Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition

Under the auspices of the Centre of European Law, King’s College London is one of the co-organizers of the FDI Moot, a new international moot court competition focusing on investor-State disputes.
 
Increasing international investment, the proliferation of bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, national investment promotion legislation, and "internationalised" investment contracts have contributed to the rapid development of a new field of international law that defines obligations between "host States" and foreign investors and creates procedures for resolving related disputes, e.g. through the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
 
These investment disputes involve not only vast sums, but also probe the panoply of rights, duties, and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy. Through the FDI Moot law students -- future practitioners, academics and policy makers -- may attain a practical understanding of these issues. At the same time, the case and the hearings offer a forum of different dynamics for current academics and practitioners from the around the world to discuss the latest developments - and assess emerging talents - in these fields.
 
The FDI Moot involves a hypothetical case in connection with an investment by a private investor in a foreign host state. The FDI Moot spans a period of approximately six months each year and has two phases: the writing of memoranda for claimant and respondent and the hearing of oral argument based upon the memoranda.
 
More info on the moot can be found at the FDI Moot website.