Postgraduate prize winners

Congratulations to all our postgraduate prize winners who have received special commendation for their work this term.

The Dickson Poon School of Law offers over 30 postgraduate prizes up to the value of £2,000. Prizes are either funded by the School or made possible by the generous sponsorship from our partners including, CMS Cameron McKenna, Bickerdike Allen and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, among others.

Winners include:

Anthony Searle, winner of the  Eleanor Betsy Scowen Prize for Best Dissertation for the Master of Arts in Medical Law

'Winning the Eleanor Betsy Scowen Prize for Best Dissertation on the MA in Medical Law is a delight and honour. The MA was a fascinating and intellectually stimulating course, and it is lovely to be rewarded for work that I truly enjoyed. I am grateful to Professor Penney Lewis for her excellent supervision, and also to The Dickson Poon School of Law and the late Professor Sir Eric Scowen for their generosity.

Philippe Hovaguimian, winner of: the CMS Prize in International Arbitration (joint first place); The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for best student on the LLM; the Ondrej Petr Creative Writing Prize.

‘It is an honour to be awarded the CMS Prize in International Arbitration. This LLM dissertation has been a unique opportunity to delve into disputed questions of arbitration practice, and I hope the CMS Prize will inspire many others to make the most out of it.’

Edoardo Celeste, winner of: The Dickson Poon School of Law prize for best student on the LLM in Intellectual Property & Information Law; The Dickson Poon School of Law prize for best dissertation/writing project on the LLM in Intellectual Property & Information Law.

‘I am deeply honoured and extremely grateful to have been awarded The Dickson Poon School of Law Prizes for the best student and the best dissertation on the LLM in Intellectual Property & Information Law in the 2014-15 academic year. This recognition not only brings an unforgettable experience in one of the best law Schools in the world to a close, but it also encourages me to apply for a PhD and to pursue my research in the field. I would like to thank all my teachers, and in particular my dissertation supervisor, Professor Kevin Madders, for their support, and my classmates for having accompanied me in this amazing year.’

Anna Sokolovskaya, winner of: The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for best dissertation / writing project on the LLM in International Business Law; the CMS (Cameron McKenna) Prize in International Arbitration (joint first place).

'I am greatly honoured and feel very fortunate to have been awarded the CMS (Cameron McKenna) Prize in International Arbitration for my LLM dissertation. This recognition is a source of additional inspiration for me to continue tackling complex questions of arbitral law and practice. I am very grateful to all my professors and tutors in arbitration and international investment law for their teaching. A very special thank you goes to my dissertation supervisor for continuously encouraging me to step into and explore what seemed like an uncharted territory of questions without answers and to draw my own map of it. I am also very grateful to the School and all faculty and staff members I got to know, as well as to my classmates for making the whole LLM experience a year not to be forgotten.' 

Wolfgang Vanas third prize winner of the CMS (Cameron McKenna) Prize in International Arbitration.

'I am very grateful and honoured to have been awarded the third CMS Prize in International Arbitration. For me it is a true testimony of how well the subject of arbitration has been taught at King’s with tremendous enthusiasm by all the outstanding lecturers and how it has stimulated students to truly embrace and excel in this subject. I would like to thank CMS for creating the CMS Prize in International Arbitration and thus contributing to this excellent learning environment at King’s.'

Thomas Weigelt, winner of The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for the the best student on the LLM.

'It is a great honour to be awarded The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for the best student on the LLM. King’s general LLM programme offered me the terrific opportunity to pursue my scientific interests and learn from and with some of the brightest jurists in the world. I want to highlight the quality of the courses and the intensity of studies at King’s. The prize brings a close to a fantastic year and a great experience.'

Christian Crohn, winner of: The Dickson Poon School of Law prize for best dissertation by a student on the LLM in Transnational Law.

'Being awarded the prize for the best dissertation on the LLM in Transnational Law is a great honour given that there were so many outstanding and talented fellow graduates deserving of it. I am very thankful to my dissertation supervisor Cindy Skach and my pathway leader Peer Zumbansen for their intellectual stimulus and encouragement on my way to the finish line. Being surrounded by such highly motivated scholars and inspiring students, made my year at King's one of the happiest times of my life. The transnational law studies have truly turned us students from citizens of our respective home countries to citizens of the world while the studies in general interconnected us with new friends from all around the globe, bringing people from far away places such as Brazil or Australia close to our hearts. Besides the rich academic input, it is those lasting friendships that I am the most grateful for because they will perpetuate the intellectual and intercultural journey that began at King's.'

Francisco Alvarez Silva, winner of:  The Dickson Poon School of Law prize for best student on the LLM in International Tax Law; Worshipful Company of Tax Advisors prize for highest mark on the LLM International Tax Law.

'I'm grateful and honoured to receive The Dickson Poon School of Law and the Worshipful Company Tax Advisers prizes. Undoubtedly a high note in what had already been an unforgettable year at King's. I'd like to thank my lecturers for their dedication, my family for their unconditional support (special thanks go to my loving wife and my father) and my fellow classmates for their friendship and kindness. Without you all this would have not have been possible. The LLM at King's is an experience I will cherish for life. The quality of teaching together with the international diversness of the course offers make the LLM in International Tax Law an unforgettable experience. Thank you all who made it possible and thanks to The Dickson Poon School of Law and to the Worshipful Company Tax Advisors for their generosity and support.'

Federico Fornasari, winner of: The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for best student on the LLM in International Finanancial Law.

'Being awarded the postgraduate Law Prize for the best student in the International Financial Law LLM is the perfect conclusion and the best recognition for this amazing year at King's, which has enriched me as a person and as a lawyer. I would like to thank Professor Ogowewo for his extraordinary scholarship and for his thought provoking and challenging classes, which changed (and improved) my way of dealing with legal subjects. I would also thank my parents for their constant support and the great importance they had on my intellectual development.'
 

Armi Beatriz E Bayot, winner of: The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for best student on the LLM in Transnational Law.

'I am very honoured indeed to have been awarded The Dickson Poon School of Law Prize for the best student on the Transnational Law LLM for the academic year 2014-2015. My time at King’s has been quite phenomenal. King’s gave me the unparalleled opportunity to study law with some of the world’s leading experts alongside some of the brightest and kindest students I have ever met. I will certainly be drawing on my King’s experience for years to come.' 

Find out more about student prizes in The Dickson Poon School of Law on our webpage.