Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court


The Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court or Frankfurt Moot is a moot competition co-organised by the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. It is the oldest student competition in the area of investment arbitration, with the first edition of the moot taking place in 2008. As the class-leading moot in its field, it is considered one of the grand slam or major moots. With the exception of India and China, national rounds are not conducted, but each university may only send one team, unlike the Foreign Direct Investment Moot. Like many other arbitration moots, pre-moots are also conducted by institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, and the European Court of Arbitration.
Written submissions are required in the form of skeletals, but they do not count towards progression in the oral rounds, and there is also no prize for best written submissions. In recent editions, teams participate in three preliminary rounds. The top 16 teams progress to the knockout stages, and there is a prize for best oralist in the championship final. Each round is typically judged by three arbitrators. The 2020 edition of the moot was cancelled at the last moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As travel restrictions continued to remain in place, the 2021 and 2022 editions adopted the virtual format.

Competition records

YearTotal number of teamsChampion 1st runner-up 2nd runners-upBest Advocate Best Non-OECD Team
2025Singapore Management University National Law University, Jodhpur * BPP Law School
* University of Chicago		Singapore Management University
2024Galatasaray University National Law University, Jodhpur *
*		-
202366Symbiosis Law School, Pune Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich * NALSAR University of Law
* National University of Singapore		Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2022105 Singapore Management University Modern International Law Studies * City, University of London
* Sciences Po		Modern International Law Studies
202142 National University of Singapore Government Law College, Mumbai * National University of Study and Research in Law
* Amsterdam University		NANA
201964Moscow State Institute of International Relations University of Vienna * Singapore Management University
* University of Latvia		Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations
201847National University of Singapore University of Ljubljana * University of Buenos Aires
* University of Novi Sad		University of Ljubljana National University of Singapore
201766Singapore Management University Gujarat National Law University * George Washington University
* Lomonosov State University		Singapore Management University * Gujarat National Law University
* Singapore Management University
201663Bucerius Law School National University of Singapore * Aristotle University
* Jindal Global Law School		Bucerius Law School * National University of Singapore
201536Jindal Global Law School Singapore Management University * National Law University, Delhi
* National University of Singapore		Jindal Global Law School * Jindal Global Law School
201430* University of Miami School of Law
* Sciences Po 		* George Washington University
* Norman Manley Law School		Sciences Po * Norman Manley Law School
201334Stockholm University Peking University * American University
* Gujarat National Law University		Stockholm University Peking University
201232Norman Manley Law School University of Versailles *
*		Stockholm University Norman Manley Law School
201126University of Miami School of Law Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies *
*		Norman Manley Law School Norman Manley Law School
201021Georgetown Law School George Washington University *
*		Georgetown Law School Universidad San Francisco de Quito
200927La Trobe University City University of Hong Kong *
*		La Trobe University City University of Hong Kong
2008Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg St Gallen University *
*		St Gallen University NA