The Berlin Premoot 2013

The Berlin Premoot 2013 was held from 1 to 3 March at the Faculty of Law of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 9, 10117 Berlin, and surrounding law firms, among them Hengeler Mueller, Lindenpartners, Noerr LLP and Weitnauer.
We expect 21 universities from eight different countries. We are especially pleased that the Federal Ministry of Justice, the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law(UNCITRAL) will also support the event.

The Berlin Premoot will start on Friday, 1 March, at 10 a.m. with an opening event at the history-charged Staatsratsgebäude, Schloßplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, that since 2006 accommodates the ESMT European School of Management and Technology. The Premoot will end on Sunday, 3 March, at about 4 p.m. You find a detailed preliminary schedule below under "Documents".

The Berlin Premoot 2013 welcomed the following 21 teams:

- Amsterdam (NL), Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Basel (CH), Universität Basel
- Berlin (D), Freie Universität Berlin
- Berlin (D), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Brno (CZ), Masarykova Universzita
- Edinburgh (GB), University of Edinburgh
- Frankfurt (D),Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
- Freiburg (D), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
- Hanover (D), Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Heidelberg (D), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
- Katowice (PL), Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
- Krakow (PL), Uniwersytet Jagielloński
- Ljubljana (SLO), Univerza v Ljubljani
- Lucerne (CH), Universität Luzern
- Mannheim (D), Universität Mannheim
- Maribor (SLO), Univerza v Mariboru
- Munich (D), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Nijmegen (NL), Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
- Stockholm (S), Stockholms Universitet
- Warsaw (PL), Uniwersytet Warszawski
- Wellington (NZ), Victoria University of Wellington

We thank the arbitrators who heard the teams’ arguments and provided feedback to help them prepare for the Willem C. Vis Moot competitions in Hong Kong and Vienna.

- Organisational:

• Arbitrator Registration Form
• Schedule (dated: 20.02.2013)
• Pleading Schedule - Teams
• Pleading Schedule - Arbitrators (dated: 28.02.2013)
• Location Plan - Builings
• Location Plan - Room Plan Faculty

- Case material:

• Problem 20, corrected with clarifications
  The actual case material containing essentially the correspondence between the parties prior to the hearings.
• ANALYSIS-2012-2013
  The official case analysis. It contains a summary of the case and a rough outline of the arguments.
• Summary and Analysis 20th Willem C. Vis Moot
  A short summary of the case and different possibilities to argue, which was written by one of our students and serves to give a quick overview.
• Arbitrator Guideline
  A short description of the course of the hearings to give guidance to "newcomers" at the Moot.

- Legal texts:

• CISG
  The CISG governs the substantive issues.
• Unidroit Principles
  They have a gap-filling function. The parties might refer to them at some point.
• CEAC Rules 2012
  They are main procedural rules.
• UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
  They can be referred to in a complementary manner. As for the case at hand, however, they are of minor importance.
• UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
  It reflects the national law of the participating states, but is of subordinate relevance for the oral hearings.
• IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
  They can complement the CEAC-Rules. At the hearings, the parties will certainly refer to them.
• New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
  Often they are only marginally referred to at the hearings.

For further information and updates, as well as pictures of the event, you can also find us on facebook: www.facebook.com/hma.berlin.

If you have any questions, you can contact Tobias Strecker who is responsible for the organisation of the Berlin Premoot.