas Herbig.

Maximilian Hocke (Coach)Maximilian studied at Bucerius Law, University of Sydney and German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. He currently finishes the “Referendariat” and recently worked for a Tokyo law firm. At the Hague Academy of International Law 2014, he was awarded the highly selective Diploma. At the Vis Moot Hong Kong 2011, his team reached the quarter finals and he received an individual honorable mention. In 2013 und 2014, he already coached Bucerius’ team reaching inter alia the quarter finals at Vienna. The passionate surfer and electric guitarist has been a scholar of the German National Acade-mic Foundation (“Studienstiftung“). Pierre Trippel (Coach)During school, Pierre reached high honours in the nationwide debating competition “Jugend debat-tiert””. Since 2009, he is a student at Bucerius. He spent one term studying at University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and interned at London, New York and Berlin. In 2012, Pierre and his team reached the quarter finals of the Vis Moot Vienna. Additionally, he was awarded an individual Honourable Menti-on. In 2013, several days before Vienna, he already spontaneously replaced one of Bucerius’ coaches, eventually supporting the team with Maximilian up to the quarter finals. Pierre holds a fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”).


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University of CologneAlina Bonitzstudies law at the University of Cologne in the 5th semester. In her third semester she successfully took part in the interdisciplinary Moot Court „Gender & Diversity“ of the University of Cologne. During an internship at a law firm Alina was able to gain first practical experience. She confirmed her English skills during a five-month stay in Wexford, Ireland and a one-month language study travel to Australia. After she finished school in 2011 she worked in a home for children with psychological and emotional abnor-malities within a voluntary social year. In her spare time Alina gives her attention to western riding and helps voluntary at a centre for therapeutic horse riding. Angelica Maria Froh studies law in the fifth semester at the University of Cologne. Angelica works as a student assistant at the ‘Institute for Recent History of Private Law, German and Rheinische History of Law’ directed by Prof. Dr. Haferkamp. Last year Angelica worked as a legal intern at the law firm Bird & Bird in the energy sector. For a time period of three month she participated at an exchange program at the Beaverton Highschool (Michigan).Angelica speaks her mother tongue Spanish fluently. She has very good knowledge of English and good knowledge of French. In her spare time she plays the violin.

Mag. iur. Karla Klasen (Coach)Karla Klasen studied law at the University of Cologne. She participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot and received an Honorable Mention for her performance as individual oralist. Currently she is working as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Klaus Peter Berger. In addition to her job as a Coach of the Cologne Moot Team she is writing her dissertation on international commercial arbitration.

Comenius University BratislavaRoman Baranec Roman Baranec has finished the Bachelor degree in Law at the Comenius University in 2013. Now he continues with the studies at the same University in the master programme and he is preparing for his final state exams. He worked for almost three years as a paralegal, firstly at the national and then at the international law firm. He also participated at the VIS MOOT in 2014.

Štefan Bašista Štefan Bašista is attending the final year of his master’s studies at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. During his studies he had an opportunity to work for local as well as for leading international law firms. Štefan believes that the law shall serve as a tool to protect moral values and justice in the society. He decided to participate at the VIS MOOT to gain better insight into international arbitration and valuable feedback from high professionals from all around the world as well as to meet the foreign colleagues interested in the same field of law.


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University of Erlangen-NurembergDavid EssersDavid Essers acquired his university entrance qualification in May 2011 in Würzburg subsequently enga-ging as a school-attendant to an autistic deaf for one year. He has been active since April 2014 as a stu-dent assistant at the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe. Throughout his studies to date, David has developed an extensive interest in current legal issues with European and global aspects. Through his work in the moot team he aims to gain deeper practical insights into the complexity of international law, especially of comparative and arbitration law. David is particularly enthusiastic about building up a strong case with the team and presenting it in English.

Patrícia Dutková Patrícia Dutková is a student at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty (in the second year of the bachelor programme) and also Faculty of Management (in the first year of master program-me). She worked as paralegal in a law firm in 2014. She speaks English and is starting to learn French.

Daniel DuriacDaniel Duriac is currently in his third year of the bachelor programme at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law, as well as at the Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Economics and Admi-nistration. He works as a law clerk in an international law firm.

Andrea Snopeková Andrea Snopeková is now in her third year of studying law at the Comenius University in Bratislava, expecting her Bachelor’s degree in June 2015. Since the first year of her studies, she has been working as a paralegal in a law firm focused primarily on civil and commercial law and bankruptcy and recovery.

JUDr. Michal Hrušovský (Coach)Michal participated at the VIS MOOT as a student in 2009 and 2010. He studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and graduated in 2010 (Master degree) and in 2012 he reached doctor of law title (“JUDr.”). Since 2010 he worked in a law firm PROLEGAL, s. r. o. as a law trainee (3 year mandatory traineeship). In 2013 he took the Slovak Bar Examination and from January 2014 he is a member of the Slovak Bar Association. At present he is an attorney in Bratislava cooperating with the law firm Ernst & Young Law s. r. o. At the same time he is a lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty, where he teaches the courses concerning private international law and arbitration in English.Mgr. Pavel Lacko, LL.M. (Cantab) (Coach)Pavel Lacko studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and the University of Copenhagen. He is also a graduate of the Cambridge University where he finished his LL.M. degree in 2011 (specialization in commercial law). He has been working as a trainee since 2009 and was admitted to the Slovak Bar Associ-ation as an attorney in 2013. In his practice he specializes in general commercial and corporate law, IP law, arbitration and private international law. Since 2011 he is also a lecturer at the Comenius University whe-re he teaches the courses concerning international commercial arbitration and private international law.


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Marcus BrinckMarcus Brinck attained his Abitur in 2013 at the Christoph Jacob Treu Gymnasium in Lauf a.d. Pegnitz and commenced his studies of law at FAU in the following winter term. Through his work in the moot team he aims to sharpen his Legal English skills, gain important practical experience and come into contact with students from other universities.

Simon HornUpon graduating from Secondary School in 2012, Simon Horn accomplished a one-year voluntary service with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) at the editorial department of the students’ radio station of the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin/West Africa. In the winter term of 2013 he began his studies of Franco-German law at FAU. He is, among others, active in the local chapter of the European Law Students’ Association as its financial manager. He has a fluent command of French and is eager to both improve his English language skills during the moot and to meet law students from various countries. He also aims to acquire proficiency in international arbitration law.

Maximilian SchmittAfter accomplishing his A-levels in March 2012 Maximilian Schmitt took up his law studies at FAU in the summer term of 2012. In the summer term of 2014 he chose business law as his area of specialisation. It was the opportunity to learn more about international arbitration and to encounter teams with different legal backgrounds what attracted him to the Vis Moot.

Alexander Christov (Coach)Alexander is a research associate doing his doctoral thesis in the field of secured loans. He has led several FAU teams to a number of honourable mentions both in Hong Kong and Vienna and arbitrated there as well as at European pre-moots. For several years, he was working for a cross-border team at Rödl & Part-ner in Nuremberg and Sofia. Prior to his qualification examination in law, he served his judicial clerkship in Bamberg and Bayreuth, trained with Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich and Tokyo and qualified as a business mediator at the MuCDR. He has earned scholarships of the PAD, the Bavarian State Government and the Bosch Foundation and was a team member and speaker in the XIV Vis Moot.

Thomas LohwasserThomas Lohwasser took his A-levels in 2011 and commenced his law studies at FAU in the summer term of 2012. Early in his studies, he developed a great interest in private law. In his legal internships he gained first practical experience he now wishes to deepen in the course of his work with the moot team. Beyond that he looks forward to acquiring knowledge in arbitration law and to meeting students with different cultural backgrounds.

Goethe University FrankfurtSharareh ZandSharareh Zand is studying law since 2013. Due to her early interest in internationality and globalization, she attended an internship at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. Here she got an insight in different projects, all working on the attainment of goals concerning international collabo-ration and sustainable development. Sharareh aspires to complete her legal education with a Master of Laws degree in the United States. Additionally to her native languages German and Farsi, Sharareh speaks business fluent English and French. In her spare time she enjoys travelling and foreign-language literature as well as cooking and sports, such as running and Pilates.


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Simon WittensteinSince his first semester, Simon works for an international law and tax office, where he performs research on current court rulings and expert references concerning economic- and US tax law. Simon’s mother tongue is German. In addition, he speaks fluent business English, has basic knowledge of Russian and recently is adding Spanish to his language skills.Simon is passionate about sports and has a deep interest in arts. He enjoys theatre performances since he used to act himself. Simon has gained intercultural experience during his stays abroad which has increased his interest in foreign countries and cultures.

Sophie-Joelle ReetzSophie-Joelle took part in the political and rhetorical competition „Youth debates“ and finished as the best participant of the federal state Hessen. Besides, Sophie is an active member of ELSA Germany e.V. Furthermore, Sophie-Joelle works at the international law firm Beiten Burkhardt as a student assistant. To gain more practical experience, she is really looking forward to her upcoming internships at the law firms „White & Case LLP“ and „FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare“. Besides her native language German, So-phie-Joelle speaks business fluent English. In her spare time, travelling and photography are some of her biggest passions. Jael KarckJael Karck is studying law since 2012. In order to increase her understanding of economic issues, Jael got involved in Green Finance Consulting e.V., a student’s organization consulting companies regarding economic issues. During this commitment, she took part in a variety of projects. Moreover, she was an intern at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, which provides legal advice in complex business transactions in national and international jurisdictions. In addition to her native languages German and Hebrew, Jael speaks business fluent English and fluent. In her spare time Jael enjoys travelling and relaxes while playing tennis or the piano. Jannes DrechslerJannes Drechsler is studying since 2012. He works as a student assistant at the chair of Dr. Bernhard Jakl at the department of civil law. Jannes was an intern at the parliament of Lower Saxony and completed an internship at the department of European Law of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin. In summer 2014, Jannes wrote his bachelor thesis in Economics and Business Administration as part of an internship at the German Federal Bank. Besides his native language German, Jannes is business fluent in English and has basic knowledge in Spanish. In his spare time Jannes enjoys doing sports and reading literature.

Sandra Michelle RöselerSandra Michelle Röseler is studying law since 2013. Her early distinct affinity to legal concerns manifes-ted in her successful participation in the Unicef-project JuniorOscar concerning child rights. Beyond she completed an internship at the law firm Reimertshofer GmbH. Sandra Michelle’s favourite law subject is the capital market law, in the current and historical perspective. Sandra Michelle speaks business fluent English, and acquired basic Spanish skills. In her spare time Sandra Michelle plays the violin, appreciates English literature and is interested in the Greek mythology. Further she is a political board-member and voluntarily works as an election assistant. Yannic Schmitt (Coach)Yannic Schmitt started his studies in 2009. Yannic has chosen „Law and Finance“ as his main focus and is currently finishing his studies. He participated in the Vis Moot 2013 for the University of Frankfurt and now coaches the current team. Yannic worked as Assistant to the Corporate Counsel in the legal department of a leading research company in the automotive industry for two years. Since 2013, he works as freelance consultant for legal advice and event management. Yannic is fluent in German and English, additionally he speaks basic French and Spanish. He is interested in city trips, mountain biking and motorcycling.Sebastian von Rabenau (Coach)Sebastian participated in the 16th Vis Moot. Afterwards, he coached the Frankfurt teams in the 17th and 20th Vis Moot, when his teams won Honorable Mentions for their Memoranda and speaker, and now coaches the team for participation in the 22nd Vis Moot. He currently works as an international Senior Consultant in a global consultancy agency, focussing on the IT and telecommunications sector in Germa-ny, Austria and Switzerland. Sebastian is fluent in German and English.

Termine 2015

Ausgabe des Soldan Moot Falles:

29. Juni 2015

Einreichen der Klageschrift:

03. August 2015, 24:00 Uhr

Einreichen der Beklagtenschrift:

07. September 2015, 24:00 Uhr

Mündliche Verhandlungen in Hannover:

08. - 10.10.2015


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Free University BerlinFlorian BauerFlorian Bauer is studying law in his 9th semester with a major in “Commercial, Company and Tax Law”. During a semester at the University of Miami, he achieved knowledge in American contract law and international business law. He completed an internship at the local court of Tiergarten. He also worked as a student assistant at the Institute for German and European Business, Anti-Trust and Regulatory Law of Professor Dr. Dr. Dres. h.c. Franz-Jürgen Säcker. He is fluent in English and has an advanced knowledge of Spanish and French. His hobby is playing basketball.

Sven DemarczykSven Demarczyk is studying law in his 9th semester at the Free University of Berlin with a major in “Com-mercial, Company and Tax Law”. His academic interests focus on intellectual property law. For this reason, he completed an internship at an internationally recommended german business law firm in Berlin. By taking part in the constitutional law moot court at the Free University, he has already gained experience in litigation. He is also highly interested in visiting expositions and literature.

Bernhard Harle Bernhard Harle is studying law in his 9th semester at the Free University of Berlin with a major in “Interna-tionalization of legal systems ”. He completed internships at a law firm in Berlin, at a higher regional Court and at the permanent representation of Baden-Württemberg. He is mainly interested in international law and private law. He is fluent in English and has an advanced knowledge of French and Latin. In his free time he plays percussions in jazz and rock bands.

Margareta Lorenz Margareta Lorenz is studying law in her 9th semester at the Free University of Berlin with a major in “Commercial, Company and Tax Law”. She studied one semester abroad at the Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. There she focused on American contract and consumer law. She was student as-sistant and completed internships at several international law firms in Berlin. During various visits abroad, she perfected her English skills. In her free time she is passionate about sports, music and foreign cultures.

Justyna Wisniewska Justyna Wisniewska is studying LL.B. European Law with German Law at the University of Warwick and is spending the third year of her Bachelor at the Free University of Berlin. She was the academic representa-tive of the “Aspiring Solicitors” foundation and president of the polish students club at the University of Warwick. She supports the Reprieve Organization against death penalty in the United States. Her mother tongue is Polish and she speaks fluent English and German and has a basic knowledge of Spanish. She is a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Lennart Beckhaus (Coach) Lennart Beckhaus is is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin and a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Helmut Grothe at the Free University of Berlin. He pursues a doctorate on a topic of the law of obli-gations. He studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with a major in “Legal Drafting and Dispute Resolution” as well as the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). He participated successfully in the 15th/5th Willem C. Vis (East) Moot.


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Christoph Resch, B.Sc. (Coach)Christoph Resch is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin and a research assistant at the Ins-titute for International Private Law, International Civil Procedure and Comparative Law of Prof. Dr. Helmut Grothe at the Free University of Berlin. He studied mathematics and law with a major in legal theory and legal history in Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin and Paris. He has been a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung“).

Elif ÇelebiElif is currently a second-year law student at Galatasaray University. Her academic interest focus on con-tract law, particularly sales law. She has attended secondary school in Galatasaray High School where she completed a French Baccalaureate Programme. She gained insight in European policies and international relations engaging in Model United Nations conferences and European Youth Parliament apart from her studies.

Aysu Can Eren Aysu is a fourth-year law student at Galatasaray University. Her academic interests focus on Intellectual Property Law. She improved her English and French skills and gained practical experience during diffe-rent internships in law firms. Participating at 22nd edition of Willem C. Vis Moot, she seeks to improve her knowledge of arbitration and pleading skills. Besides her studies, she enjoys doing sports and writing stories.

Göktug ErsoyGöktug is currently a third-year law student in at Galatasaray University. His academic interests range from corporate law to international commercial arbitration. He studied in a bilingual high school, where he became fluent in French. Spending his summers in several law firms as an intern, he gained practical experience in various fields. He has also participated in the 21st edition of Willem C. Vis Moot.

Galatasaray University Istanbul

Isık Aslı HanIsık Aslı is currently a fourth-year law student at Galatasaray University. She is interested in contract law and various fields of commercial law particularly finance law and intellectual property law. She gained practical experince during her internships in top-tier law firms. During her studies, she joined University’s debate society. She speaks French as well as English and has a basic knowledge of Spanish.

Bahar Elçin KavakBahar is a fourth-year law student at Galatasaray University. Her subjects of interest are commercial law and civil law. During her studies, she has completed internships in several leading law firms. She spent signifigant time in United Kingdom and France to improve her language skills. Her hobbies are skiing, sailing and learning new languages.


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Denizhan UsluDenizhan is a third-year law student at the University of Galatasaray. His academic interests focus on oligations law and commercial law. He graduated from Lycée de Galatasaray (high school) in 2012. He is fluent in English as well as French and has a basic knowledge of German. In his free time he enjoys scuba diving, sailing and skiing.

Kaan KaranfilogluKaan is a third-year law student at Galatasaray University. The areas of law that he wants to concentrate are commercial law and comparative law. He has finished Galatasaray High School with a French baccal-aurate. He is involved with Model United Nations (MUN) activities in the University. He wants to deepen his skills and knowledge in these areas with Willem C. Vis Moot. Beyond the positive law, he is interested in philosophy of law and sociology of law and in my spare time he reads articles about philosophical theories.

Barıs ÜlkerBarıs is a third-year law student at Galatasaray University. As being a member of Chartered Institute of Arbitration, he has chosen commercial arbitration as his main focus. In summer 2014, he completed his third-month internship in fields of maritime law, competition law and energy law. He is proficient in English. In his spare time, he tutors to underprivileged students between 8 and 13 years old.

Dr. Sinan Yüksel (Coach)Dr. Sinan Yuksel is currently a lecturer in corporate and commercial law at Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law. He has worked as a research assistant at Institut Suisse de Droit Comparé. He completed his LLM in corporate law and gained his doctorate specifically on M&As, both at Galatasaray University. He is fluent in English and French.

Georg-August-University GoettingenPia König Having passed her Abitur in 2012, Pia has been studying law for four semesters at the Uni-versity of Goettingen. She is particularly interested in the workings of international business and law and can picture herself working in this field. Alongsides her studies, she likes to do sports; in 2011/2012, for instance, she acted as a track and field coach. Also, she was a member of her school‘s theatre group for many years.

Jana Laskowsky Having passed her Abitur last year, Jana is now studying law in second semester. Early on she could see herself in the field of law and thus started gaining some practical insight in 2010: She has been an intern at court, a law firm as well as a hospital administration. She is keen on learning languages - besides English she also knows French and Latin - and would like to study some time abroad. In her spare time she enjoys playing table tennis.


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Christian Pfaar After his Abitur in 2012, Christian spent a year partly working, partly with a three-monthly stay abroad in Shanghai (China) before he started studying law in October 2013. Thus, he not only speaks English, but also has a basic knowledge of Chinese and Spanish. In particular, he is looking forward to the practical approach of the moot and the international atmosphere. Ever since his childhood Christian is an enthu-siastic soccer player.

Joshua Stoffels After his Abitur in 2010, Joshua already received a bachelor‘s degree in Public Management and Gover-nance at the Zeppelin University. During these studies, he also spent a year abroad in Guangzhou, China. As a scholarship holder of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Joshua now studies law at the University of Goettingen in his second semester. He was already an intern at the Landtag of North Rine-Westphalia, the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and the International Disability Alliance in New York, for which he was granted a PROMOS scholarship.

Maren Wöbbeking Having passed her Abitur at a bilingual school in 2012, Maren is now in her fourth semester. She aspires to work internationally later on - her internships at two globally working law firms in 2013 and 2014 further confirmed these plans. She is also a licensed aerobics instructor and leader of the local Enactusteam, an international organization that seeks to create economic perspectives for others.

Meghdad Torabi (Coach)The student of Iranian origin is currently doing his LL.M. degree at the Georg-August-University of Goet-tingen. Earlier he studied law at the University of Tehran, at which he is currently enrolled as a Ph.D can-didate and used to work as a research assistant. Prior to that, he also spent a year at the Canberra College, Australia. Particularly due to his own participation in the 21. Willem C. Vis Moot in 2013/2014, Meghdad is familiar with international arbitration and the CISG as well as the peculiarities of this competition. Besides English he also knows German and French.

Inga Witte (Coach)As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation Inga studies law and is currently in her seventh semester. Since Febraury 2012 she is a student assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch. Particularly due to a stay abroad during which she attended an American High School, she speaks English fluently. In order to prepare for a long-term study in a Spanish speaking country, Inga started studying Spanish two years ago. She also participated in the 21. Willem C. Vis Moot in 2013/2014. Inga is further engaged in the ambassador program of the German National Academic Foundation. Alongside her studies she likes to travel to friends and unknown places.

Leibniz University HanoverGreta EriksenGreta studies law since 2013. She belongs to the best five percent of her year and holds the Germa-ny Scholarship “Deutschlandstipendium”. Because of her interest in international commercial law, she decided to participate in the 2014/2015 Willem C. Vis Moot Court. She is looking forward to the new experiences and contacts to other law students from abroad.


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Michelle FiekensMichelle is a third semester law student and works at the Chair of Professor Dr Susanne Beck for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and Philosophy of Law. For 17 years she engaged in Rhythmic Gymnastics and played the piano. Because of her interest in international commercial law, she decided to participate in the 2013/2014 Willem C. Vis Moot Court.

Konrad ThibautKonrad studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover since 2012. Besides, he works as a student assistant for Professor Dr Christian Wolf at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Pro-cedure. In his spare time, Konrad is an active sportsman; he is part of a rowing team and was already successful on national championships. He also acted as the chairman of the youth group of the Rowing Club Oldenburg.

Milena HeineMilena studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover since 2013 and holds a scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”) and of the Germany Scholarship “Deutschlandstipen-dium”. During her studies she developed a strong interest in civil procedure law. She is fluent in French and English and enjoys traveling through the world. She is a passionate dancer.

Niels KurthNiels studies law since 2013. He belongs to the best five percent of his year. Furthermore he engages himself in a homework assistance for young students. The 19 year old works at the chair of Professor Dr Claas Friedrich Germelmann, Public and European Law. During his studies he developed a great interest for the area of business law and international commercial law. For 4 years he gained experiences as referee for handball matches.

Alexandra Ufer (Coach)Alexandra Ufer and works at the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations and the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure and is preparing her doctoral thesis in the field of legal ethics. During her studies she focused on International and European law. In September 2013, she completed her first state exam. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot 2010 and coached the Hanover Vis Moot Team in 2011, 2014 and the current Team 2015.

Jaschar Mirkhani (Coach)Jaschar Mirkhani is a 9th semester law student at the Leibniz University Hanover focusing on Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law. He participated in the 19th Vis/9th Vis East in 2011/2012 and is coaching this years‘ team. He works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. Besides, Jaschar acts as soccer referee. He interned at Latham & Watkins, LLP and is in charge for organi-zing the 9th Hanover PreMoot.

Liza BöttgerLiza studies law in her third semester at the Leibniz University of Hanover. She belongs to the best five percent of her year. Besides being fluent in Spanish, she spent a year in Australia improving her English skills. She is passionate in organizing social events and sings choir. Her burning ambition enables her to reach her high aims.


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Humboldt University BerlinAlix Lamar3rd semester; law studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Participance in the Model European Union Conference 2014 as well as in a seminar on Mediation. Internship with Ashurst LLP in Frankfurt am Main. Voluntary social work in Peru. Native in German and French, fluent in English, advanced knowledge of Spanish, qualification in Latin. Interested in Art. Enjoys ballet dancing and backpacking around the globe.

Ansgar Dietrichs 5th semester; BSc Mathematics and BA Economics at Freie Universität Berlin. Head boy. Participated suc-cessfully in numerous mathematics competitions and in the project „business@school“ organised by The Boston Consulting Group. Fellowship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. Participation in seminars about „‘Outlaws‘ in law and literature“ and „Limits of criminal law“. Fluent in English, Latinum, Graecum. Interested in politics and computer science, attended an online computer science course provi-ded by Stanford University and passed „with distinction“.

Caterina Foti5th semester; law studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with a focus on corporate and company law. Former student employee at the art collection of the German Bundestag. Currently employed as a secretary at a corporate law firm based in Berlin. Volunteered with an NGO in Cambodia. Spent one year of high school in Adelaide, Australia. Further experience abroad in South America, India and Italy. Fluent in English and Italian. Passionate about art, travelling and painting.

Elisa Méndez Bräutigam7th Semester; law studies at University of La Laguna, Tenerife and at Complutense University of Madrid. Erasmus-studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Internships with the district court of Frankfurt and with Juntai Law Firm in Shanghai. Native in German and Spanish, fluent in English, advanced knowledge of French. Three times award winner in the piano competitions of “Jugend musiziert”. Dances Flamenco. Interested in traveling and cooking.

Nicolas Schlüter7th semester; law studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with a focus on Corporate Law. Two semes-ters of foreign legal studies in English Law. Attended seminars on “Mergers & Acquisitions”, “Compliance”, “Corporate Law”, “Capital Market Regulation”. Seminar papers within the field of German private limited company law. Internship with an international law firm and a court in Berlin. Fluent in English, basic knowledge of French and Spanish. Enthusiastic about musicals, sings (Contemporary).

Paul Zschunke5th semester; studies of English and German Law at King‘s College London (KCL) and Humboldt-Univer-sität zu Berlin (double degree program LL.B./Staatsexamen). Internship at a German and French law office in Paris. Member of the Anglo-German Law Society. German and French secondary education at the Lycée International in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Shooting at Disney in London for the TV-Show Goalmouth. Was awarded “Half-Colours” by KCL Student Union for services to KCL Football Club. Fluent in German, English and French, good knowledge of Spanish. Plays Football, Golf and enjoys traveling.


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Nanxi Ding (Coach)Law studies at Humboldt-Unviersität zu Berlin with a focus on intellectual property law. Coordinated and organised an educational project initiated by Volkswagen Group for the promotion of the dual study system in China. Internships with Audi AG in Ingolstadt and Clifford Chance in Frankfurt. Participated in the 21st Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as well as in various UN- and EU-simulations. Two times award winner in the piano competitions of “Jugend musiziert”. Native in Ger-man and Chinese, fluent in English and French, advanced knowledge of Japanese.

Philipp Alexander Hülse (Coach)Raised in Saudi Arabia and Canada. Law student at European Law School of Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, including the German Staatsexamen and two Masters Degrees in Paris and London. Fellowship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. Work experience with Velan in Montréal, with Sie-mens in Dubai and with the law firm Hengeler Mueller in Düsseldorf. Awardee of a business and finance competition organised by the Boston Consulting Group. Participation in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot for the team of Humboldt University.

Natalie Reglinski (Coach)Law studies at Humboldt-University Berlin. Specialized at the University of Geneva obtaining the ‘Certi-ficat de Droit Transnational’. Semester abroad at the University of Sydney with a focus on International Public Law. Participant of the German-Polish Law School. Studied American Business Law and French Contracts. Participated in the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Geneva, NMUN 2011 for Free University Berlin and several EU simulations. Interned with international business law firms in Germany and Poland, a political foundation, the ARD and the German Embassy in Warsaw.

Adrian Lingens (Coach)PhD student and research assistant at the chair of Professor Dr. Christoph G. Paulus. Studies of law at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with a focus on „European and International Civil and Commercial Law / Intellectual Property Rights“. Participated in the 19th/9th Willem C. Vis Moot Court. Internships with the legal department at SAP AG and the German Federal Parliament. Speaks fluent French and English. Good knowledge of Italian. Is interested in classical music and plays the viola.

Jagiellonian University

Marcin Kurek Marcin Kurek is a 5th year law student at Jagiellonian University and a Master 2 student at University of Orléans pursuing French Master degree in commercial law. He is a graduate of the School of Continental Law at University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and the winner of an Outstanding Delegate Award at the Model United Nations Conference Istanbul 2014. He is a former president of the Student Association for Sports Law – the main Polish campus center in this brand new but rapidly growing branch of law. His main legal interests are international commercial law and sports law. In his spare time Marcin loves hitchhiking travels, mountain climbing and studying history.

Remigiusz Blicharski Remigiusz Blicharski is a 4th-year student of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His main areas of interest are civil litigation and international arbitration. Since 2013 he has been working in law firms on matters concerning civil litigation. As a member of Students Association, he conducted courses on civil law for lower-year students. Remigiusz was a member of the team which represented Jagiellonian University in 2014 Draft Common Frame of Reference Moot Court at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw. He is interested in basketball and American football.


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Justyna Kucia Justyna Kucia is a 4th-year student of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her main areas of interest are civil law and corporate law. Last year she was developing her practical legal skills in one of the top law firms in Kraków and, as a member of Students Association of civil law, she conducted courses on civil law for lower-year students. She participated in various EU simulations. For the past three years she has been receiving Chancellor’s Scholarship for top students. Apart from law, she is interested in ballroom dancing.

Mateusz Gerlach Mateusz Gerlach is a 4th year law student at the Jagiellonian University. He focuses on international com-mercial law and corporate law. As a member of student association, he conducted courses on civil law. He is also engaged in voluntary work as well as participated in various UN- and EU-simulations.

Kinga Polewka Kinga Polewka is a 4th-year student of law at the Jagiellonian University. Her main legal interests are international law and law of the European Union. She was a member of the winning team of the Local Moot Competition organized by ELSA Kraków in 2014. Last summer she was an intern in Polish Embassy and worked in Legal Department of Polish Consulate in London. Apart from studying and practicing law, Kinga loves to travel, hitch-hike, read books and explore the culture of Japan.

Paweł SkuraPaweł Skura is a 5th year law student at the Jagiellonian University. He is also a graduate of the American Law Programme organized jointly by the Jagiellonian University and the Catholic University of America. Last year he represented his Alma Mater in Prague during the 12th ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. He is a co-author of “Postepowanie cywilne. Repetytorium”, a handbook of Polish civil procedure which was published by Wolters Kluwer Polska. He also co-wrote a publication dealing with the issue of human rights called “Youth4Diversity” which was written and published in cooperation with the Council of Europe and the World Bank.Maciej Truszkiewicz Maciej Truszkiewicz is a 4th-year student of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. His main areas of interest are civil law and international trade law. Last year, as a member of Students Association of civil law, he conducted classes in civil law for lower-year students. For the past three years he has received Chancellor’s Scholarship for top students. Also, he speaks English fluently and has a basic command of German. Besides law, his interests are sports and movies.

Aleksandra Zanowska Aleksandra Zanowska is a 5th-year student of law at the Jagiellonian University. Her main area of interest are commercial law and international arbitration. She represented the Jagiellonian University in the 21st edition of Willem C. Vis Moot where the JU team finished in 9th place. She was also the captain of the Jagiellonian University team in the 2014 FDI International Investment Arbitration Moot where the JU team took 3rd place. She speaks English and French.

Maciej Durbas (Coach)Maciej works in Kubas Kos Gałkowski law firm and is a Ph.D. candidate. He has been in Jagiellonian Uni-versity‘s team since 18th edition of the Vis Moot. Maciej himself participated in the 17th edition of the Vis Moot, co-leading the Jagiellonian University’s team into the quarterfinals. He received the Honorable Mention. Maciej is a member of TBSP UJ, the Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP) and Young Arbitration Practitioners in Poland (YAPP). He is interested in the civil law, the theory of law, private law in the comparative perspective and international commercial and investment arbitration. He is fluent in English and French.


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Marmara UniversityÖzcan KemerÖzcan Kemer is in his senior year of his law studies at Marmara University. He is mainly interested in International Commercial Law, International Arbitration Law and Maritime Law. He spent several months abroad to deepen his language skills, the majority of which was in the UK. In addition, he participated in a course on English legal terminology at the Cambridge Academy of English. He also worked in a first-tier local law firm in Maritime Law in Istanbul as a summer trainee.

Seray Recepoglu Seray Recepoglu is in her senior year of her law studies at Marmara University. During high school she participated in the exchange program „AFS“ and studied in Belgium, where she had opportunity to impro-ve her English and Dutch. In 2013 and 2014 she participated in EuroMUN twice as a delegate of Belgium in European Parliament and became part in the Model United Nations Community. In February 2014 she attended LIMUN held at the London Imperial College. Additionally, she worked at a local law firm specialized in international commercial transactions and corporate law. She is interested in specializing in Commercial Law and Arbitration.Özge Sentürk Özge Sentürk is in her junior year at Marmara University Faculty of Law. She has been learning English and French all through her education, including her time at a Franchophone high school in Istanbul, where she studied French literature and history. She spent her last summer as a summer intern at a local law firm specialized in Commercial Law. At the same time with the Moot, she also actively takes part in the activities of the Marmara Law Association, of which she is also a board member.

Deniz Satır Deniz Satır is in her junior year at Marmara University Faculty of Law. She has lived in Czech Republic for several years and she studied at the International School of Prague (ISP) during her stay. During high school she has spent a year abroad in Finland as a participant of the AFS Intercultural Programme. Also, she was a chorist in Bogazici Jazz Choir during a year, which has won numerous awards and champions-hips all over the world. She is interested in specializing in International Human Rights Law.

Ertugrul Akıncı Ertugrul Akıncı is in his junior year at Marmara University Faculty of Law. In addition to English he also has basic knowledge of German. He is interested in martial arts, especially in taekwondo and has red/black belt (1st geup) in taekwondo. He also plays violin in his spare time.

Kuba Gasiorowski (Coach)Kuba is an associate at Kubas Kos Gałkowski . He is also a Ph.D. candidate at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a graduate of the American Law Program run by Jagiellonian and Columbus School of Law in Washington D.C.. He participated in 19th edition of the Vis Moot during which he co-lead the Jagiellonian University‘s team into the quarterfinals and earned a Honorable Mention. Kuba is inte-rested in foreign legal systems and in his practice had a chance to work under Polish, English, French, German, American and Dutch laws. His areas of professional focus include international litigation, international commercial transactions and international aribtration.


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Mehmet Akif Dede Mehmet Akif Dede is in his junior year of his law studies at Marmara University. He studied a full year abroad at Università degli Studi di Siena in Italy, within the framework of Erasmus/LLP Programme, thus has a basic knowledge of and a decent level of practice with the Italian language. He has been a member of Marmara University International Law Studies Club since his enrollment. He has a firm interest in Com-mercial Law, and desires to specialize in that subject. He had a brief spell playing tennis at an intermediate level and participated in state-level tennis tournaments in 2010-2011.

Çagrı Cem, LL.M. (Coach)Admitted to Istanbul Bar Association, Çagrı Cem is currently working as an in-house lawyerat STFA In-vestment Holdings, specialized in Construction and Energy Law. Having completed his LL.M. degree at Marmara University, he is continuing his doctorate under the same roof. He has coached last year’s team and enjoys leading the young and bright team of this year as well.

Masaryk UniversityKaterina AugustínováKaterina focuses on International Private Law, International Commercial Arbitration and International & EU Law. Thanks to the studying abroad she improved her legal knowledge and also gained great life ex-perience. She had a chance to practice law via a couple of legal internships she did alongside her studies. One of her big enjoyment is learning foreign languages. She speaks English and German fluently. It is a big pleasure for her that law is also her hobby and fulfills her. Beside that she likes meeting new people and is passionate about improv comedy.

Michal HlavackaMichal is in his 4th year at Faculty of Law. He is interested in private international law, international commercial law and public procurement. Michal is fluent in English and speaks basic Spanish. Apart from studying law Michal enjoys all kinds of sports and he is keen on music and videography.

Miloslav KabrhelSince he had failed to become the youngest billionaire ever, Miloslav has deciced to study law at the Ma-saryk university. He is currently in the 4th year and has also spent one semester at Universität Salzburg. Miloslav is dedicated to the whole area of private law, mainly by virtue of his activity at the Departure of Civil Law of the Masaryk University, where he works as a Research Assistant. In his leisure time, he loves road cycling, listening to jazz and scotch-tasting. His favourite movie is „The Last Samurai“.

Veronika MrkosováVeronika is a 5th year student at the Faculty of Law. She spent last semester in Aarhus, Denmark, studying International Trade Law and International Contracts. Moreover she is interested in Private International Law – both in commercial and family matters. In her spare time she enjoys doing sports, travelling, reading books and learning foreign languages. Apart from English she has basic knowledge of German, Spanish and Danish.


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Iveta Rohová (Coach)Iveta is currently enrolled as a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, in the Department of International and European Law. She focuses on Private International Law, namely cross-border civil litigation and international commercial arbitration, and is also interested in international trade law. She participated in the 21st VIS Moot Competition as a Masaryk University VIS Moot Team member and now serves as one of the Team coaches. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, reading books, learning foreign languages, and practicing sports (cycling, skiing, swimming, power yoga, playing badminton).

Slavomír Halla (Coach)Slavo enrolled into PhD study program with a focus on conflicts-of-law, international trade and arbitrati-on. He has been involved with the competition since 2008 and has been acting as a coach for 17th - 20th Moot teams. At the same time, he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Friends of VIS Moot in Brno association. Professionally, Slavo started his legal carrier after graduation as an in-house counsel for various parts of MND group of companies, focusing on contract management, energy regulation and oil&gas issues. Currently, Slavo holds position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors in gas storage company. Enjoys playing badminton, and striving to learn playing piano.

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Tomke AustenTomke Austen (3rd Semester) lived in the U.S.A from 2000-2005. This early experience of living in a dif-ferent country and her general interest for foreign languages and cultures are also the reason why Ms. Austen wishes to pursue a career in European and international private law. Before Ms. Austen started studying law at LMU she completed a year of volunteer work at a boarding school where she worked as a counselor for 10-14-year old girls. Ms. Austen is now keen to face a new challenge by participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot and hopes to thereby acquire a better insight into the field of arbitration and gain practical experience.William Euler William Euler (5th Semester), who is of both German and American descent, learned how to take over responsibility at a young age as president of the student body as well as organist in many church services. He currently serves as a student research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law and Corporate Law, where he first encountered methods of comparative law analysis. By participating in an international commercial arbitration simulation, he hopes to learn new ways of approaching the law. After the German state exa-mination, Mr Euler wishes to add to his legal background by studying in the United States.

Dennis Amiri Dennis Amiri (3rd Semester) was responsible for the mentoring of the 5th grade students during his schooldays. Today, he works as a football coach for a club in the area of Munich. During 2009 he com-pleted a Summer School in Acton Burnell – United Kingdom where he improved his knowledge of English significantly. In his first year at the university he attended the course “Introduction to American Law Terminology” in which he was introduced into a new legal system. Moreover, he is an active member in the institute that is responsible for representing the students’ interests, in particular in the committee that makes decisions on education policy issues. Hanna Eizenhöfer Hanna Eizenhöfer (3rd Semester) spent three years of her childhood in Shanghai, China and visited a Canadian high school in Vancouver. Being part of the party executive, Ms Eizenhöfer contributed to the municipal policy development. As Ms Eizenhöfer, in the course of this, strengthened her interest in eco-nomics, she is working for a commercial law firm as student assistant. By participating the Vis Moot, she seeks to gain insights and knowledge in the field of international private law. Due to her special interest in the connection between law and economics Ms Eizenhöfer can, from the present point of view, imagine to operate in an international cooperating law firm.


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Robert Knudsen Robert Knudsen (3rd Semester) gained experience during an internship in a Singaporean office of a Ham-burg shipping company. After this gap year, he began his law studies at the University of Munich as a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation. Besides compulsory courses he attends lectures in American Law. From his participation in the Vis Moot, Mr Knudsen on the one hand hopes to gain experience in the field of commercial arbitration. On the other hand he seeks to gain insight in the work flow of a commercial lawyer. Besides his studies, Mr Knudsen is a passionate landscape photographer. He preferably pursues this hobby during extensive travels.Moritz Voit Moritz Voit (5th Semester) studies jurisprudence in his 5th semester and works for the dispute resolution practice of an international law firm. As a High School student, he spent one year in the United States and was awarded with the President‘s Award of Academic Excellence. Mr. Voit, a passionate football player, is very interested in experiencing foreign cultures, speaks English fluently and has basic knowledge in the French and Spanish language. By participating in the Moot Court, he strives to experience international approaches of law. In particular, he is looking forward to gain deeper insights into arbitration.

Eric Bremer Eric Bremer (3rd Semester) is a sophomore law student at Ludwig Maximilians University. During his High School career he spent one semester as an exchange student at a High School in Dallas, Texas. Further, he represented his school at a debate competition taking first place. Mr. Bremer‘s passion for competition and debate as well as his interest in Commercial Arbitration are the main reasons for his decision to represent LMU at this year‘s Willem C Vis Moot. Besides his studies, Mr. Bremer works at a law firm in Munich as a student assistant. After the Moot Court, he intends to specialize in international business law.

Luise Seidel (Coach)Luise Seidel (6th Semester) was part of the Munich Vis Moot Team in 2012/2013. After that she worked as a student research assistant at the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution. Following a semester abroad in France Ms Seidel, a student with focus on European and International Public Law, is enthusiastic to coach this years‘ team during the written and oral phase of the competition.

Anna Geissler (Coach)Anna Geissler, who grew up in six countries (amongst them Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, USA), studied Law at the University of Munich (Focus: International Private Law). She finished her second state exam in October 2014. Ms Geissler was part of the Munich Willem C. Vis Moot Team in 2009/2010. Besides being coach, she works in the corporate team of a renowned English Law Firm with focus on M&A and restructuring. She also got accepted for a LLM in Stellenbosch/South Africa in International Trade Law starting in July.

Westfälische Wilhelms-University MuensterDavid LeutholdDavid studies law at the University of Muenster in his 7th semester. After finishing his A-level in Dort-mund in 2010 he completed a one year voluntary service in Liège, Belgium. During his law studies, David took classes in International Arbitration on several occasions, one of them during his ERASMUS Semester in Istanbul, Turkey. He then applied to the Moot Court Team to gain further inside into the field of arbitra-tion. He is fluent in English and French. David likes to surf, play volleyball and to dance.


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Fabian KappesFabian Kappes studies law at the WWU Münster since 2010. He successfully passed his state examination in 2014. From now on, he is continuing his studies with the main focus “International Law”. Due to his special interest in International Law and the goal to improve his legal English he is participating in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court 2014/2015.

Fabienne GieshoidtFabienne is 22 years old and studying in her fifth semester at the University of Münster. Before studying in Münster she spent her first three semesters of law at the University of Heidelberg, where she acted as vice-president for ELSA Heidelberg. During her school time Fabienne spent a year abroad in Kansas, USA. Apart from English, she has advanced knowledge in French as well as basic knowledge in Spanish and Italian. She is currently working as a student assistant at the Institute of Tax of the University of Münster.

Johannes WahnschaffeJohannes Wahnschaffe studies law in his fifth semester at the University of Münster. Besides his studies, he works as a student research assistant and currently participates in the setting up of a law clinic. While taking part in a Model United Nations conference in 2014, he was able to work with students from all over the world and benefit from different cultural influences. Driven by this experience, he looks forward to get to know other students from abroad in the course of the Willem C. Vis Moot. To him, the moot court is a great opportunity to develop further expertise in the field of international arbitration.

Julia PaluszkoJulia started her law degree at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), where she was part of the European law student association ELSA and Amnesty International. She then transferred to the Uni-versity of Muenster in 2012, where she specializes in Media-, Telecommunication- and Information Law. In 2013, Julia spent two semesters at Griffith University in Australia. After her return, she completed an internship with a Hamburg advocate which was followed by a freelance employment. Apart from English and German Julia is fluent in Polish.

Marie-Luise Herkenhoff Before her law studies she received her Bachelor‘s Certificate with distinction in European Studies from the University of Osnabrück. Marie-Luise is mainly interested in international affairs and contracts. As a student of the FFA-programme she has already gained a profound insight into the Common Law Legal System. During extended stays in Cambridge and Siena she improved her language skills in English and Italian significantly. Additionally, she has basic skills in French and a Latin proficiency certificate. In her spare time she enjoys playing the piano, ballet and travelling.

Charlotte Maurer (Coach)Charlotte studied law at the Universities of Münster and Rome. In addition, she participated in a French law program (FFA). In 2012 she was part of the Willem C. Moot Court Team of the University of Münster. After her graduation in September 2014, Charlotte is now coach of the Münster Vis Moot Team. Besides, she works at the exam preparation course of the University of Cologne.

Christian Drews (Coach)Christian studied law at the Universities of Münster and Luxembourg. In addition, he completed a degree in Common Law (FFA). In 2012 he was part of the Willem C. Moot Court Team of the University of Münster. Along his studies he devoted considerable time to the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in various roles. After his graduation in Mai 2014, Christian is now coach of the Münster Vis Moot Team. Besides, he works as a research assistant for a law firm and holds introductory seminars on the European Union for the Schwarzkopf Foundation.


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University of OsnabrueckNikolas Grimm After accomplishing his A levels, he began his legal studies at the University of Osnabrück in 2012. Having major interest in business and international commercial law, he is likely to choose it as a field of speciali-sation. Nikolas could already gather experiences in judicial proceedings by participating in a constitutional moot court and during the course of several internships. In his free time, he is a passionate sportsman and interested in culture and politics.

Hauke Hero HahnHe is law student in the third semester. During his school time he spent some time in England. He is a NGO activist, working as a volunteer for church as a member of the church parliament of the church of Oldenburg and being active in a political youth organisation. He has already some mooting experience by participating a criminal law moot court. His residual spare time is often dedicated to history studies, politics and playing piano.

Franziska Michel She studies law in her third semester at the University of Osnabrück. Before she started her law stu-dies, Franziska spent a year in the US to improve her language skills. She is about to take part in the law-specific English program (FFA) of the University of Osnabrück with the focus on American English. She started studying Spanish half a year ago, to prepare for a semester abroad. Franziska would like to take an internship in an English or Spanish speaking country. She would like to specialise in international commercial law.

Dirk Ostrop He is currently in third semester of law at the University of Osnabrück. He spent a year at St. Joseph High-School in Saskatoon, Canada. Besides his studies, he is engaged in a political youth organisation. Dirk‘s free time is dedicated to sports and music. He plays basketball, volleyball and handball with other university students. He is also part of an ensemble, as he plays trumpet.

Piotr Kwiatkowski (Coach)Piotr Kwiatkowski (Coach) is a doctoral student at the University of Osnabrück. He graduated from the Warsaw University and is a Polish advocate specialising in civil and commercial law. Together with the Warsaw University Team he won the 2nd place in the Central and East European Moot Court Competition 2005 in Bratislava. His great passion is learning foreign languages. Apart from Polish, German and English, he speaks also Spanish, French and basic Catalan and currently learns Swedish.


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Eugenie CaroitEugénie Caroit is a half-french half-dominican first-year Master’s student in Economic Law at the Scien-ces Po Law School in Paris. She obtained her Sciences Po Bachelor degree after a two years specialisation in Latin America, Spain and Portugal and a one year exchange at the Law faculty of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. She speaks fluently french, spanish, english and portuguese. She is interested in internatio-nal law and arbitration particularly in Latin America.

Jack BiggsJack Biggs is a first-year Master’s student in Economic Law at Sciences Po, Paris. In July 2014 he gradua-ted from the University of Queensland, Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (majoring in International Relations). During his studies in Australia he also worked as a Law Clerk at Clayton Utz Lawyers. He is interested in energy and resources law, particularly in Africa and Australia. In his spare time, Jack enjoys playing rugby and the trumpet in various jazz groups.

Miglena AngelovaMiglena Angelova is a second-year Master’s student in Economic Law at Sciences Po Paris. During her first year of Master’s degree at the Sciences Po Law School, she has gained extensive knowledge in the field of private and economic international law. In addition, she has spent one year interning at the European Court of Human rights where she worked on the accession of the European Union to the ECHR. In Novem-ber this year she participated in the organization of the joint Sciences Po-White & Case LLP symposium ‘’Public Interest / Private Dispute”on transparency in international arbitration practice.

Myriam Karama (Coach)Myriam participated in the 2013-14 Vis Moot winning an honourable mention award for best team orals. As an exchange student at New York University School of Law (2013), she focused on commercial and investment arbitration and gained experiences in complex global disputes as a Trainee with several in-ternational law firms, in Paris and in Bogota, as well as with the ICC. Myriam also holds a MSc in Poli-tics and Government in the European Union from the London School of Economics, a Master degree in International Relations from Sciences Po Aix and worked for European institutions in Brussels and in Washington D.C.

Sciences Po Law School ParisDmitry BayandinDmitry is a second year Master student specializing in international business law and international arbit-ration. He holds an LLB cum laude from the International Law faculty of MGIMO University in Moscow, Russia. As an exchange at New York University School of Law (2014) Dmitry got substantial experience in International Commercial Law, Cross-border Litigation and International Arbitration. He also got experi-ence in structured finance transactions and banking litigation as a Trainee with several international law firms in Moscow and Paris. Dmitry fluently speaks Russian, English and French.


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Charles University Prague

Michal ZabadalMichal Zabadal is a 3rd year law student at Charles University in Prague. His major field of interest lies in commercial law and international law. He also gained experience in copyright law while working for over a year and half in Czech law firm focusing on litigation.

Jan LembasJan is a 4th year law student at Charles University in Prague. Currently he works as a legal assistant in a law firm and would like to broaden his knowledge of law by gaining a study experience abroad. He enjoys getting involved in various activities, such as teaching languages or being a member of a student club. He is passionate about travelling, photography and meeting interesting people from various fields. In his spare time he likes playing beach volleybal, skiing and cinema.

Yvette SanderováYvette studies law at Charles University in Prague and politics at the University of Economics. In 2011 she represented University of Economics at international model UN in New York. Recently she found her interest in international arbitration and dispute resolution. In the past year she participated in the written part of 21st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. She loves travelling and discovering new cultures.

Lenka KristanováLenka Kristanová is a fourth year student at Charles University in Prague. Alongside her studies Lenka also engages in the Charles University Debate Club where she is also a board member. Currently she works as a paralegal in an international law firm. Her focus lies in commercial and international commercial law. In her free time she likes reading books and hiking.

Andrea PišvejcováAndrea is a final year student at the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, currently writing her master thesis. In 2010 she participated in the Competition for Student Research and Professional Acti-vities with a paper focused on non-contractual liability. As particularly interested in private law, conflict of laws and international commercial arbitration, she decided to participate in the 22nd Willem C Vis Moot in order to deepen her knowledge in the field of alternative dispute resolution. In her leisure time she likes running.

Katerina HoleckováKaterina is a fifth year law student at Charles University in Prague, currently occupied with preparing for her state exams and writing her diploma thesis on the subject of International Sale of Goods. Her main field of interest regarding studies is Private International Law, in her free time she likes reading and travelling. And she also enjoys participation in the Vis Moot, since it offers a perfect opportunity to combine all of those interests.


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University of SalzburgAurela BeqariAurela Beqari studies European Union Studies at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg in the third semester. She graduated as a lawyer at the Faculty of Law Tirana Albania. Furthermore, she has worked as a law assistant after her graduation. Aurela is very happy to participate in the 22nd Willem C Vis. Moot Court. It will be an important step in her future career.

Petr Vošahlík (Coach)Petr is a class 2013 graduate of the Charles University in Prague and a coach of the Prague Vis Moot Team. He obtained invaluable experiences throughout his studies in various moot court competitions, culminating in participation in the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot. During his studies he also interned at a local law firm for two years. Petr currently works in an international law firm in Prague where he specializes in Private International Law and domestic as well as international dispute resolution.

Ondrej Cech (Coach)Ondrej is a final year student of Law at Charles University in Prague, currently writing his master thesis. In past he took part in the 19th and 20th Vis Moot as a participant and in addition he also represented Charles University in the FDI Moot and University of Utrecht in Jessup Moot. His practical experience in-cludes more than a year-long internship at Prague office of Baker & McKenzie and two months internship at the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris. In his free time Ondrej is struggling to finally learn some decent French.

Christiane FeichterChristiane Feichter studies Law and Law & Economics at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg since 2010. Furthermore, she works in a law firm as a law assistant. She had the possibility to have a great insight in European Law during an internship at the EU-Representation Office of Carinthia in Brussels and had the chance to meet a lot of very inspiring people there. Christiane is excited being part of the 22nd Willem C Vis. Moot Court with a team consisting of extraordinary and persistent students, broadening each other‘s knowledge. In her spare-time she likes doing sports and meeting up with friends.

Miloš IvkovicIn 2009, as a valedictorian became a student of the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, where he graduated in 2013. During this period of time, he was awarded as one of the best students and received a full EU scholarship for master studies of EU, at the University of Salzburg. Apart from his studies, he has been awarded as the best young poet in his home country on several occasions, and his first book has been published when he was 17 years old.

Simon BurgerSimon Burger has been studying Law at Salzburg University since winter 2011. After one year as a vo-lunteer in Panama, he decided to take up Global Studies as a complement to his field of studies and get involved in development politics. Internships at courts and a notary’s office allowed him to gain professional insight. He also spent six months in France as an exchange student. Now, he is working as a student research assistant at the civil procedure department. Besides German, he speaks English, French and Spanish and has basic knowledge of Russian.


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Tibor Dávid MészárosTibor Dávid Mészáros is concurrently studying Law at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest and at the University of Vienna and will represent the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg in the 22nd Willem C Vis. Moot. Before arriving in Salzburg he was working at a law firm in Budapest for two years. He is fluent in Hungarian, English and German and in his spare time he studies Russian. Alongside his studies he recently founded a non-profit company in Hungary to help the community in his hometown. He is looking forward to test his skills in the Moot.

Christian MittermairChristian Mittermair has been studying Law at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg since fall 2009. He spent one year abroad to study Law at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna. Already during his Erasmus time in Italy, he enjoyed the interaction and discussions with students from all around the world. He is looking forward to an interesting and exciting time with his colleges of the University of Salzburg at the 22nd William C. Vis Moot Court. In his spare time, he likes to go skiing, to play football and to spend time with his friends and family.

Artan MuratiArtan Murati obtained his bachelor law degree at University of Prishtina, Kosovo, and currently is in his last year of Master Studies on European Union Law at University of Salzburg. He is the head editor for Kosovo at European Western Balkans, an online magazine which deals with the EU - Western Balkans relationships. Previously he has worked at the legal department in Raiffeisen Bank Kosovo and in the Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional affairs at Kosovo‘s Parliament. He is very excited about the new experience he is going to gain by participating in 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot Court.

Tomáš NovákTomáš Novák studies Law at the Paris Lodron University in Salzburg as an Erasmus student. His home university is Palacký University in Olomouc. Tomáš has already participated in a Roman law moot court and a Czech human rights moot court and he is moot court addicted. His areas of interest are private law and international arbitration, that’s why he participates in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. Tomáš is highly competitive and he considers the Moot Court as an excellent opportunity to apply his knowledge already gained in practice. In his spare time Tomáš enjoys Thai boxing and all kinds of sports.

Dagmara StryjakDagmara Stryjak studied law at the University of Wrocław. She was granted Senator Otto Wittschier Scho-larschip and is during her PhD studies at the University of Salzburg, where she was twice in the frame of the Erasmus programme, first as a student and then as a trainee. She attended the School of German Law and the School of Austrian Law at the University of Wrocław. She took part in the International Summer School on ADR at the Humboldt University of Berlin organized in association with the Tulan Law School and she attended seminars on this topic. She worked in polish law offices with an international dimension. She speaks Polish, English and German fluently.

Tobias Kunz (Coach)Tobias Kunz works as a research assistant at the private law department of the University of Salzburg, where he is mainly concerned with national and international civil procedure law. Furthermore, he is highly interested in the law of contracts. Being born in Linz, Tobias Kunz decided to study law and poli-tical science in Salzburg. Thereby, he focused on private and civil procedure law. Besides, he worked as a student research assistant at the private law department of the University of Salzburg and did several internships.


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University of SilesiaKarolina SchellerKarolina Scheller is a 4th-year student of law and a 1st-year student of management at the University of Silesia. She is interested in civil law, international trade law, banking law and international arbitration law. She speaks English, French and German. She decided to take part in the 22nd Vis Moot because she wants to improve her language skills and meet students of law from around the world. In her free time, she loves watching films and reading books.

Justyna Gumuła-KedrackaJustyna Gumuła-Kedracka is a 4th-year law student at the University of Silesia. She holds a Master’s degree in social science. Having lived for one and a half years in London, working in an international and diverse environment, she is now keen to gain experience and broaden her knowledge about international law and arbitration, and hence her desire to take part in the Vis Moot Competition. She is interested in visual arts, mostly photograph and applied arts.

Natalia OtlingerNatalia is a 5th-year student. She is mostly interested in Civil law, though treats Roman law as her first scientific love. She decided to participate in the 22th edition of Vis Moot Court Competition in order to obtain knowledge and experience in international arbitration, and to develop her oral English skills. Last year she participated in the 11th Cologne Academy on International Commercial Arbitration, which rein-forced her choice to specialise in dispute resolution. Recently, in addition to her legal interests, she has developed an interest in the free market economy.

Bartosz JedryszczykBartosz Jedryszczyk is a 4th-year law student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He views participating in Willem C. Vis Moot Court competition as an outstanding opportunity to develop his knowledge about international arbitration and to expand his skills and his love for foreign languages. In return, he offers his team enormous doses of positive energy, humour and hard work. Bartosz participated in the 21st edition of Vis Moot and achieved an honourable mention in connec-tion with the Frédéric Eisemann Award. His dream is to continue his law career abroad, in institutions of the United Nations or the European Union. Tomasz ChabrzykTomasz Chabrzyk is a 5th-year student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice. He decided to take part in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court competition because he is always looking to experience something new and loves to work hard to improve his skills. He is passionate about alternative dispute resolution and the English language, which he finds absolutely exiting even if practiced separately. The opportunity to gain experience in both of them at the same time is a dream come true. In his free time he loves meeting his friends and learning new things.

Mateusz SiwyMateusz Siwy is a 5th-year law and a 2nd-year IT student at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Th-roughout various opportunities to study abroad – for example attending Sheffield Hallam University in the UK – he not only enhanced his language skills in German, Polish, English and French, but also gained invaluable experience in working at an international level. During the studies, his main areas of interest were international and financial law. In order to gain practical knowledge in both, he completed an in-ternship at KPMG. In his free time he is a passionate cello and football player.


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University of Southern DenmarkAmalie Victoria WexAmalie Victoria Wex is at her last semester of the LL.B at University of Southern Denmark. She has a great interest in international private law, why she is participating in the Willem C. Vis International Commer-cial Arbitration Moot in order to gain practical experience and develop her advocacy skills. When Amalie begins her Master’s degree, she is interested in working as a legal intern for an Arbitration Institute, why it is important for her to develop these skills.

Kasper Juul HemmingsenKasper Juul Hemmingsen is studying at the University of Southern Denmark where he is on the last semester of the LL.B. Beside of the studies, Kasper works for a law professor at the university and teaches legal methodology. In addition he is the vice chairman of the board at Legal association SDU. By partici-pating in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, he seeks to develop his advocacy skills and gain practical experience.

Martin Frank Madsen Martin Frank Madsen is currently at his last semester of the LL.B. at the University of Southern Denmark. He is a legal intern at the law firm Andersen Partners and teaches younger law students in legal metho-dology and credit protection and civil enforcement at the University. Martin Frank Madsen participates in the VIS-Moot in order to perfect his rhetorical skills while gaining experience in terms of pleading.

Mikael AskMikael Ask is currently at his first year of the Master in Law at the University of Southern Denmark, where he also finished his LL.B in 2014. In his spare time he is committed to work in an association that provides legal counseling on voluntary basis. Mikael aim to become a lawyer with international contract law as a main focus. He participates in the Willem C. Vis Moot to fortify his advocacy skills but mainly to gain a huge personal experience.

Nidda Habib Nidda Habib is currently at her last semester of the LL.B. at the University of Southern Denmark. She teaches other law students in courses concerning credit protection and civil enforcement. In her spare time she works in a legal aid, that provides legal counseling on a voluntary basic. She is participating in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, as she has a great interest in international commercial arbitration and in order to develop her advocacy skills and gain practical experience.

Professor Dr. Kristina Siig (Coach)Dr. Juris Kristina Siig is an associate Prof. (tenured) She researches within the areas of international trade law in general, in particular with view to international arbitration and maritime law. Kristina Siig obtained her doctorate in maritime arbitration from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo, Norway. Since then she has been with the Department of Private Law, at the University of Aarhus, as well as having practiced maritime law with Messrs. Gorrissen Federspiel. Since 2005 associate professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark.

Mathilde Emilie Svensson Mathilde Emilie Svensson is at her last semester of the LL.B. at the University of Southern Denmark. Beside of her studies, she is a legal intern at the law firm Delacour where she works with insolvency law suits. She has furthermore participated two times in the annual internal moot court at the University of Southern Denmark. She participates in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in order to sharpen her rhetorical skills while gaining experience in terms of pleading in a way not else possible for a student. In addition, she has a great interest in international commercial arbitration.


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Morten Schwartz Nielsen (Coach)Morten Schwartz Nielsen is a partner at Lund Elmer Sandager Law Firm. He works with corporate matters, including in particular litigation and arbitration. He has a personal recommendation in Legal500 as a par-ticularly professional and responsible lawyer and received a merit award in 2009 for extraordinary work beneficial to the legal profession. In 2010 Morten Schwartz Nielsen published the book ”Financial leasing – a form of financing” (”Finansiel leasing – en finansieringsform”) at DJØF Publishing.

Line Rasmussen (Coach)Line Rasmussen is a junior lawyer at the law firm Andersen Partners based in Kolding, Denmark. Line Ras-mussen works with corporate and commercial law, including in particular gaming law. Line Rasmussen participated in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2008/2009.

Louise Lindekilde Engberg (Coach)Louise Lindekilde Engberg is an assistant attorney at the Herning office of the Danish law firm DAHL. Louise Lindekilde Engberg works with corporate and commercial law and with tax law. Louise Lindekilde Engberg participated in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2008/2009.

Aina Cordero RothenLast autumn, Aina started the International Law Masters at the University of St. Gallen, where she had previously graduated as a Bachelor in Law. By being part of the Team of the University of St. Gallen she aims to get a first insight into the practice of international commercial arbitration. Along with her studies, Aina works for a Swiss bank at the anti-money laundering department, where she gets to build knowledge about international criminal law and financial-crime related issues. She was born and raised in Spain and is, besides Spanish, fluent in German and English.

Ilona GremmingerAfter receiving her bachelor‘s degree in in International Affairs from University of Geneva, Ilona is cur-rently enrolled in the graduate programme of International Law at University of St. Gallen. By participa-ting in the 22nd William C. Vis Moot she hopes to gain some insights into the practical sides of internatio-nal commercial law and international arbitration. She is fluent in German, English and French. Next to her university studies she practices yoga, plays the piano and has a vivid interest in fine art and photography.

David WohlgemuthDavid started his first master semester in law & economics in autumn 2014 after successfully graduating his bachelor in law & economics. In addition to his master studies, he is working as a research assistant in energy law at the University of St. Gallen. David participates in the Willem C. Vis Moot because he wants to gather new experiences in an international context. Besides German, he speaks English, Spanish and French. In his spare time, he likes to play handball and is interested in music and film.

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Kerim TbaishatKerim graduated as a Bachelor in Law & Economics this summer and studies in his fourth year in the Law & Economics Master. His interest for arbitration arouse during organizing a conference with the topic „Law & Economics of International Arbitration”. The Willem C. Vis Moot is a chance for Kerim to expand his knowledge in the field of international commercial arbitration. Along with his studies, Kerim works part-time for the legal team of a private bank in Zurich. Besides German, Kerim is fluent in English and Italian. In his spare time he plays tennis, practices a lot of sports and is a passionate cook.

Linus Zweifel (Coach)Linus got first acquainted with the Vis Moot when he participated in the 21st Moot in 2013/2014. In addition to his work as a Coach for the St. Gallen team he works as a research assistant at the Lemann Chair for International Business Law and Law & Economics of Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Sester at the University of St. Gallen and studies in his fifth year in the Law & Economics Master.

Eberhard Karls University TuebingenMichael Dinkel Michael Dinkel is studying law since 2013 at Eberhard Karls Univerität Tübingen. Different exchange programs and voyages created his great interest and fascination for foreign languages and cultures. Due to distinct voluntary dedication in social projects Michael could gain essential experience in team working and leading. After school he lived and worked in Johannesburg, South Africa. Beyond university Michael is interested in literature and football. Furthermore he is politically active. Through Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot Court Michael expects inevitable experiences in international arbitration, an expansion of his legal abilities and getting linked to students from all over the world.Armin Kharrazi Armin was born in 1990 in Teheran (Iran). After the Abitur at Käthe-Kollwitz-Schule in Esslingen in 2010 Armin made his alternative service at the medical centre in Esslingen. Afterwards he studied technolo-gy-management at the university of Stuttgart. Since the winter semestre in 2012/2013 Armin studies law in Tübingen. By the participation of the Vis Moot Court Armin hopes for an impression regarding to the practical use of law, as well as a detailed insight into the international legal being. In his spare time Armin plays with pleasure guitar and doing wing tsun.

Max Meyer Max is studying law since the winter semester 2013/2014 at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. He grew up in Frankfurt, where we first visited an integrated comprehensive school. He then decided to spend the 11th grade in New Zealand, because of great interest in international matters. After that he went to the European School in Frankfurt, which enabled him to make contact with people from all around Europe. He graduated in 2013 with the European Baccalaureate. Since his studies in Tübingen he is part of the student association. By participating in the Willem C. VIS Moot he aims for a life- enriching work in a great team.Nora Sterthoff Nora studies law at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen since 2013. Besides her studies she is an ac-tive member of the law students association “Freie Fachschaft” where she constantly gains experience in organizing events and teamwork. Thanks to her student exchanges in France and New Zealand for several months she was able to deepen her language skills and got to know these different cultures extensively. Participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court Nora particularly looks forward to the international exch-ange with other participants and to receive an impression on the juridical work.


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Pia Streicher Pia was early on interested in economic connections and was able to enhance her knowledge in the ad-vanced economic course in school where she was a part of the junior company. Since October 2012, she studies law at the University of Tübingen. She speaks English fluently, French intermediate and she has basic knowledge in Italian. By her participation in the Moot Court she hopes to go deeper into the topic of international business law and to improve her rhetorical abilities. She looks forward to gain an insight in the juristic practice, to gather valuable experience and to make international contacts.

Theresa Schneck Already during her time at the St. Meinrad Gymasium in Rottenburg, Theresa was enthusiastic about speaking foreign languages. Therefore she learned English, French and Spanish. Due to longer stay in Argentina and England, Theresa could improve her language proficiency. As a result of her voluntary work as a mentor in a youth choir, she is used to speak in front of other people, and to work efficiently in a team. Since October 2013 Theresa studies law at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. She looks at the Vis Moot Court as an opportunity to argue juridically in English and to gain further insight into the topic of international law.Michel Boven (Coach)Already during schooltime Michel was interested in foreign languages and cultures. After school he tra-velled europe, especially Spain, Portugal and France. He speaks English fluently, has basic skills in Spanish and the Latin proficiency certificate. By working through several internships he is experienced in orga-nisational issues and teamwork. His interest is focused on international affairs and contracts. By being a Coach Michel wants to pass his knowledge and the Moot spirit to the next Moot-Generation.

Philipp Fitzek (Coach)Philipp Fitzek participated in the Moot 2013/2014. In Chicago/Illinois Philipp did a company internship. Hereby and through different other internships in the Legal, IT, Controlling and HR department Philipp was able to have insights in certain different economic branches. After getting his High School Diploma, Philipp travelled for three months to Asia, particularly to India and Malaysia. Philipp is looking forward to coach this year’s Moot Court Team of Tübingen and to meet new people and friends from last year.

Philip-René Retzbach (Coach)Philip-René Retzbach works as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Private Law, Conflict of Laws and Comparative Law in Tübingen (Prof. Dr. Martin Gebauer) and is preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of international commercial arbitration. He studied in Tübingen and participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court as well as the first VGH Moot Court held in Mannheim. He is coach of Team Tübingen in this year‘s Moot Court.

Universitá degli Studi di TorinoLorenzo Artuso Lorenzo is a fifth-year student of Law at the University of Turin. His legal interest primarily lies in Com-mercial Law and International Arbitration. Lorenzo attended the 2014 Summer School of the London School of Economics, and has had a nine-month internship in a Civil Law firm in Turin. Thanks to this challenging experience, he developed a good ability to handle heavy workloads and operate effectively under stressful conditions. Lorenzo is an active sportsman and a tennis enthusiast. He is looking forward to new experiences and contacts.


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Naima Musse Farah Naima studies law in her third year at the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin. Her academic interests range from Human Rights to International Law and International Commercial Law. Naima is a native Italian and Somalian speaker, fluent in English and has a basic knowledge of French. By the participation in the Willem Vis Moot Court she hopes to further expertise her knowledge in International Commercial Arbitration and improve her rhetorical skills.

Raffaele MittaridonnaRaffaele is currently attending the fifth year of the Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law at the University of Turin. His academic interests range from Corporate Law to International Trade Law and International Arbitration. Raffaele spent an exchange semester in 2013 at the University of St. Gallen and attended the 2014 Summer School of the London School of Economics, taking a course in International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration. Furthermore, he is founding member and writer at „Nomodos - Il Cantore delle Leggi“, a student-managed law academic blog.

Giulia CappaGiulia is attending her third year at University of Turin, Faculty of Law. During her studies she took an interest in International Arbitration, so she decided to participate in the Willem C. Vis Moot in order to gain practical experience. Her several travels abroad have given her occasion to become aware of the importance of mastering languages and have been a source of motivation to improve her rhetorical skills. She speaks English and French, has a basic knowledge of German and is a Latin tutor. Aside from studying, she is an Advanced and Rescue Scuba Diver and yachtswoman.

Edoardo LombardoEdoardo is currently attending his last year of integrated master‘s degree in law in the University of Torino and he works as a journalist for an online newspaper that he founded three years ago. He has a background in Civil Law, but has always cultivated an interest in different legal systems to increase his knowledge and career opportunities. For these reasons, he recently attended two prestigious Sum-mer Schools respectively in Peking University and in Cape Town University in collaboration with London School of Economics focused on transnational law.

Giulia Pairona Giulia is currently attending her final year at University of Turin and has a particular interest in the fields of International and Comparative law. She spent a semester at CTLS, a Georgetown Law program in London, where she studied International Commercial Arbitration and focused on transnational relations. Giulia has also been a student at King‘s School in Oxford and Bournemouth. Apart from her studies, she is fond of literature and works for a publishing house as a proofreader.

Sofia RovetaSofia Roveta is a law student in her 4th year of Master‘s Degree. She got her A-levels in classical studies in Turin. During her 3rd year of university, she‘s been an exchange student at the Institut d‘Etudes Poli-tiques de Paris (SciencesPo) where she learnt French and focused on her interest for Migration Law. She is also academically interested in EU Law, IT Law and IP Law, as well as in ADR and International Contract Law (which is one of the reasons why she takes part in this Moot). In her spare time, she collected some volunteering experiences, and she loves writing, travelling, singing and skiing.

Nicolò SantoroNicolò Santoro is currently attending the final year of the Bachelor in law at the University of Turin. In 2013 he has participated to the European law Moot Court Competition. In 2014 Nicolò spent six months at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (Georgetown University) in London, focusing his studies on alternative disputes resolutions and corporate law. He was a summer intern in a law firm in 2014 focusing on corporate law and international contracts.


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Serena Bertinetto (Coach)Serena is currently in her fourth year at the Università degli Studi di Torino – Faculty of Law. In 2013 she attended the Center for Transnational Legal Studies London Summer School (Georgetown University); she participated to the Willem C. Vis Moot 2013/2014. In 2014 Serena spent her fall semester as an exchange student at the University of McGill, Faculty of Law, Canada, where she actively participated as member of the associations McGill Arbitration Society and Mediation at McGill. Since 2011 Serena has worked as a freelance journalist at L’Eco del Chisone and L’EcoMese, in Pinerolo, Torino.

Diego G. Ferrero (Coach)Diego participated to the “Concours d’arbitrage international de Paris”, obtaining Premier Lauréat (acade-mic year 2012/2013). During the academic year 2013/2014, he was already team supervisor of the Moot Court Projects “VIS” and “Concours d’arbitrage international de Paris” of the teams of the Università degli Studi di Torino – Faculty of Law. Diego is currently an exchange student at the Institute d’études politiques de Paris, attending a Master in Economic Law (academic year 2014/2015). Since 2009 he has been parti-cipating as delegate, organizer and chairperson to the European Youth Parliament.

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Thomas Hardaker Thomas graduated in Law (LL.B) from the University of Hull, England. Hereafter he completed a year-long internship in Katmandu, Nepal with Human Rights Without Frontiers. Upon returning to the UK Thomas undertook a 4 month internship at McKays Solicitors as a legal assistant to the head of Commercial Litigation. In September 2009 he became employed as a Graduate Operations Manager at Royal Mail, Plc. Upon returning to Germany he learnt German and enrolled in a master’s degree in European Law. Thomas is currently employed as a research assistant at the University of Würzburg.

Natalia BolmatNatalia got her Bachelor’s degree in Science of Law from the University of Tartu (Estonia) in 2009. She is doing her Master’s degree in European Law (LL.M. Eur.) at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg. Her first professional experience took place at the Union of Estonian Lawyers, in Tallinn, where she worked for one month in the practice of private law. Natalia worked for 2 years (09/2009-09/2011) in the international outsourcing company called Runway International OÜ in Tallinn. In autumn 2014 Natalia was honored to receive the DAAD Price 2014 for international Students.

Miguél Foronda WeitzMiguel is a Law Student at the University of Würzburg. He is in his 5th Semester of his second Law Degree. Before, he graduated from the University of Málaga (Andalucía, Spain) in January 2014, obtaining the law degree, the Licenciatura en Derecho. He was born in Granada (Spain), but his roots are also in Germany. He began to study in Würzburg in March 2014. He’s working as a student assistant in the International Office of the University of Würzburg, as well as a student assistant in the Department for Spanish Law at the Law Faculty in Würzburg.

Emanuel Wild (Coach)After graduating in Law (1. Staatsexamen) from the University of Würzburg Germany, Emanuel has been working as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger for German, European and International Law at the University of Würzburg. Besides being a Vis Moot-Coach for the second time, after he participated in 2011 the Moot himself, Emanuel is a PhD candidate at the University.

David Funk (Coach)David Funk is a student of law in his 9th semester at the University of Würzburg. He is currently preparing for the first Staatsexamen. His specialized studies have been focused on European and international dealings concerning law and economics. His seminar paper’s focus was the interworking of international commercial arbitration and European antitrust law. He’s working as a student assistant at the Chair for German, European and International Private Law (Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger). He participated in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court and is now coaching the next team in this year’s competition.

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Participating Arbitratorsin alphabethical order

Dr. Michael AlbrechtKathrin AsschenfeldtRobert BährDr. Benno Barnitzke, LL.M.Dr. Malek Barudi, M. Jur Lukasz BatruchChristoph BauchLennart BeckhausThomas Yassin BerrouSerena BertinettoDr. Moritz von BismarckProfessor Dr. Rouven F. BodenheimerMichel BovenSirid BredehöftTim BrockmannManuel BrunnerAnna-Katharina BusoltOndrej CechÇagrı Cem, LL.M.Alexander ChristovDr. Andreas v. CriegernGesa Curtius-Stollenwerk, LL.M.Stefan DalmerDr. Falko Dittmar, LL.M. Felix DörfeltChristian DrewsNassim EslamiDiego G. FerreroDr. Daniel Flore, LL.M.Philipp FitzekAlma ForgóDavid FunkAnna GeisslerLara GlowienkaMichel GondaGreetje GroveSlavomir HallaSven HasenstabSandra HattwigFabienne Helle

Maximilian HockeProfessor Lasse Højlund ChristensenJUDr. Michal HrušovskýProfesor Dr. Stefan HuberPhilipp Alexander HülseOliver IslamChristopher JonesMyriam KaramaFriederike KiehlMag. iur. Karla KlasenFabienne KlassEfe KökelDr. Wolfgang KrafczykTobias KunzPiotr KwiatowskiMgr. Pavel Lacko, LL.M.Louise Lindekilde EngbergRenata MacejnaDr. Vassiliki MarazopoulouLars Heiko MatzenCharlotte MaurerDr. Bernd R. MayerHanna MayerDr. Peter Memminger, LL.M.Dr. Markus MessingerKerstin MingeJaschar Mirkhani Friedrich Graf zu Ortenburg, LL.M. Christina NissenEvdokia PapadopoulosDr. Dimitrios ParashuLuiza PedrosoDr. Markus PerkamsSandra PfeifenbringArne PhilippsohnRaffael ProbstLine RasmussenNatalia ReglinksiChristoph Resch, B.Sc.Philipp-René Retzbach

Dr. Neda von Rimon, LL.M Iveta RohováJakob SättlerRene SattelmaierYannic SchmittHanna SchmitzMorten Schwartz NielsenMoritz SchmittDr. Anke SesslerProfessor Dr. Kristina SiigDamien SimonotNadia Smahi, LL.M.Bärbel SmakmanDr. Jan Erik SpangenbergPieter Spuijbroek Inga StephanNatalia TheissenMeghdad TorabiPierre Trippel Alexandra UferDr. Markus UrbanLuisa VolkhausenSebastian von RabenauPetr VošahlíkDr. Wilhelm Warth, LL.M.Dr. Marc WendtMirko WiddascheckEmanuel WildDr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M.Inga WitteSimon WoikiProfessor Dr. Christian WolfAlice WolkenJuliana WöllingDr. Finn ZeidlerNicola ZeibigProfessor Dr. Joachim Zekoll, LL.M. Linus Zweifel


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Dr. Michael AlbrechtMichael Albrecht is an associate with law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Munich. He advises domestic and international clients in particular in connection with internal investigations and compliance matters. Another focus of his practice lies with European and U.S. business and financial transactions. Michael Albrecht studied law at the universities of Freiburg, Germany and Grenoble, France. Following the completion of his doctoral thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg, Germany, he completed his traineeship (Referendariat) with the justice autho-rities of the city of Hamburg.

Kathrin AsschenfeldtKathrin Asschenfeldt is a dispute associate in the Hamburg office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She specializes in corporate and banking litigation and arbitration proceedings. Kathrin Asschenfeldt com-pleted her legal education at the universities of Bielefeld, Münster and Paris X Nanterre and served her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. She has been admitted as lawyer in Germany in 2009.

Robert BährRobert Bähr studies at the University of Hanover and is a former participant in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. He gained first international experience when spending a year abroad in Seattle where he was elected to be the “most employable student of the year”.

Dr. Benno Barnitzke, LL.M.Benno Barnitzke studied law in Gießen, at the Humboldt University Berlin, Hanover and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He completed a Master of Laws in the European Legal Informatics Study Program-me for IT-Law and Intellectual Property Law. Since 2013 he works as a lawyer for the law firm Göhmann Rechtsanwälte und Notare in Hanover.

Dr. Malek Barudi, M. Jur (Oxford)Malek Barudi is a German qualified attorney (Rechtsanwalt) in Quinn Emanuel’s Hamburg office. He joined the firm in 2014. His practice focuses on intellectual property law and EU competition law. Prior to joi-ning the firm, Malek worked as a post-doctoral academic assistant to the chair of Civil Law, Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law and Private International Law, Prof. Dr. Axel Metzger, LL.M. (Harvard) at the University of Hanover. He also lectured in intellectual property law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg.

Lukasz BatruchLukasz Batruch studied law at the University of Hanover and is currently working at the forum represen-ting the state of Lower Saxony in Berlin. Before that, he was working as personal referee to the Minister of Justice in Lower Saxony. Lukasz is a former coach and participant of the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. He participated in the Hanover PreMoot from the beginning.

Christoph BauchChristoph Bauch is a fully qualified lawyer. He works as faculty manager at the Leibniz University of Hanover, Faculty of Law. During his studies he participated in the 14th Willem C. Vis Moot and coached several Vis Moot Teams of the Leibniz University Hanover afterwards. He is one of the directors of the Hanover Vis Alumni Association e.V. (HVAA).

Dr. Neda von Rimon, LL.M Iveta RohováJakob SättlerRene SattelmaierYannic SchmittHanna SchmitzMorten Schwartz NielsenMoritz SchmittDr. Anke SesslerProfessor Dr. Kristina SiigDamien SimonotNadia Smahi, LL.M.Bärbel SmakmanDr. Jan Erik SpangenbergPieter Spuijbroek Inga StephanNatalia TheissenMeghdad TorabiPierre Trippel Alexandra UferDr. Markus UrbanLuisa VolkhausenSebastian von RabenauPetr VošahlíkDr. Wilhelm Warth, LL.M.Dr. Marc WendtMirko WiddascheckEmanuel WildDr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M.Inga WitteSimon WoikiProfessor Dr. Christian WolfAlice WolkenJuliana WöllingDr. Finn ZeidlerNicola ZeibigProfessor Dr. Joachim Zekoll, LL.M. Linus Zweifel


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Lennart BeckhausLennart Beckhaus is is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin and a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Helmut Grothe at the Free University of Berlin. He pursues a doctorate on a topic of the law of obli-gations. He studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster with a major in “Legal Drafting and Dispute Resolution” as well as the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). He participated successfully in the 15th/5th Willem C. Vis (East) Moot.

Thomas Yassin BerrouThomas Yassin Berrou is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Celle. He studied law at the Lebniz University of Hanover focusing on commercial, corporate and equity law. He worked at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure of Professor Dr. Wolf and at Ernst and Young Law as a research assistant. Currently, he is working at BRANDI Rechtsanwälte as a research assistant. As a 2011/2012 participant of the Vis he is excited to get a look at the next generation.

Serena BertinettoSerena is currently in her fourth year at the Università degli Studi di Torino – Faculty of Law. In 2013, she attended the Center for Transnational Legal Studies London Summer School (Georgetown University); she participated to the Willem C. Vis Moot 2013/2014. In 2014, Serena spent her fall semester as an exchange student at the University of McGill, Faculty of Law, Canada, where she actively participated as member of the associations McGill Arbitration Society and Mediation at McGill. Since 2011 Serena has worked as a freelance journalist at L’Eco del Chisone and L’EcoMese, in Pinerolo, Torino.

Dr. Moritz von BismarckMoritz von Bismarck is an associate with CMS Hasche Sigle in Hamburg. He studied law at both the Universities of Bayreuth and Hamburg. He held his legal traineeship in the District of the Higher Regio-nal Court of Hamburg with electives at an international law firm in Hamburg and Frankfurt. He further worked as a research associate at the University of Hanover at the chair of Professor Dr. Christian Wolf.

Professor Dr. Rouven F. BodenheimerRouven Bodenheimer is an attorney at Lungerich Lenz Schumacher. He studied in Goettingen, Cambridge, Leuven, Bonn, Duesseldorf, Tel Aviv and London. Additionally to his practice in state court litigation, Rouven Bodenheimer is also experienced as both an arbitratior and advocate in institutional and ad hoc procedures. He is also a lecturer for commercial and sports law.

Michel Boven Already during schooltime Michel was interested in foreign languages and cultures. After school he tra-velled europe, especially Spain, Portugal and France. He speaks English fluently, has basic skills in Spanish and the Latin proficiency certificate. By working through several internships he is experienced in organisa-tional issues and teamwork. His interest is focused on international affairs and contracts. By being a coach Michel wants to pass his knowledge and the Moot spirit to the next Moot-Generation.

Sirid BredehöftSirid Bredehöft is an associate of the dispute resolution team at the Hamburg office of Freshfields Bruck-haus Deringer. She specialises in litigation and arbitration regarding all areas of business and commercial law. She has a particular focus on professional liability cases. Sirid Bredehöft completed her legal educati-on at the universities of Hamburg and Edinburgh. She served her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, with stages in Hamburg and Washington D.C.


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Tim BrockmannTim Brockmann works as a Research Assistant for the Institute for Procedural Law and Legal Profession (IPA) at the University of Hanover. He represented the University of Hanover in the Vis Moot 2008 in Vienna and coached the Hanover Vis Team in 2009. After taking his first state examination in 2011 and his second examination (bar exam) in 2014, he focused on International Private Law and International Arbitration and he is now writing his Ph.D. thesis on questions of International Arbitration.

Manuel BrunnerManuel Brunner is working as a Research Associate at the Chair of Professor Dr. Volker Epping for Public Law, Public International Law and European Law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He is doing his Ph.D. in Public International Law. He frequently acts as an arbitrator in the Hanover PreMoots.

Çagrı Cem, LL.M.Admitted to Istanbul Bar Association, Çagrı Cem is currently working as an in-house lawyer at STFA Investment Holdings, specialized in Construction and Energy Law. Having completed his LL.M. degree at Marmara University, he is continuing his doctorate under the same roof. He has coached last year’s team and enjoys leading the young and bright team of this year as well.

Ondrej CechOndrej is a final year student of Law at Charles University in Prague, currently writing his master thesis. In past he took part in the 19th and 20th Vis Moot as a participant and in addition he also represented Charles University in the FDI Moot and University of Utrecht in the Jessup Moot. His practical experience includes more than a year-long internship at the Prague office of Baker & McKenzie and a two months internship at the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris.

Anna-Katharina Busolt Anna-Katharina Busolt is an Associate with Noerr LLP in Duesseldorf. She specializes in corporate and commercial litigation, arbitration and ADR, advising clients both in domestic and international disputes. Before and during her legal traineeship, Ms Busolt worked with leading international law firms in Munich and Duesseldorf. Ms Busolt spent a part of her legal traineeship at the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC in Paris. In 2009, she completed a training as commercial mediator with the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution. She participated in the 8th Law School Mediation Tournament in Chicago in 2010 and in the 14th/4th Willem C. Vis Moot Court in Vienna and Hong Kong in 2007 for the University of Munich.

Alexander ChristovAlexander is a research associate doing his doctoral thesis in the field of secured loans. He has led several FAU teams to a number of honourable mentions both in Hong Kong and Vienna and arbitrated there. For several years, he was working for a cross-border team at Rödl & Partner in Nuremberg and Sofia. He served his judicial clerkship in Bamberg and Bayreuth, trained with Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich and Tokyo and qualified as a business mediator at the MuCDR. He has earned scholarships of the PAD, the Bavarian State Government and the Bosch Foundation and was a team member in the 14th Vis Moot.

Dr. Andreas von CriegernAndreas von Criegern is a lawyer at Esche Schümann Commichau. He is admitted as attorney since 1996. Furthermore, Andreas von Criegern is a member of the German Association for the Protection of Indus-trial Property and Copyright (GRUR) as well as a delegate of the Commission on Arbitration of the ICC Germany.


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Gesa Curtius-Stollenwerk, LL.M Being a fellow of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”). from 1991-1996 Gesa completed her legal education at the University of Bonn in 1996. Between 1997 and 2001 she worked as a research fellow with an international law firm. Gesa holds a master of laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Edinburgh (1998). In 2002 Gesa was appointed judge with the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (district court). She was seconded from 2010 to 2014 to the Hessian Ministry of Justice, for Integration and Europe being responsible for alternative dispute settlement. Being appointed judge with the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Higher Regional Court) in 2013 she is currently dealing with corporate law and law of succession. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 1995 in Vienna.

Dr. Falko Dittmar, LL.M. (Cambridge)Falko Dittmar is a lawyer in Hanover. He advises his clients in commercial and enterprise law with a special focus in the areas of Corporate Law, M&A and Joint Ventures. He studied law in Augsburg and Frankfurt and received his masters degree at the University of Cambridge, England.

Stefan DalmerStefan Dalmer works as a student assistant at the Dean’s Office of the Leibniz University of Hanover. After school he spent half a year in Australia, where he travelled around the country and worked at several jobs. Stefan participated in 2012/2013 in the Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover.

Felix DörfeltFelix Dörfelt is an associate in the Hamburg office of Latham & Watkins. He practices in the Litigation Department and is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration and Public International Law Practice Groups. He also practices commercial arbitration and general litigation in German courts. Felix Dörfelt has been actively involved in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot both as an arbitra-tor and as a coach. He is a member of the DIS40 and the ICDR Young and International.

Christian DrewsChristian studied law at the Universities of Münster and Luxembourg. In addition, he completed a degree in Common Law (FFA). In 2012, he was part of the Willem C. Moot Court Team of the University of Müns-ter. Along his studies he devoted considerable time to the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in various roles. After his graduation in Mai 2014, Christian is now the coach of the Münster Vis Moot Team. Besides, he works as a research assistant for a law firm and holds introductory seminars on the European Union for the Schwarzkopf Foundation.

Nassim EslamiNassim Eslami works as a research associate at the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and is preparing her doctoral thesis in the field of International Commercial Arbitration. She is co-author on the Commentary to the German Code of Civil Procedure (Beck-OK). Nassim studied law at the Leibniz University of Hanover and participated in the 14th Willem C. Vis Moot. She coached several teams for the University of Hanover and has been in charge of the organization of the Hanover PreMoot from its very beginning.

Diego G. Ferrero Diego participated in the “Concours d’arbitrage international de Paris”, obtaining Premier Lauréat (aca-demic year 2012/2013). During the academic year 2013/2014, he was already a team supervisor of the Moot Court Projects “VIS” and “Concours d’arbitrage international de Paris” of the teams of the Università degli Studi di Torino – Faculty of Law. Diego is currently an exchange student at the Institute d’études politiques de Paris, attending a Master in Economic Law (academic year 2014/2015). Since 2009 he has been participating as delegate, organizer and chairperson to the European Youth Parliament.


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Dr. Daniel Flore, LL.M. (Pennsylvania)Daniel Flore is an associate in the Litigation Department of the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and advises and represents clients in complex national and international legal disputes. His practice covers a broad range of litigation matters, including disputes in the financial industry, deposit protection claims, insolvency law, post-M&A-disputes, profesional liability cases and regulatory investigations. Daniel Flore finished his studies at the University of Goettingen in 2005. He holds a master of law (LL.M.) degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Philipp FitzekPhilipp Fitzek participated in the Moot 2013/2014. In Chicago/Illinois Philipp did a company internship. Hereby and through different other internships in the Legal, IT, Controlling and HR department Philipp was able to have insights in certain different economic branches. After getting his High School Diploma, Philipp travelled for three months to Asia, particularly to India and Malaysia. Philipp is looking forward to coach this year’s Moot Court Team of Tübingen and to meet new people and friends from last year.

David FunkDavid Funk is a student of law in his 9th semester at the University of Würzburg. He is currently preparing for the first state exam. His specialized studies focused on European and international dealings concer-ning law and economics. His seminar paper’s focus was the interworking of international commercial arbitration and European antitrust law. He works as a student assistant at the Chair for German, European and International Private Law (Professor Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger). He participated in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court and is now coaching the next team in this year’s competition.

Alma ForgóAlma Forgó is a German qualified lawyer and Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitra-tion,in Paris, where she is in charge of arbitration cases mainly involving parties from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Baltic countries. Alma holds a Master‘s degree in International Public Law from Uni-versité Paris II Panthéon-Assas. Before joining the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Alma trained in the International Arbitration departments of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London and of Fres-hfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot as a student with the Lud-wig-Maximilians-Universität München and co-coached the Vis Moot team of Université Paris I Sorbonne.

Anna GeisslerAnna Geissler, who grew up in six countries (amongst them Japan, Turkey, Switzerland, USA), studied Law at the University of Munich (Focus: International Private Law). She finished her second state exam in October 2014. Ms Geissler was part of the Munich Willem C. Vis Moot Team in 2009/2010. Besides being a coach, she works in the corporate team of a renowned English Law Firm with focus on M&A and restructuring. She also got accepted for a LL.M. in Stellenbosch/South Africa in International Trade Law starting in July.

Lara GlowienkaLara, 24 years old, has already spent several years abroad. She went on school exchange to Uruguay and studied a semester abroad in Ireland. Especially valuable was her time as a social worker in Brazil. Lara supplements her studies in law with a magister in European Legal Practice and holds a scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”). Lara works at the chair for Public, Internatio-nal and European Law. She participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot.

Michel GondaMichel Gonda is a lawyer in the law firm LALLEMAND & LEGROS in Brussel. He is specialized in Arbitration and Mediation, especially in Belgium and Germany. For many years he has served as an arbitrator at the Hanover PreMoot. Michel Gonda is an expert in Banking Law, Capital Market Law, Commercial and Corporate Law.


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Greetje GroveGreetje Grove debated as a delegate in several Model United Nations Conferences and further demons-trated leadership skills by organizing the Oldenburg Model United Nations. She spent half a year in South Africa. Besides studying law, Greetje is a member of various university committees and works as a student assistant at the Chair for Public Law, International and European Law. Greetje participated in 2012/2013 in the Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover.

Sven HasenstabSven Hasenstab is an Attorney at Law with BRANDI Rechtsanwälte and holds lectures at the Leibniz Uni-versity of Hanover. His practice focuses on litigation and arbitration in the fields of corporate, banking and real-estate law including international enforcement procedures. He regularly authors articles and other texts on arbitration and procedural law, is a Vice-President of the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) and a member of (among others) DIS 40, ICC YAF, HK 45 and ICDR Young and International.

Sandra HattwigSandra Hattwig has been playing table tennis for several years and voluntarily coaches disabled kids and teens. During her High School year in the USA, Sandra participated in the Speech and Debate Club. Ever since, she has been working voluntarily for her exchange organization. On top of that, Sandra works as a research assistant at Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH. Sandra participated in 2012/2013 in the Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover.

Maximilian HockeMaximilian studied at Bucerius Law, University of Sydney and German University of Administrative Scien-ces Speyer. He currently finishes the legal traineeship and recently worked for a Tokyo law firm. At the Hague Academy of International Law 2014, he was awarded the highly selective Diploma. At the Vis Moot Hong Kong 2011, his team reached the quarter finals and he received an individual honorable mention. In 2013 und 2014, he coached Bucerius’ team reaching inter alia the quarter finals at Vienna. He has been a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung“).

Fabienne HelleFabienne started studying law at the University of Hanover in October 2011. She is 27 years old and a former professional gymnast. During school time, she lived a year in Kentucky, USA. She got the „Niedersachsenstipendium“ twice. Besides law school she works part time as a tax officer. She participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot.

Slavomír HallaSlavo enrolled in a PhD study program in conflicts-of-law, international trade and arbitration. He has been involved with the competition since 2008 and acted as a coach for the 17th - 20th Moot teams. At the same time, he serves as a chairman of the Supervisory Board of Friends of VIS Moot in Brno associati-on. Professionally, Slavo started his legal carrer after graduation as an in-house counsel for various parts of MND group of companies, focusing on contract management, energy regulation and oil&gas issues. Currently, Slavo holds position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors in gas storage company.

Professor Lasse Højlund ChristensenLasse Højlund Christensen works as a professor at Aarhus University. Lasse is particularly engaged in insolvency law and law of procedure. He has written several books and articles about topics relating to law of procedure, and he is member of Retsplejerådet – a council which advices the Danish government about legislation relating to law of procedure, including arbitration. Lasse has been the coach of the Aarhus University team since 2007.


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JUDr. Michal Hrušovský Michal participated in the Vis Moot as a student in 2009 and 2010. He studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and graduated in 2010 (Master degree) and in 2012 he reached doctor of law title (“JUDr.”). Since 2010 he worked in the law firm PROLEGAL, s. r. o. as a trainee. In 2014 he became a member of the Slovak Bar Association. At present he is an attorney in Bratislava cooperating with the law firm Ernst & Young Law s. r. o. At the same time he is a lecturer at the Comenius University in Bratislava, Law Faculty, where he teaches the courses concerning private international law and arbitration in English.

Professor Dr. Stefan Huber, LL.M.Stefan Huber is professor at the Leibniz University of Hanover. Before becoming a chairholder in October 2014, he worked at the Institute for Foreign and International Private and Commercial Law at the Uni-versity of Heidelberg where he finished his thesis on the development of transnational model rules for civil proceedings in 2007. Stefan Huber studied law in Cologne and Heidelberg. Furthermore, he earned a degree in Macroeconomics at the Unversity Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Stefan Huber participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot.

Oliver IslamOliver Islam successfully passed his state examinanation and now works as a research associate at the chair of Public Law and Social Law. In his time at school Oliver won several logic competitions and was an exchange student in Poland and Spain. He participated in the 2010/2011 Willem C. Vis Moot Court and thereby became interested in international commercial arbitration.

Christopher JonesChristopher Jones is a specialist lawyer for criminal law at BRANDI Rechtsanwälte. He studied law at the University of Leipzig, Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Wales. In 2007, he worked for the German-American Chamber of Commerce in New York. Christopher Jones is specialized in tax law, customs and foreign trade law as well as in law regarding business and fiscal offenses.

Myriam KaramaMyriam participated in the 2013-14 Vis Moot winning an honourable mention award for best team orals. As an exchange student at New York University School of Law (2013), she focused on commercial and investment arbitration and gained experiences in complex global disputes as a Trainee with several inter-national law firms, in Paris and in Bogota, as well as with the ICC. Myriam also holds a MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union from the London School of Economics, a Master degree in Internatio-nal Relations from Sciences Po Aix and worked for European institutions in Brussels and Washington D.C.

Philipp Alexander HülseRaised in Saudi Arabia and Canada. Law student at European Law School of Humboldt Universität zu Ber-lin, including the German Staatsexamen and two Masters Degrees in Paris and London. Fellowship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. Work experience with Velan in Montréal, with Siemens in Dubai and with the law firm Hengeler Mueller in DüFriesseldorf. Awardee of a business and finance competition organised by the Boston Consulting Group. Participation in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot for the team of Humboldt University.

Friederike KiehlFriederike Kiehl spent one year at Durham University in England, finished the undergraduate „European Legal Practice“ program and participated in the 15th Willem C. Vis Moot. She already acted as an arbitrator at the Hanover PreMoot several times. She worked at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt as a research assistant and is now a public prosecutor in Hanover.


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Dr. Wolfgang KrafczykWolfgang Krafczyk is partner and founder of the law firm Dr. Krafczyk & Partner. He earned his legal education at the University of Goettingen and is currently working as a lawyer and arbitrator. He is further chairman at the committee for commercial and corporate law at the bar association Celle.

Tobias KunzTobias Kunz works as a research assistant at the private law department of the University of Salzburg, where he is mainly concerned with national and international civil procedure law. Furthermore, he is highly interested in the law of contracts. Being born in Linz, Tobias Kunz decided to study law and poli-tical science in Salzburg. Thereby, he focused on private and civil procedure law. Besides, he worked as a student research assistant at the private law department of the University of Salzburg and did several internships.

Piotr KwiatkowskiPiotr Kwiatkowski is a doctoral student at the University of Osnabrück. He graduated from the Warsaw University and is a Polish advocate specialising in civil and commercial law. Together with the Warsaw University Team he won the 2nd place in the Central and East European Moot Court Competition 2005 in Bratislava. His great passion is learning foreign languages. Apart from Polish, German and English, he speaks also Spanish, French and basic Catalan and currently learns Swedish.

Mgr. Pavel Lacko, LL.M. (Cantab)Pavel Lacko has been a coach of the Comenius Vis Moot team since 2010. He participated in the Vis as a student in 2009. He studied law at the Comenius University in Bratislava and the University of Copen-hagen. He is also a graduate of the Cambridge University where he finished his LL.M. degree in 2011 (specialization in commercial law). He has been working as a trainee since 2009 and was admitted to the Slovak Bar Association as an attorney in 2013. In his practice he specializes in general commercial and corporate law, IP law, arbitration and private international law.

Efe KökelEfe began his studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover in October 2012. He is a sportsman and musi-cian. Growing up in two cultures Efe speaks not only English and French, but also Turkish as his second mother tongue. He participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot.

Mag. iur. Karla KlasenKarla Klasen studied law at the University of Cologne. She participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot and received an Honorable Mention for her performance as individual oralist. Currently she is working as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Klaus Peter Berger. In addition to her job as a Coach of the Cologne Moot Team she is writing her dissertation on international commercial arbitration.

Fabienne KlassFabienne Klass successfully passed her state examinanation and now works as a research associate at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure of Professor Dr. Wolf. She specialized in the field of Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law. She participated in the ICC Mediation Competition in 2012 and since then coaches the Hanover ICC Team. Due to that, Fabienne Klass has a profound knowledge in alternative dispute resolution.


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Louise Lindekilde EngbergLouise Lindekilde Engberg is an assistant attorney at the Herning office of the Danish law firm DAHL. She works with corporate and commercial law and with tax law and participated in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2008/2009.

Dr. Vassiliki Marazopoulou, LL.M. (Athens)Vassiliki Marazopoulou holds a Phd and an LLM in Private International Law from the University of Athens. She is an Attorney-at-law admitted in the Athens Bar and she practices in the Law Firm ‚PMN, Pamboukis, Maravelis, Nikolaidis & Associates‘. Her main areas of specialization are international commercial arbitra-tion, conflict of laws and international law of successions. She has acted as secretary in ICC arbitrations. She has been a member of the teaching team in Private International Law in undergraduate and graduate courses for the academic year 2014-2015.

Lars Heiko MatzenLars Heiko Matzen is a junior lawyer at LETT Law Firm located in Aarhus, Denmark. Lars deals with inf-rastructure, energy and financing and is especially engaged in commerciallaw related issues, including those relating to real-estate transactions and lease law. Lars was a member of Aarhus University’s Vis Moot team in 2014. He and the team made it to the round of 16 and Lars received an honourable mention for his personal performance.

Charlotte MaurerCharlotte studied law at the Universities of Münster and Rome. In addition, she participated in a French law program (FFA). In 2012 she was part of the Willem C. Moot Court Team of the University of Münster. After her graduation in September 2014, Charlotte is now coach of the Münster Vis Moot Team. Besides, she works at the exam preparation course of the University of Cologne.

Dr. Bernd R. Mayer Bernd R. Mayer leads the German offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and is the head of the firm’s German corporate governance practice. He has substantial experience in advising and assis-ting management and supervisory boards in corporate governance, internal investigations and regulatory matters. Bernd Mayer studied law at the Universities of Tübingen and Tokyo.

Hanna MayerHanna Mayer studied law in Hanover and specialized in the field of international and European Law. She participated in the 17th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover and represented the University in the General and Final Rounds in Vienna. She now does her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Celle and prepares for her second state exam.

Renata MacejnaRenata Macejna is a disputes associate in the Frankfurt office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She specialises in international arbitration. Prior to joining Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Renata worked at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris, where she worked with parties and arbitrators primarily from common law jurisdictions. Renata was born in Slovakia and completed her legal education at Oxford University. She served her legal traineeship in the dispute resolution, capital markets and corporate de-partments of an international law firm in London and Frankfurt.


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Christina NissenChristina Nissen is a lawyer at LETT Law Firm located in Aarhus, Denmark. Christina is especially involved in matters relating to commercial law, litigation and arbitration. Moreover, Christina deals with general commercial law, advising Danish as well as foreign clients on the conclusion of contracts, leasing rela-tions and the handling of disputes between international parties, etc. Finally, Christina has been involved in bankruptcy proceedings and has, in that connection, conducted a number of avoidance proceedings before the Danish courts. Christina has been coach of the Aarhus University team since 2012.

Evdokia PapadopoulosEvdokia Papadopoulos is a legal clerk. She worked as a research assistant at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg. She successfully participated in the 8th Vis East/18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court when represen-ting her team in the final rounds in Hong Kong. She also acted as a coach and gained further knowledge in the area of arbitration law in several summer schools.

Friedrich Graf zu Ortenburg, LL.M. (Edinburgh)Friedrich Graf zu Ortenburg is a partner with KSB INTAX in Hanover and studied law at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in Breisgau and the Humboldt University in Berlin. He earned his masters degree in IT/IP Law, European Law and International Arbitration at the University of Edinburgh.

Jaschar MirkhaniJaschar Mirkhani is a 9th semester law student at the Leibniz University Hanover focusing on Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law. He participated in the 19th Vis/9th Vis East in 2011/2012 and is coaching this years‘ team. He works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. Besides, Jaschar acts as soccer referee. He interned at Latham & Watkins, LLP and is in charge for organi-zing the 9th Hanover PreMoot.

Kerstin MingeKerstin Minge is a third year student at Leibniz University Hanover. Her passion for foreign cultures and languages has been established by several foreign exchanges, e.g. to France, England and the USA. Besides travelling the world, Kerstin is voluntarily working as a youth coach. Further, Kerstin has been playing the piano for several years. She participated in the 20th Vis and 10th Vis (East).

Dr. Peter Memminger, LL.M. (Miami)Peter Memminger is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm’s Corporate Group. He focuses on mergers & acquisitions and public takeovers with a particu-lar emphasis on private equity transactions and is also involved in outsourcing transactions. Furthermore he frequently advises on corporate reorganizations and arbitrations. Peter Memminger studied law at the university of Freiburg, the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé in Strasbourg (FIDL) and holds a post-graduate degree from the University of Miami (LL.M.).

Dr. Markus MessingerMarkus Messinger is an associate in the Frankfurt office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and a member of the firm‘s Corporate Group. Markus Messinger focuses on M&A transactions and corporate law including advice regarding private equity transactions and outsourcing transactions. He studied law at the University of Hannver, where he also obtained his doctorate degree. After working as a research assistant at the Institute for Legal Informatics at the University of Hannver and a sabbatical spent as a visiting scholar at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago (USA) he spent his clerkship period in Hamburg.


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Dr. Dimitrios ParashuDimitrios Parashu studied Law in Thessaloniki and Hanover. He is advocate in Siedenburg and assistant lecturer at the chair of Professor Dr. Bernd Oppermann for German, European and International Civil and Commercial Law, Leibniz University of Hanover. Since 2013, he also works as research associate at the Bucerius Law School. His field of specialization is Constitutional Law.

Luiza PedrosoLuiza is a fifth-year Law student in Brazil currently doing her exchange programme at the Georg-Au-gust-University of Göttingen. She had the opportunity of attending the 2014 Session of the International Academy for Arbitration Law (Arbitration Academy) in Paris. Apart from Portuguese, Luiza speaks English, German and has a basic knowledge of Spanish and French. In her spare time, she likes to play musical instruments and practice sports.

Dr. Markus Perkams Markus Perkams is an attorney in the International Litigation and Arbitration Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Since earning his Ph.D. on the scope of expropriation provisions in BITs, Markus Perkams has gained significant experience in all aspects of international arbitration and litigation. His practice focuses on international commercial transactions and the protection of foreign investments against political risks. Markus Perkams studied law at the Universities of Würzburg and Jena and received a scholarship to study at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Sandra PfeifenbringSandra Pfeifenbring studied law in Hanover and participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court for the University of Hannver. She now works at the chair for Public and Social Law of Professor Dr. Butzer and prepares her doctoral thesis.

Arne Philippsohn Arne Philippsohn works as a lawyer at the Employers‘ Organisation of the Paper Industry in Northern Ger-many (VNP), Hannover. He studied law in Marburg and Münster with a specialisation in International Law. Mr. Philippsohn gained international experience e.g. at the Competition Bureau Legal Services, Canada, at the German Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, and a law firm in Cape Town, South Africa.

Raffael ProbstRaffael Probst works for the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Berlin. He was managing director of the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution and is currently writing his thesis. He studied law at the university of Munich and participated in the 19th Willem C. Vis Moot.

Line RasmussenLine Rasmussen is a junior lawyer at the law firm Andersen Partners based in Kolding, Denmark. Line Ras-mussen works with corporate and commercial law, including in particular gaming law. Line Rasmussen participated in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2008/2009.


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Jakob SättlerJakob Sättler is a legal assistant in the International Litigation and Arbitration Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Before joining Skadden, Jakob Sättler worked in the litigation department of a multinational engineering company. He studied law at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Florida. Jakob Sättler, a Vis Moot alumnus himself, coached several Frankfurt Vis Moot teams. As former president of the Frankfurt Moot Alumni Association, he used to organize Vis Moot preparation seminars and pre-moots.

Rene SattelmaierRene Sattelmaier is a 5th semester law student at Leibniz University. He speaks French and has an English Cambridge Certificate. Moreover, Rene works as a student assistant at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. He participated in the 20th Vis Moot in Vienna and the 10th Vis (East) in Hongkong.

Dr. Neda von Rimon, LL.M. (San Francisco)Neda von Rimon studied law in Hanover and participated in the 15th Willem C. Vis Moot Court. After her first state exam she completed the masters program “International Business Transactions and Compara-tive Law” at the University of San Francisco, USA and finished her doctorals thesis in the field of finance and equity law.

Iveta Rohová Iveta is currently enrolled as a PhD student at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, in the Department of International and European Law. She focuses on Private International Law, namely cross-border civil litigation and international commercial arbitration, and is also interested in international trade law. She participated in the 21st VIS Moot Competition as a Masaryk University VIS Moot Team member and now serves as one of the Team coaches. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, reading books, learning foreign languages, and practicing sports (cycling, skiing, swimming, power yoga, playing badminton).

Christoph Resch, B.Sc.Christoph Resch is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Berlin and a research assistant at the Institute for International Private Law, International Civil Procedure and Comparative Law of Professor Dr. Helmut Grothe at the Free University of Berlin. He studied mathematics and law with a major in legal theory and legal history in Frankfurt (Oder), Berlin and Paris. He has been a scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung“).

Philip-René RetzbachPhilip-René Retzbach works as a Research Assistant at the Chair of Private Law, Conflict of Laws and Comparative Law in Tübingen (Professor Dr. Martin Gebauer) and is preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of international commercial arbitration. He studied in Tübingen and participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court as well as the first VGH Moot Court held in Mannheim. He is coach of Team Tübingen in this year‘s Moot Court.

Natalie ReglinskiLaw studies at Humboldt-University Berlin. Specialized at the University of Geneva obtaining the ‘Certi-ficat de Droit Transnational’. Semester abroad at the University of Sydney with a focus on International Public Law. Participant of the German-Polish Law School. Studied American Business Law and French Contracts. Participated in the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Geneva, NMUN 2011 for Free University Berlin and several EU simulations. Interned with international business law firms in Germany and Poland, a political foundation, the ARD and the German Embassy in Warsaw.


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Hanna SchmitzHanna Schmitz started her legal studies in Cologne and transferred to Hanover in 2011. She is now trainee lawyer at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg. She focused on International and European Law. Hanna worked as a research assistant at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Pro-cedure. She participated in the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris and coached the 2011/12 Hanover-Team. Further, Hanna coached 2012/13 Hanover-Vis Moot Team.

Yannic SchmittYannic Schmitt started his studies in 2009. Yannic has chosen „Law and Finance“ as his main focus and is currently finishing his studies. He participated in the Vis Moot 2013 for the University of Frankfurt and now coaches the current team. Yannic worked as Assistant to the Corporate Counsel in the legal depart-ment of a leading research company in the automotive industry for two years. Since 2013, he works as freelance consultant for legal advice and event management. Yannic is fluent in German and English, additionally he speaks basic French and Spanish.

Morten Schwartz NielsenMorten Schwartz Nielsen is a partner at Lund Elmer Sandager Law Firm. He works with corporate matters, including in particular litigation and arbitration. He has a personal recommendation in Legal500 as a par-ticularly professional and responsible lawyer and received a merit award in 2009 for extraordinary work beneficial to the legal profession. In 2010 Morten Schwartz Nielsen published the book ”Financial leasing – a form of financing” (”Finansiel leasing – en finansieringsform”) at DJØF Publishing.

Moritz SchmittMoritz Schmitt is an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He is based in the firm’s Frankfurt office and is currently seconded to the Vienna office. His specialist focus includes international commer-cial and investment arbitration. He has worked as teaching and research assistant at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Moritz completed his legal education at the University of Freiburg and the University of Uppsala, Sweden. He earned his master of laws degree at New York University School of Law as a Fulbright Scholar. As a former participant, coach and arbitrator, Moritz has gained extensive experience in several mooting competitions.

Professor Dr. Kristina SiigKristina Siig is an associate professor (tenured). She researches within the areas of international trade law in general, in particular with view to international arbitration and maritime law. Kristina Siig obtained her doctorate in maritime arbitration from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo, Norway. Since then she has been with the Department of Private Law, at the University of Aarhus, as well as having practiced maritime law with Messrs. Gorrissen Federspiel. In 2005 she became an associate professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark, where she has been coaching the local team since 2008.

Dr. Anke Sessler Anke Sessler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Prior to joining Skadden in September 2014, Anke Sessler was chief counsel for litigation at Siemens AG for six years and before that partner at a top international law firm in Frankfurt for more than 10 years. She spe-cializes in complex domestic and international litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on corporate law, banking and finance, capital markets, joint ventures and M&A. Anke Sessler is an experienced litigator who has pleaded cases in numerous regional courts and higher regional courts throughout Germany. She also acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

Damien Simonot Damien Simonot is an attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Munich. His practices focuses on general corporate advice and mergers & acquisitions as well as internal investigations and compliance. Damien Simonot studied law at the university of Constance.


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Natalia TheissenNatalia Theissen is specialized in European Media Law and is about to finish her Ph.D. in this field. She received her law degree at the University of Hanover and holds two other academic degrees (one rewar-ded by Trinity College Dublin). She studied in Germany and Ireland and interned at various international organizations and law firms. She worked in the USA and Indonesia during her legal clerkship. Natalia Theissen worked as a research assistant and gives lectures in European Media Law. She has served as an arbitrator at the Hanover PreMoot since 2013.

Meghdad TorabiThe student of Iranian origin is currently doing his LL.M. degree at the Georg-August-University of Goet-tingen. Earlier he studied law at the University of Tehran, at which he is currently enrolled as a Ph.D can-didate and used to work as a research assistant. Prior to that, he also spent a year at the Canberra College, Australia. Particularly due to his own participation in the 21. Willem C. Vis Moot in 2013/2014, Meghdad is familiar with international arbitration and the CISG as well as the peculiarities of this competition. Besides English he also knows German and French.

Pieter SpuijbroekPieter is a Dutch lawyer admitted to the bar in Amsterdam. He completed his LL.M. in corporate law at the University of Amsterdam and specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Pieter participated in the 20th Vis Moot and has been involved with the Vis Moot as coach of the University of Amsterdam team since then.

Inga StephanInga Stephan participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot in 2010/2011. Already before her studies began, Inga served as an intern at a lawyer in Toulouse. She plays piano for fourteen years as well as clarinet for eight years and won a price at the competition of “Jugend musiziert”. Due to her participation in the Willem C. Vis Moot she has gained some experience in the field of arbitration.

Bärbel SmakmanBärbel Smakman studied in Augsburg and Lund (Sweden) and ended her academic studies at the Ludwig -Maximilian-University of Munich, where she passed her state exams. She is head of department at C.H. Beck (Vahlen) for law school books.

Dr. Jan Erik Spangenberg Jan Erik Spangenberg studied law in Hamburg and Virginia with a focus on public international law. He is an associate in the Litigation Department at Latham Watkins and a member of the firm’s Internatio-nal Dispute Resolution and Public International Law practice groups. Mr. Spangenberg joined Latham & Watkins in 2009.

Nadia Smahi, LL.M. (Stockholm)Nadia Smahi studied law at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (Master of Law in Economic Law and Ecole d‘Avocature), as well as Stockholm University, Sweden (LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitra-tion Law). After several internships in Geneva, she worked as an intern at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and in the Dispute Resolution department of Allen & Overy LLP in Frankfurt am Main. She participated in the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot with Stockholm University and now works as an Arbitra-tion Assistant to Professor Pierre Tercier in Fribourg, Switzerland.“


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Pierre TrippelSince 2009, Pierre is a student at Bucerius. He spent one term studying at University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and interned in London, New York and Berlin. In 2012, Pierre and his team reached the quar-ter finals of the Vis Moot Vienna. Additionally, he was awarded an individual Honourable Mention. In 2013, several days before Vienna, he already spontaneously replaced one of Bucerius’ coaches, eventually supporting the team with Maximilian up to the quarter finals. Pierre holds a fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung”).

Alexandra UferAlexandra Ufer and works at the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations and the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure and is preparing her doctoral thesis in the field of legal ethics. During her studies she focused on International and European law. In September 2013, she completed her first state exam. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot 2010 and coached the Hanover Vis Moot Team in 2011, 2014 and the current Team 2015.

Dr. Markus Urban Markus Urban is partner with the law firm Brinkmann Weinkauf in Hanover. He is also admitted as notary. He studied law in Bayreuth, Kairo und Hanover. Since 2008, he works at the law firm Brinkmann Weinkauf in Hanover. His field of specialization is Contract Law, Corporate Law, Insolvency and financial restructu-ring. He wrote his doctor thesis about a question of the German form of contingency fees. Markus Urban has served as arbitrator for the Hanover PreMoot and the Soldan Moot Court before.

Luisa VolkhausenLuisa Volkhausen is a fourth-year law student at Leibniz University of Hanover. She participated in the 10th Vis East/20th Willem C. Vis Moot Court. She passed the bilingual school diplioma and spent two months in France. Luisa also gained a qualification in Latin, the CertiLingua excellence label, the French DELF Certificate B2 and the English Cambridge Certificate C1. Besides her studies, she is doing equestrian sports.

Sebastian von RabenauSebastian participated in the 16th Vis Moot. Afterwards, he coached the Frankfurt teams in the 17th and 20th Vis Moot, where his teams won Honorable Mentions for their Memoranda and speaker, and now coaches the team for participation in the 22nd Vis Moot. He currently works as an international Senior Consultant in a global consultancy agency, focussing on the IT and telecommunications sector in Germa-ny, Austria and Switzerland. Sebastian is fluent in German and English.

Petr VošahlíkPetr is a class 2013 graduate of the Charles University in Prague and a coach of the Prague Vis Moot Team. He obtained invaluable experiences throughout his studies in various moot court competitions, culminating in participation in the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot. During his studies he also interned at a local law firm for two years. Petr currently works in an international law firm in Prague where he specializes in Private International Law and domestic as well as international dispute resolution.

Dr. Wilhelm Warth, LL.M.Wilhelm Warth is an attorney and mediator in Munich. He studied law in Erlangen, Munich, Konstanz and London and was trained as mediator and conflict coach. Wilhelm Warth has been an attorney since 1976 and is founder and company lawyer of a biotechnology venture in Munich. Still, his main occupation is commercial mediation, conflict management and strategy advisory.


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Simon WoikiSimon Woiki is working on his PhD thesis in the field of international law parallel to working at the chair of Professor Dr. Butzer at the University of Hanover. He participated in the 15th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover. After that he worked as a student assistant at the chair of Professor Dr. Wolf and was engaged in the 16th Vis Moot as a coach.

Professor Dr. Christian WolfChristian Wolf is the executive director of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and the responsible academic teacher for the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in Hanover. Before becoming a chairholder in 2000 he worked as attorney, judge at the district court (LG) in Munich and assistant profes-sor at the law faculty of Munich. Since 2006 he is one of the editors of the Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA). He regularly serves as an Arbitrator in Hong Kong and Vienna.

Dr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M. (Chicago)Stephan Wilske studied law in both Germany and France and completed his masters at the University of Chicago Law School. He also earned an M.A. in Political Sciences at Stuttgart University. Stephan Wilske further served as administrative secretary in ICC proceedings and as arbitrator and chairman in DIS and ad hoc proceedings. Mr. Wilske is partner with Gleiss Lutz in Stuttgart and specializes on International arbitration and complex international litigation, international economic law, M&A, US law. He further serves as a lecturer at several Universities such as Hanover, Speyer, Düsseldorf and Heidelberg.

Inga WitteInga is a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation („Studienstiftung“). Since Fe-braury 2012 she is a student assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Joachim Münch. Particularly due to a stay abroad during which she attended an American High School, she speaks English fluently. In order to prepare for a long-term study in a Spanish speaking country, Inga started studying Spanish two years ago. She also participated in the 21. Willem C. Vis Moot in 2013/2014. Inga is further engaged in the ambassador program of the German National Academic Foundation.

Dr. Marc WendtMarc Wendt is a partner with KSB INTAX in Hanover and studied law at the Universities of Goettingen and Hanover. He is a certified Attorney in Commercial and Corporate Law since 2008. He finished his doctoral thesis on liability and corporate law in 2002.

Mirko WiddascheckMirko Widdascheck works as research assistant at the Chair of Professor Butzer at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He studied law in Hanover. His field of specialization is International and European Law with regard to public law. He participated in the Willem C. Vis in 2010 and represented the Univeristy of Hanover in Hong Kong. Due to the Moot and several summer academies he gained a noticeable amount of experience in arbitration.

Emanuel Wild Since graduating in law from the University of Wuerzburg Germany, Emanuel has worked as a research assistant at the chair of Professor Dr. Eva-Maria Kieninger for German, European and International Law at the University of Wuerzburg. Besides being a Vis Moot-Coach for the second time, after he participated in 2011 the Moot himself, Emanuel is a PhD candidate at the University.


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Alice WolkenAlice Wolken is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Celle. She studied law at the University of Ha-nover. Currently, she is working as research assistant at Latham & Watkins in Hamburg. Alice participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot 2010 and represented her Team in Vienna where she reached the round of 32. In 2013/2014 she coached the Vis Moot team of the University of Hanover.

Juliana WöllingJuliana is in her 5th semester of studying law in Hanover. In her free time she is passionate about hor-seback riding. Juliana has already gained some international experience when attending the High School in Arkansas, USA. Besides, she works at the Chair for Civil law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. She participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot.

Dr. Finn ZeidlerFinn Zeidler is a partner in the Frankfurt office of Latham & Watkins and practices in the firm’s Litigation Department. He acts for clients in the context of regulatory and criminal investigations and compliance matters, in particular in the financial industry, and has a broad German and international litigation and arbitration practice. Finn Zeidler writes for legal publications on a regular basis. Amongst others, he is co-author of Michalski, “GmbHG” (Commentary on the Law on Limited Liability Companies), 2010.

Nicola ZeibigNicola Zeibig works as a research assistant at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. She studied law in Hanover and completed the post-graduate masters program “Inter-national Commercial Arbitration” in Stockholm, Sweden. She participated in the 13th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover and supported this year’s team with several lectures on the principles of international arbitration. Nicola prepares her doctor’s thesis.

Professor Dr. Joachim Zekoll, LL.M. (Berkeley)Joachim Zekoll is professor at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt and holds the chair for civil law, civil pro-cedural law and comparative law. He also is director of the institute for comparative law at the University. Before settling down in Frankfurt he held lectureships at several American and German Law Schools. He studied law in Hanover and received his masters degree at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Linus ZweifelLinus got first acquainted with the Vis Moot when he participated in the 21st Moot in 2013/2014. In ad-dition to his work as a Coach for the St. Gallen team he works as a research assistant at the Lemann Chair for International Business Law and Law & Economics of Professor Dr. Dr. Peter Sester at the University of St. Gallen and studies in his fifth year in the Law & Economics Master.

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