FBK Legal at Pre-Moot Vis Moscow 2018

Galina Akchurina, FBK Legal Partner and Head of Tax Litigation Practice, participated in the Moscow Pre-Moot for the 25th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition as an arbitrator.

It is an international commercial arbitration moot court competition which involves disputes arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.?

The event was attended by student teams from Latvia, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Czech Republic, Serbia and CIS countries.? The final round of the competition will take place in Vienna on 24-29 March 2018.

The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot has been held annually since 1993 and is sponsored by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), several international arbitration institutes (ICC, LCIA, CIETAC, SCC etc.), Pace University, Queen Mary, Stockholm University and University of Vienna. It is currently the most prestigious student competition in private international law and international commercial arbitration.?