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1 11 th 10Hanover PreMoot 02 nd 04 th March

2 Table of Contents Words of Welcome... Participating Teams... Agenda... 6th Hanover PreMoot Conference... Schedule... Presentation of Teams... Presentation of Arbitrators

3 ARP "Wishing all of the participants, students, coaches and arbitrators at the 14th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (East) Hongkong and the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Vienna a fair, rewarding, successful and enjoyable experience!" ARP The Vienna based International Arbitration Specialists acting worldwide A1010 Vienna, Freyung 6/12, Schottenhof, telephone office@arbarp.at,

4 Words of Welcome... Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA) On behalf of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and the Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA) we would like to give you a very warm welcome to the 11th Hanover PreMoot. For three days, Hanover will become Vindobona, Danubia. We are proud to organize and host this event, which has become a wellestablished tradition since its first edition in This year, the PreMoot is going into its 11th anniversary. At the beginning, only five Teams followed our invitation. Nowadays, with 28 participating Teams the Hanover PreMoot is among the largest PreMoots in Europe. Nevertheless, we hope that this event will still provide you with the honest hospitality in a familylike atmosphere it is known for. Moreover, we are sure that our PreMoot will serve you with a combination of an academic and intellectual challenge where you can improve strategic thinking and experience law in a crosscultural atmosphere. For the sixth time we are hosting an international PreMoot conference as a warm up for arbitrators, coaches, and teammembers. We are very proud and thankful that we can present an outstanding panel of internationally well recognized practitioners. Our special thanks go to: Erika Levin, Dr. Rouven Bodenheimer, Hon.Prof. Dr. Irene Welser, Dr. Charlotte DobersKoch, Jan Heiko Köhlbrandt, Axel Benjamin Herzberg and Viktor v. Essen. Many thanks also to all the people, who devote themselves voluntarily to the great Willem C. Vis Moot Community serving as arbitrators here in Hanover. In each pleading, the Mooties will find a tribunal composed of high ranking practitioners, coaches and former Mooties. The Willem C. Vis Moot is designed to be an educational program with many facets of real legal profession in the form of a competition. Hopefully, this PreMoot will similarly be an educational and beneficial experience for everyone. Therefore, all teammembers and coaches are encouraged to see other pleadings when they are not scheduled to argue or to arbitrate (and if it is not forbidden by the rules of the Willem C. Vis Moot).

5 We hope that the days events will not only allow Teams to further refine their arguments and oral presentation, but also to get in contact with each other. One will especially have the opportunity to socialize during the evening reception at the Erdgeschoss on Thursday night and the dinner on Friday night. This year, we were still able to organize the PreMoot, including the social events, without charging any participation fee. This is only possible because the Mooties and the former Mooties of the Hanover Team understand the PreMoot as a personal invitation for friends with homemade cake and sandwiches. Additionally, the Soldan Foundation, CMS Hasche Sigle, BRANDI Rechtsanwälte, Kniprath Lopez, BODENHEIMER HERZBERG, Dr. Krafczyk und Partner, Andreas Reiner & Partners and Skadden make the social events possible. We hope you enjoy your stay. Without the dedication and commitment of the staff of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (especially Nassim Eslami, Lissa Gerking and Niels Kurth) the PreMoot could not have taken place. They all deserve our deepest gratitude! May the Hanover PreMoot be a harold for the spirit of the Willem C. Vis Moot in Hong Kong and Vienna. It is a great privilege for us to have you all here in Hanover! Professor Dr. Christian Wolf For the Institute for Procedural Law and Attoney Regulations (IPA) Sven Hasenstab For the Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA)

6 Participating Teams 11th Hanover PreMoot 1. Amsterdam Netherlands 2. Free University of Berlin Germany 3. Bielefeld Germany 4. Bucharest Romania 5. Trinity College Dublin Ireland 6. ErlangenNuremberg Germany 7. Frankfurt Germany 8. Goettingen Germany 9. Hamburg Germany 10. Bucerius Law School Germany 11. Hanover Germany 12. Helsinki Finland 13. Istanbul Turkey 14. Jagiellonian Poland 15. Kiel Germany 16. Latvia Latvia 17. Mainz Germany 18. Marmara Turkey 19. Masaryk Czech Republic 20. Munich Germany 21. Nijmegen Netherlands 22. Osnabrueck Germany 23. Palacky Czech Republic 24. Saarland Germany 25. Silesia Poland 26. Southern Denmark Denmark 27. St. Petersburg Russia 28. Tuebingen Germany

7 About... Hanover Vis Alumni Association (HVAA) Hannoverscher Ehemaligenverein des Willem C. Moot Wettbewerbs e.v. The Hanover Vis Alumni Association e.v. is a forum for former and current participants of the Willem C. Vis Moot Court and the Willem C. Vis (East) Moot Court to unite and network. It shall serve as a platform for exchanging experience and knowledge. Another major aspect for the Hanover Vis Alumni Association is the ideal and financial support for the current Vis Moot Team. The participation in the Willem C. Vis is a unique chance for every student but also a challenge. Being aware of that, the Hanover Vis Alumni Association tries to forward experiences from former teammembers, having started their career out in the world already, to the next generation of Mooties. Moreover, we are supporting the Hanover PreMoot by acting as arbitrators and by organizing pleadings in law firms. We appreciated that for our former participation in the Willem C. Vis only personal qualification was decisive but not any personal financial aspects. Together with the sponsors of the Willem C. Vis we regard it as our duty to help the next generation of participants to keep it like that. For more information about the HVAA visit our website 7

8 The Hanover Vis Moot Team is supported by Hengeler Mueller Noerr Latham & Watkins Eckert Rechtsanwälte Rechtsanwaltskammer Celle Verein zur Förderung der anwaltsorientierten Juristenausbildung (Soldan Stiftung)

9 Agenda 11 TH Hanover PreMoot Thursday, 02 nd March p.m. 6 TH Hanover PreMoot Conference Warm up for arbitrators, coaches and team members Room: VII/005 (Conti Campus) 5.45 p.m. DIS 40 presents Professions and Perspectives in Arbitration Room: VII/005 (Conti Campus) 7.15 p.m. Welcoming At the Ground Floor ( Erdgeschoss ), the Foyer of the Campus Building Friday, 03 rd March a.m. Registration At the Ground Floor ( Erdgeschoss ), the Foyer of the Campus Building 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pleadings Seminarrooms at the Campus 7.30 p.m. Evening GetTogether Dinner (casual) with Food and Drinks at the Campus Saturday, 04 th March a.m. Registration At the Ground Floor ( Erdgeschoss ), the Foyer of the Campus Building 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Pleadings Seminarrooms at the Campus 6 p.m. Farewell At the Ground Floor ( Erdgeschoss ), the Foyer of the Campus Building

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11 Erika Levin is Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the TheJudge. Prior to joining TheJudge, Erika was a lawyer at Clifford Chance US LLP, Stone & Magnanini LLP (formerly the New Jersey office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP), and established the firm of Sondahl Levin LLC. Erika regularly lectures at international conferences sponsored by the ICDR, ICC, CBAR, the New York City Bar, and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ( UNCITRAL ). She has spent over a decade as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University School of Law. She serves as a faculty advisor and coach for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna and Hong Kong and also serves as a course leader at the Swiss International Law School. She also has guest lectured at Harvard University, the University of São Paulo, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Dr. Rouven Bodenheimer, M.A. ACIArb has been involved in many arbitration cases governed by several different arbitration rules and in ad hoc arbitration proceedings, both as counsel and as arbitrator. He also has significant experience in litigation, dispute boards and in mediation. Since 2010 he has been visiting lecturer at different universities in the field of ADR and International Arbitration. As of January 2017, Mr Bodenheimer cofounded BODENHEIMER HERZBERG. Hon.Prof. Dr. Irene Welser is a partner at CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati in Vienna and is honorary professor for civil law at the University of Vienna. She studied in Vienna and completed her Mag. iur. (1986) and her doctorate (1988) there as well. Additionaly, she is an Examiner for bar examinations in Vienna since and an arbitrator on international cases at the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Her focus of activity lies on economic processes and arbitration, construction law, warranty and damages, procurement law and public private partnerships, law on hospitals and university law, aviation law, industrial property rights, and unfair competition. Dr. Charlotte DobersKoch is an attorney at CMS Hasche Sigle in Hamburg. She studied at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Boston College School of Law (USA) and Soochow s Kenneth Wang School of Law (China), and took her second state examination in law in Charlotte obtained her PhD on criminal businss law at the Bucerius Law School (Hamburg). She joined CMS in 2015 and took care of the setup of the firm s Hong Kong office during 2015 and Jan Heiko Köhlbrandt, LL.M. (Norwich) studied law at the universities of Hamburg (Germany) and Norwich (England) with a focus on international business law. He is admitted to the German bar and has acted as counsel both in litigation and arbitration, and also as arbitrator in international commercial disputes. He is an attorney at ADM Germany GmbH based in Hamburg. Axel Benjamin Herzberg, LL.M. (London, Queen Mary/UCL) is dualqualified and admitted in Germany and England and Wales. Mr Herzberg primarily handles international and domestic arbitrations both as party s counsel and as arbitrator as well as crossborder litigation matters. Mr Herzberg frequently speaks and lectures across the world. He has served foreign courts as an expert witness on German law. As of January 2017, Mr Herzberg cofounded BODENHEIMER HERZBERG. Viktor v. Essen works at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Frankfurt. He studied law at Bucerius Law School, Université Paris I PanthéonSornonne and was awarded the degree of Magister Juris from the University of Oxford. He worked as research assistant at the Max Planck Institute and for two and a half years as deputy counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

12 Schedule for the 11th Hanover PreMoot Friday, 03 rd March 2017 Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 (I/063) (I/142) (I/104) (I/199) (II/009) (II/805) (II/909) 9.00 Registration 9.30 Osnabrueck Jagiellonian Frankfurt Mainz Palacky Istanbul Marmara Dublin Bielefeld Latvia Erlangen Goettingen Bucerius St. Petersburg Coffee Break Jagiellonian Amsterdam Bucharest Istanbul FU Goettingen Marmara Erlangen Tuebingen St. Helsinki Silesia Dublin Palacky Petersburg Lunch Break Helsinki Erlangen FU Hanover St. Nijmegen Silesia Petersburg Bucharest Osnabrueck Marmara Latvia Southern DK Hamburg Saarland Coffee Break Dublin Kiel Amsterdam Munich Bucharest Bucerius Saarland FU Hamburg Osnabrueck Goettingen Mainz Dinner Room 8 (II/1209) Southern DK Masaryk Latvia Southern DK Masaryk Istanbul Bielefeld Nijmegen Room 9 (II/1214) Tuebingen Munich Kiel Mainz Bielefeld Tuebingen Frankfurt Silesia Room 10 (II/1313) Nijmegen Kiel Saarland Masaryk Bucerius Amsterdam Hanover Jagiellonian Room 11 (II/1316) Helsinki Hanover Hamburg Frankfurt Palacky Munich

13 Schedule for the 11th Hanover PreMoot Saturday, 04 th March 2017 Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 Room 7 (I/063) (I/142) (I/104) (I/199) (II/009) (II/805) (II/909) 9.00 Registration Silesia St. Petersburg Masaryk Munich Osnabrueck Dublin Saarland Helsinki Hanover Bucerius Bucharest Kiel Nijmegen Latvia Coffee Break Hamburg Latvia Tuebingen Kiel Masaryk Helsinki Dublin Mainz Bielefeld St. Marmara Silesia Osnabrueck Jagiellonian Petersburg Lunch Break Osnabrueck Latvia Munich St. Mainz Jagiellonian Saarland Petersburg Frankfurt Marmara Masaryk Palacky Bucharest Helsinki Hanover Coffee Break Bucerius Mainz Marmara Goettingen Bielefeld Frankfurt Nijmegen FU Istanbul Amsterdam Kiel Hamburg Southern Erlangen DK Farewell Room 8 (II/1209) Istanbul Bielefeld Hanover Bucerius Southern DK Dublin Room 9 (II/1214) Hamburg Goettingen Palacky Nijmegen Silesia Amsterdam Room 10 (II/1313) Tuebingen Palacky Erlangen Frankfurt FU Tuebingen Room 11 (II/1316) Amsterdam Jagiellonian Goettingen Saarland Erlangen Istanbul Room 12 (II/1003) Southern DK FU Bucharest Munich

14 14 11th Hanover PreMoot University of Amsterdam Claire Overduijn is a master student at the University of Amsterdam. She has finished her Bachelor in Law and is currently studying the Master Private Law. The Moot Court will help her to improve her legal writing and pleading skills. Edward de Rooy is currently doing his second Bachelor at the University of Amsterdam. Before this Bachelor, he finished a liberal arts Bachelor at the University College Utrecht, a Master in European Law and a Master in Law & Economics. After this Bachelor, Edward either wants to become a lawyer or work for the Dutch Central Bank. Eva de Jong studies private law at the University of Amsterdam. Last year, she finished her Bachelor s degrees in Law and Anthropology at the Free University of Amsterdam. Besides studying, she works as a legal intern at the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, where she focuses on private law research. Eva s major field of interest lies in private international law and mediation. She decided to participate in the Vis Moot Competition because she considers it a great opportunity to acquire new skills and experience how arbitration works in practice. Glenn Klijn is a Master s student in commercial private law at the University of Amsterdam. He has finished a Bachelor in private law and tax law, as well as a Master in international tax law. After finishing his current Master degree he looks forward to work as an attorney on a litigation practice. Oliver Whitehead is 22 years old and a student of the LL.M. Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam. He chose to take part in the Vis Moot to pursue an interest in arbitration and because it realistically mimics the procedure an attorney would have to go through in dispute settlement. Hobbies of his are playing rugby, windsurfing, and woodcarving. Jorian Hamster (Coach) is an associate in the dispute resolution practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Amsterdam. He is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, and spent a semester at the Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He participated in the Moot in the UvA team of Jorian has taught an introductory course in international law at the UvA, and has interned at the ICC in Paris.

15 11th Hanover PreMoot 15 Juliette Niersman (Coach) is an associate at NautaDutilh in Amsterdam. She participated in the Moot in the UvA team of Afterwards, she finished her degree at the University of Amsterdam and spent a semester at the University of Toronto. Free University of Berlin Kathrin Klose is studying law in her 5th semester at the Free University of Berlin. She especially enjoys civil and tax law and has already completed an internship in a renowned law firm. Besides her studies, she works in a law company specialized in banking law and capital market rights. Her English and French skills are on a high level. She enhanced them abroad in language classes in Malta and Nice and also took a qualification in Latin. In her free time, she is interested in literature and music, especially playing the guitar and the piano. Until 2014 she was a competitive swimmer and participated in numerous competitions. Leonard Zahn is studying law in his 3rd semester at the Free University of Berlin. His main interests lie in the fields of civil law and public law. He plans to specialize in the area of civil law in the subsequent progression of his studies and wants to gather some early experience in this field by participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. During his school days he acquired, besides language skills in Latin and Ancient Greek, fluent English skills which were deepened by some stays abroad. In his free time, he likes to do sports and to occupy himself with music. Nathanael van der Beek is studying law in his 3rd semester at the Free University of Berlin. He obtained first insights into practical legal issues during an internship in a law firm which is specialized in company and tax law. He also completed an internship at the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in Kigali (Rwanda) in the team for macroeconomic consultation. Nathanael is a member of the Amnesty International FU Berlin group. Since he has lived in the USA for three years, English is Nathanael s first written language. He was also an exchange student in Shanghai for one year and earned solid skills in Chinese. In his leisure time he enjoys sports, traveling, and is interested in music and politics. Nikita Gonta is studying law in his 7th semester at the Free University of Berlin with a major in Commercial, Company and Tax Law. He is highly interested in economical topics, politics, history, and sociology. His extracurricular activities feature, inter alia, party political engagement, which allowed him to gather various experiences during the processes of creating, planning and executing campaigns. Besides speaking English, German and French, Nikita is a native speaker of Russian. Tawon Seo is studying law in her 3rd semester at the Free University of Berlin. She is very interested in civil and criminal law. She first came to Germany five years ago as an exchange student and also participated in the Model United Nations in Denmark. In combination with her A levels, she did the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program and thus has both schoolleaving qualifications. She worked as a voluntary English teacher in an orphanage for two years. Tawon is interested in international relationships and speaks Korean, English, German, and a little bit Spanish. She likes listening to music and plays the guitar.

16 16 11th Hanover PreMoot Zhelyan Spasov is studying law in his 7th semester at the Free University of Berlin. During his studies he decided to specialize in business, company and tax law. His interests lie especially in the fields of competition law, company law and intellectual property law. The Willem C. Vis Moot is interesting for him, because he enjoys discussing legal issues in an international context and examining the relevant issues from multiple perspectives. He speaks English fluently. Furthermore, he speaks Bulgarian as his mother tongue. In his free time, he enjoys sports activities, playing music, and performing standup comedy. Ute Keinhorst (Coach) took her Second Legal State Examination in Berlin and is currently working as a research assistant at the Institute for Private International Law, International Civil Procedure Law and Comparative Law. During her studies at the Free University of Berlin she participated in the Georgetown Law program Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London, where she was analyzing social, cultural and political aspects of different legal systems. As part of this program, she also competed in an Arbitration Moot Court. In university she specialized in international and European law. Her interests lie in cultural events and sports. University of Bielefeld Alicia Tello Wagner is studying law in her 3rd semester at the University of Bielefeld. Before she started to study law, she passed a Voluntary Year of Social Service to improve her social skills. Besides studying, she likes painting and practiced Taekwondo for many years. Alicia is half German and half Spanish. She is also close to her family in England, so that she has an advanced knowledge of English and Spanish. She is further interested in European and International Law. To be part of the Vis Moot means to her to have a great chance to advance herself. Cyra Farr is at her 3rd semester of law at University of Bielefeld. In addition to her native language German she is fluent in English. Furthermore, Cyra participates in an additional English course and achieved a Cambridge Certificate. Besides studying she likes to play tennis, to read and to travel. She considers participating in the Vis Moot as a great chance to improve her skills within written and oral legal reasoning. Joy Annabel Titherington is at her 3nd semester of law at University of Bielefeld. Because of being a half native speaker, Joy Annabel is very familiar to the english language and could easily work in a restaurant in England after she passed her Alevels. Since 2015 she is also improving her skills in english law with the Fachspezifische Fremdsprachenausbildung in English. Through being the dance captain on her jazz and modern dance team and as a coach for a children s jazz and modern dance team she was able to show responsibility and teamwork. Nina Tröster is a law student currently in her 7th semester at the University of Bielefeld. Being very interested in international affairs she also takes part in an additional university programme concerned with the European Union, an important aspect about the Vis Moot Court for her is to see how international arbitration combines legal systems from all over the world. During her participation in the Vis Moot Court, Nina expects to acquire expert knowledge on the treated topics. She is also thrilled to meet the challenges of the competition together with her teammates.

17 11th Hanover PreMoot 17 Behrad Lalani (Coach) is a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Ansgar Staudinger at the University of Bielefeld with a focus on International Privat Law and International Civil Procedure Law. He finished his first state exam in November 2013 and is now working on his doctoral thesis. Additionally, he gives lecture for students in the field of german civil law. In his spare time he coaches a football team at the University. Christina Reichert (Coach) studies at the University of Bielefeld since 2012 and is currently preparing for the bar exam. Besides, she works as a student assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Ansgar Staudinger. Christina participated in the 23rd Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2015/2016 and is now involved in coaching this year s team. In her spare time, Christina likes to play the violin. Christina is fluent in English and has an advanced knowledge of French and Russian. University of Bucharest Andra Carabas is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest. In her 2nd year of study, she was an exchange student for five months at the University of Maastricht, European Law School. Believing that learning experience is essential in the pursuit of a legal career, Andra has already done an internship at the international law firm Wolf Theiss. She is also a member of ELSA (the European Law Students Association) which she represented at a conference in Brussels, giving her a unique chance to network with practitioners from different legal backgrounds. Reading, cooking, watching movies or sketching count as her hobbies. Andreea Ricu is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest and a Master 1 student at the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. She represented the University of Bucharest at the International MCC Charles Rousseau in 2016, when the oral hearings took place in Cuba. Andreea has also benefited from an Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie scholarship in Paris, where she has worked as an intern at the French Supreme Court. In her spare time, she has been practicing hiking for two years, and is also a volunteer of the NGO APCRC (the Association for Promotion of Culture and Civic Responsibility). Catalina Bîzîc is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest and a graduate of the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. Apart from debating in MUNs, she was a student representative in the Council of the Faculty of Law and the Senate of the University of Bucharest. She was a participant in the 2015/2016 edition, where she got an average of 47 as a speaker in Hong Kong and ranked 3rd out of 220 participants. As an active volunteer, in the summer of 2015 she volunteered for a program aiming to give proper education to people from different regions of India. Horia Radulescu is a 3rd year law student at the University of Bucharest. Horia has taken part in internships organized by Dentons InternationalBucharest Office and by law firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen. All these experiences, alongside with 4year debating career, amounted to him wanting to be a litigator after graduation. Alternatively, he is coordinating a highschool debating association in his hometown, through which he raises awareness among younger generations to get interested in national or international issues and to find ways of solving these problems by themselves. He has a 5year experience in martial arts and a 2year experience in swimming.

18 18 11th Hanover PreMoot Ioana Ciornei is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest and a graduate of the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. She is very ambitious and motivated to reach her goals. Because of her desire to continuously grow professionally, she participated in an arbitration competition in French, Concours d arbitrage international de Paris, organized by Sciences Po Law School and the law firms Clifford Chance and Bredin Prat, where her team ranked among the first 16 teams. She is also part of ELSA, where she developed her team work skills. In her spare time, she goes to the theatre and enjoys swimming and playing tennis. Mircea Dinu is a 3rd year law student at the University of Bucharest and at the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. He has won the Best Speaker award at various Moot Court Competions, including the local Civil Law MCC organized by PeliFilip, one of the most prestigious Romanian law firms, and the Public International Law MCC organized by UN Youth. Mircea is also a member of ELSA, where he organizes student traineeship programs. He enjoys reading books in French or English, watching oldschool movies, as well as traveling or being physically active, engaging in various activities such as swimming. Octavian David is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest and a Master 1 student at the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. In 2015, he received the award for Best Speaker during the local Civil Law MCC. The most important competition he has attended is the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration (2015/2016 edition) where he gained the necessary experience as a speaker in Hong Kong. He also regards writing as a noble activity, having already published a novel written during high school. He also enjoys playing the guitar, but most of the time he is continuously bettering himself to be a great litigator. Sabrina Porteka is a 3rd year law student at the University of Bucharest and at the Collège Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. Sabrina has taken part in internships at the law firm Radu RomeoPopescu and associates and in others wellknown firms. She has also participated in various national and international competitions such as the Civil Law MCC organized by CliffordChance Badea and the European Law MCC organized by the Court of the European Union. She is fluent in English, French and Greek and she is also a member of the Network for International Law Students (NILS). Cristina Badea (Coach) is a 4th year law student at the University of Bucharest. Her main areas of interest are Civil, Corporate and International Law. Cristina participated as a student in the 2015/2016 Willem C. Vis competition, as one of the two oralists in Vienna, where the team qualified to the elimination rounds and went into the round of 32, therefore ranking 17th out of 311 participating teams. Gabriel Fusea (Coach) graduated from the University of Bucharest in 2016 and is now a member of the Bucharest Bar. His main areas of interest are Civil, Corporate and International Law. Gabriel participated as a student in the 2015/2016 Willem C. Vis competition, as one of the two oralists in Vienna, where the team qualified to the elimination rounds and went into the round of 32, therefore ranking 17th out of 311 participating teams. Mihaela Gherghe (Coach) is a practicing attorney and a member of the Bucharest bar. She has a Master in Business Law from the University of Bucharest. Mihaela specializes in Corporate and Commercial Law and International Arbitration. Mihaela participated as a student in the 2013/2014 Willem Vis competition and, since 2014, has been a coach of the team representing the University of Bucharest in the moot.

19 11th Hanover PreMoot 19 Raluca Papadima (Coach) is a practicing attorney and a member of the New York, Paris and Bucharest bars. In addition, she teaches Corporate and Contract Law at the University of Bucharest Law School and at the College Juridique FrancoRoumain d Etudes Européennes. Raluca participated as a student in the 2003/2004 Willem Vis competition and has returned to the moot every year afterwards as an arbitrator. She regularly coaches the team representing the University of Bucharest in the moot. Trinity College Dublin Serafine Dinkel Originally from Germany, Serafine has spent the first two years of her university education at the FrancoGerman European Campus of the Institut d études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Nancy, France, where she is pursuing a degree in combined social sciences. Having gathered a profound interest in the interplay of law and international relations, she has chosen to spent a year abroad at the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin. Rosemary Lynch is currently undertaking a Masters of Law at Trinity College Dublin. She graduated from the University of Limerick in 2014 with a first class honours law degree. She developed an interest in mooting whilst in her fourth year when she partook in the All Ireland mooting competition known as The Advocate wherein her team was awarded best written submission and all out competition winner. Nina Milosavljevic is a third year LL.B. candidate at Trinity College Dublin. Her interest in international arbitration stems from her interest in crossborder disputes cultivated through working in Irish law firms, affinity for languages and meeting people from different backgrounds. She is multilingual and has studied abroad in Emory Law School, Atlanta Georgia, U.S. Her interests include playing tennis, creative writing, and public speaking. Frederick Turck is a German law student from the University of Marburg, currently spending his 3rd year at the Trinity College Dublin. During his high school years in India he has found himself interested in International Affairs, as well as International Law. Having participated in several MUN conferences, as well as through his experience as an intern in various Law Firms within Germany, Frederick enhanced his interest in International Private Law. Florian Grießer (Coach) studies Law in his 4th year, currently at Trinity College Dublin. His fascination for mooting intensified when he participated in the Vis Moot 2015/2016 for the Team Tübingen as well as in a domestic Moot Court on the field of administrative law. He enjoys sharing his gained experience with the new Trinity Team. Besides his voluntary work in several parts of our society, he likes climbing, football, and volleyball.

20 20 11th Hanover PreMoot FriedrichAlexander University ErlangenNuremberg David Rappenglück completed high school in Munich. During his school time, he was active in the statewide student representation and participated in an international business competition. David started studying law in the winter term He soon developed a strong interest in private and international law. After finishing university, he plans to work with an international focus. His motivation for the participation in the Moot is based on his interest in arbitration and the CISG and the intention of taking part in an international competition with a motivated team of fellow students. Also, he expects to strengthen his legal English skills and to compete with students from all over the world. Jan Renner Before enrolling at FAU in winter 2014, Jan spent two years living in Singapore, where he graduated from the German European School Singapore. While traveling through South East Asia and Oceania, he got to know other cultures and learned to appreciate the contact with these. The stay abroad triggered his interest in international cooperation. Jan takes particular interest in private law. Through participating at the Vis Moot, Jan has the opportunity to obtain a detailed insight into international contract law and therefore to combine his interests. Furthermore, he aims to improve his English skills. Jan is especially looking forward to working in a team and gaining practical experience while still studying. Juliane Hubert began her studies of Law in Since her second year, Juliane participated in the Certificate Programme Legal English which she completed in October Since January 2014, she is a scholarship recipient of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Scholarship Foundation). Additionally, she works as a student assistant at the chair for Private Commercial Law. Business Law is together with Civil Law in general and Contract Law one of her main interests. Because of this, she chose Business Law as her major subject (specialisation in Competition Law). The Vis Moot offers her the chance to combine her interests and to gain a first insight in a highly relevant and dynamic field of law. Martin Gronemann graduated in In the same year, he took up his studies of law at the FAU where he has been employed as a student assistant at a civil law institute since After passing all relevant tests for examination, Martin decided to take part in the Vis Moot in order to gain an insight of new, interesting fields of law. Furthermore, he would like to get to know to the juristic way of teamwork and rise to one of the prestigious challenges in the legal world. He also worked voluntarily at ELSA as a chairman for academic activities. He is looking forward to an instructive and exciting year. Moritz Scheffer Even prior to his Abitur in 2012, Moritz developed a preference for the English language. This made him participate in a lawspecific English class program at the FAU that he finished in Alongside his studies, he works as a student assistant at the chair for Public and European law and as a teaching assistant for firstsemester law students. From a personal view, he is keen on the close teamwork together with his fellow students regarding the Moot and the opportunity to meet law students from around the globe. On a subjectspecific level, he looks forward to getting a deep insight into the CISG and international arbitration law as well as to gaining valuable experience in these fields. Patrick Wieser commenced his law studies at the FAU in summer In addition to his law studies, he participated in the certificate program for English Legal Language, which he finalized in October During his studies, he undertook internships at Bird & Bird in Frankfurt in the department Banking & Finance and at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Munich. Besides, he is working as a working student in the legal department of Siemens Healthcare and is actively engaged in the European Law Student Association as CFO of ELSA Erlangen. He partakes in the Vis Moot in order to get international experience and to establish contacts with law students from around the world.

21 11th Hanover PreMoot 21 Verena Kühnel (Coach) is a Ph.D. student and currently working as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law. She studied law in Erlangen and Rennes (France) and did her legal traineeship in Bamberg and Munich. Verena participated in the Vis Moot in 2011/2012 and has been a coach of the Erlangen Vis Moot team in 2014 and Goethe University Frankfurt Andreea Velis started her legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2014 and is currently in her fourth semester. Currently, she works as a student assistant at the law firm and notary s office Matthei in Frankfurt. She first established international contacts by taking part in the Buddy Programm of the Goethe University where she was responsible for helping international students to integrate into the new society und and get along in the new city and university. Additionally, Andreea is a member of ELSA Frankfurt. Besides her mother tongues German and Romanian, Andreea is fluent in English. Benedict Detemple started his legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2013 and is currently in his sixth semester. He obtained first insights in alternative dispute resolution by participating in the key qualification course Wirtschaftsmediation. This experience confirmed his intention to specialize in business law. Accordingly, Benedict interned at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the Employment Law Team and at the international law firm Allen & Overy whilst specializing on Dispute Resolution. In his spare time, Benedict enjoys to spend time with his friends and family. Equally, he is interested in politics, music and history. Marie Bergner started her legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2013 and is currently in the sixth semester of her studies. She spent her fifth semester as an exchange student at the ICS Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, where she attended seminars introducing her to the Japanese and AngloAmerican commercial law. In particular, the seminar International Dispute Resolution triggered her interest in arbitration. Marie interned at the international corporate law firm Baker & McKenzie in the practice areas Dispute Resolution and Major Practice and at White & Case Frankfurt in the Commercial Arbitration practice group. Roxana Sharifi started her legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in summer 2013 and is currently in her sixth semester. She worked at the law firm Gleiss Lutz as a student assistant where she gained valuable practical experience. In spring 2016, she completed an internship at Hogan Lovells International and is now part of Hogan Lovells Infrastructure Energy Resources and Projects team as a research assistant since May Roxana appeared in three productions of the Theatre Unlimited Performing Company (TUPC), where she had to prove her English language skills while performing in front of the English Theatre Frankfurt audience. Torben C. V. Schönle started his legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2014 and is currently in his fourth semester. In school, he was involved in several extracurricular activities such as coaching the football youth team and founding a philosophy project group, before leaving school as valedictorian of his class. Due to his interest in the English language and in order to gather experiences in dealing with people of foreign descents and cultures, Torben did a year of work and travel after leaving school. He lived, travelled and worked throughout New Zealand and East Asia.

22 22 11th Hanover PreMoot Vincent M. Kurz started his legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2014/2015 and is currently in his fourth semester. He has already gained experience in legal English by attending the lecture US Laws & American Legal Terminology. Vincent is a member of Law & Legal, a law students association that voluntarily provides legal advice for fellow students. Besides politics, Vincent is particularly interested in music and literature. In his spare time, he also enjoys travelling around the world and learning about new cultures. Caroline Witteler (Coach) started her legal studies at Goethe University in Spring She took part at the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2013/2014 as a team member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot Team. Caroline will take the stateadministered part of the first state examination in September Afterwards she will complete her academic specialization Internationalization and Europeanization of Law. In her free time, Caroline is engaged into several projects pertaining to the support and integration of refugees. As of now, she will support the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a coach. Kevin Bork (Coach) started his legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2010 and took part at the 20th Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2012/2013 as a team member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot Team. He successfully attained the stateadministered part of the first state examination in December 2014 and completed his academic specialization Law & Finance in October 2014 submitting an academic paper focusing on the CISG. Since April 2015 he is working at the chair of Prof. Wandt and is doing his PhD in the field of private insurance law. He supports the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a senior coach. Lucas Mies (Coach) started his legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in summer He participated in the 23th Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2015/2016 as member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot Team. Presently, he is within his specialization Internationalization and Europeanization of Law and will begin his preparation for the first state exam in Since May 2016, he is working at the law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek as a research assistant, where he already worked as a student employee from January 2014 until September He supports the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a junior coach. Malou Lilith Levedag (Coach) started her legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2011 and took part in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2013/2014 as a team member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot Team. Malou will take the stateadministered part of the first state examination in July 2016 and will finish her specialization Internationalization and Europeanization of Law in February Since February 2013 Malou has been working at WeSaveYourCopyrights Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbh as a student assistant. As of now she will support the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a coach. Georg August University of Goettingen Amy Sharpe joins the team from England during her Erasmus year at the University of Goettingen. Her mothertongue is English and she has been learning German for five years. After completing her high school education in 2012 in Cheshire, England, Amy began her fouryear law degree (LL.B.) at the University of Bristol. Amy has shown an interest in dispute settlement and advocacy through participation in legal moots and debates during her first two years at the University of Bristol.

23 11th Hanover PreMoot 23 Karoline MeyerRavenstein Having graduated from school, Karoline spent two months in the USA to improve her English skills. She started her law studies in the winter semester of 2014 at the GeorgAugust University of Göttingen and is currently working at the Chair for Civil Law, Lawyer Law and Civil Procedural Law of Prof. Dr. Martin Ahrens. Karoline is looking forward to working with a strong team in a new field of law. Lars Kühlcke After graduating from school in 2013, Lars completed a voluntary socialyear as a trainer in a sports club. He began his legal studies at the GeorgAugust University of Göttingen in winter Since May 2015 he s been working at the Chair for Labor Law of Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Krause. Participation in the Willem C. Vis Moot appealed to Lars due to the opportunity to undertake more practical work. Muriel Nißle Before beginning her law studies in Göttingen in 2014, Muriel spent time in England, Singapore and New Zealand, where she improved her English skills. Since 2015 she s been working at the Chair for Foreign and Internatinal Criminal Law of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Kai Ambos. Besides that, she is part of production team for the student Göttinger Law Journal. Rabea Buskotte In 2013 Rabea started her law studies at the GeorgAugust University of Göttingen. From the beginning on, she has shown an interest for civil law which led her to the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. Furthermore, since October 2015, she s been working at the Chair for Civil Law, Civil Procedural Law, Medical Law and Comparative Law of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Volker Lipp. Svenja Preußner began her law studies in April Before that she spent time in Canada to improve her English and French. Alongside her studies, Svenja has been the Chair of Göttingen s European Law Student Association. During the course of that, she was part of the organisation of the ELSA Moot Courts. Additionally, Svenja works at the chair for Civil Law and European Private Law of Prof. Dr. Ivo Bach. Katharina Schwarz (Coach) Having graduated in 2014, Katharina is now studying law in her fifth semester at the GeorgAugust Universität Göttingen. Since May 2015, she works as a student assistant at Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Krause s chair for Civil and Labour Law. In the winter semester 2015/2016 Katharina participated in the 23rd Vis Moot Court. She is looking forward to passing on her experiences to this year s Moot Court Team. Stefan Munk (Coach) finished his law studies in May 2015 and is currently working as a scientific employee at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch at Goettingen University. Before studying law, he finished a threeyear study of economics with a focus on taxation and accounting. Stefan is working on his doctor thesis about liability during insolvency proceedings and the arising conflict between the law of insolvency and taxation.

24 24 11th Hanover PreMoot University of Hamburg Julia Richter is 24 years old and was born and raised in Hamburg, where she started studying law after working abroad in Australia and London. She pursued her propensity for international studies and cultural interchange with an academic year at the Aristotle University in Greece. Back in Germany, she focused on media law and is currently working at an institute for information and communication law. Besides, Julia studies the Turkish language and is a volunteer at an organization for students coming from nonacademic families. In the Willem C. Vis Moot Court she is particularly looking forward to meeting international law students and to develop new skills in arbitration and international trade law. Julian Richter is 21 years old and was born and grew up in Hamburg. His participation in the Comenius Program demonstrated Julian the value of international projects. Since he started studying law in October 2013, he has a special interest in civil law. An internship in a law firm confirmed and strengthened this view. Therefore, Julian decided to put his main emphasis on commercial and company law as his area of specialization from the beginning of the next semester. Having the chance to work in his field of interest in an international environment and being able to put theory into practice, Julian applied for the UHH Vis Moot Court Team. Julian Schulz is 21 years old and was born in Hamburg. After he graduated from school in 2012 in Brunswick, Julian started a bank apprenticeship at the Hamburger Sparkasse in August of the same year and finished it two years later. In summer 2014, he worked for three months for a language study travel agency to deepen his English skills. Julian now studies law at the University of Hamburg and is in the fifth semester. For him, the participation in the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot Court is a unique opportunity to gain precious knowledge and practical experience in the field of international commercial law and arbitration. Moreover, Julian is looking forward to the exchange of experience with students from all over the world. Laura Kähler is 23 years old and grew up in SchleswigHolstein. Her interest in international relations began when she participated in multiple educational programs in high school, involving the studies of foreign cultures. This interest strengthened during an exchange year in Australia as an Au Pair. Within the studies, she took courses which were related to international civil, common and comparative law. Apart from her studies, she is working in a law firm focused on labour law and she is a member of the law student representatives. Laura sees the Moot Court as a special and unique possibility to apply her theoretical knowledge via practice and to grow throughout the upcoming challenges. Melanie Manow is 22 years old and started studying law at the University of Hamburg in Studying law was her wish since an internship in a lawyers office. In the second semester, Melanie was participant in a seminar for private law. This raised her interest in private law. Furthermore, Melanie did an internship in Spain, where she learned about the law of a different country and which aroused her enthusiasm for the comparison of various law systems and for international law. Melanie hopes for a lot of exciting international encounters and experiences during her participation in the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot Court. Rishat Vakhidov is 23 years old and was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Since he was a child, he always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The way led through Russia, where Rishat has also lived for a longer time. When he was 16, he moved to Germany with his family. Within three years, he learned German and obtained his high school degree. In 2013, Rishat started studying law at the University of Hamburg and, meanwhile, chose trade and corporate law as his specification. Rishat could extend his experiences during his studies with a semester abroad in China and several internships in international law firms. Rishat is excited to meet the unique challenges of the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot Court.

25 11th Hanover PreMoot 25 Colin Blumauer (Coach) is 20 years old and was born in Hamburg and started studying law in October Being influenced by his bilingual school education, Colin applied for the Vis Moot Team and qualified for participating in the 23rd Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot. In Vienna, his team has been awarded with an honorable mention for the Memorandum for Claimant. He is now looking forward to sharing his recently gathered experiences and his passion for the competition as one of the coaches of the Vis Moot Court Team of the University of Hamburg 2016/2017. Falko Schmidt (Coach) is 23 years old and was born in Emden, Germany. Before graduating from school he gathered first international experiences during a fourmonth stay abroad at Llandovery College, Wales. Falko just finished his specialization in maritime business law and is now preparing for taking the first state examination. Besides, Falko is working for one of Hamburgs leading law firms in the transport law sector since 2015 as research associate. After his successful participation in the 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot Court, Falko is now excited to coach the current Willem C. Vis Moot Team of the University of Hamburg and to contribute his knowledge and experiences. Helena Thiel (Coach) is 22 years old started studying law at the University of Hamburg in October Solely two semesters later, she qualified for the team participating in the 21st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. In 2014 in Vienna, among about 300 teams, Helena and her team reached the round of 32 and accomplished the competition as the second best German team in that year. Before taking her final examination next year, Helena is looking forward to amplifying her knowledge concerning international commercial trade law and arbitration as one of the coaches of the Vis Moot Court Team of the University of Hamburg 2016/2017. Bucerius Law School Anna Nyfeler Growing up in Switzerland and enjoying a multilingual education, Anna early discovered the importance of foreign languages and a fascination for other cultures. After experiencing the political spheres in Switzerland while working at a Swiss business association, Anna commenced her studies at Bucerius Law School in She gained practical experience as a student assistant at a law firm in Hamburg as well as through internships in Munich, Hamburg and London. Studying a semester abroad at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore gave her the opportunity to broaden her understanding of legal systems and to experience an altogether different culture. Christoph Ludwig commenced his studies at Bucerius Law School in fall He sees international arbitration as a chance to bridge differences between cultural, economic and legal systems. This became clear to him during his semester abroad at the University of Hong Kong, where he also took a class on alternative dispute resolution. Laura Vogt Since high school Laura was interested in languages, dispute resolution and debating. Starting her law studies in 2014, she further amplified her knowledge in these fields by attending language classes, moot competitions and courses on mediation and rhetoric. Furthermore, she was involved with the organization of the ChampionsTrophy, a sports tournament and in the initiative We.Inform. for Refugees in Hamburg. During her internship at Shearman & Sterling 2015 she became interested in arbitration and international private law. In fall 2016, Laura spent a semester abroad at Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. She speaks English and Spanish.

26 Termine 2017 Ausgabe des Soldan Moot Falles: 06. Juli 2017 Einreichen der Klageschrift: 10. August 2017, 24:00 Uhr Einreichen der Beklagtenschrift: 14. September 2017, 24:00 Uhr Mündliche Verhandlungen in Hannover:

27 11th Hanover PreMoot 27 Timo Fischer was born and raised in Hamburg, where he also attended High School. After spending his senior year in Addison, New York State, United States of America, Timo returned to Hamburg and started his studies at Bucerius Law School in He chose to study law because of his passion for extensive discussions. The Vis Moot in 2016/2017 will be his first mooting competition. In fall 2016, Timo spent a semester abroad in Hong Kong. In his free time, Timo has always liked to do sports; he has actively played either American Football or Soccer for most of his life. Daniel Ludwig (Coach) works as a research assistant to Professor Karsten Thorn at the Chair of Civil Law, Private International and International Commercial Law, and Comparative Law while writing his doctoral thesis. He studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. During his studies he interned with Latham & Watkins, Shearman & Sterling and Allianz SE. Daniel participated as a speaker in the Vis Moot in 2011/2012 and reached the quarter finals in Vienna. He is coaching the Bucerius Vis Moot Team for the second time this year. In his free time, he plays trumpet and piano in several bands and acts as a football referee. Fabian Paehr (Coach) studied law at Bucerius and at Cornell Law School, undergoing internships at courts and law firms in New York and Shanghai. Before that he worked with Holocaust survivors at Project Ezra in New York City for one year. In April 2016, he started his legal clerkship, working in trade and competition matters for the Landgericht Hamburg and in arbitration and litigation matters for Latham & Watkins LLP. In the past years, he has been involved in various moot courts as a participant and coach. He enjoys Jazz music and Taekwondo. Max Ruderer (Coach) studied Law in Hamburg and Atlanta focusing on International Commercial Law and IP Law. He is a quarterfinalist of the 20th Vienna Vis Moot and a semifinalist of the ICC Mediation Competition 2014 in Paris. After his first state examination he started working in the litigation and patent department of Hogan Lovells in Hamburg. Since 2015 he is coaching the BLS Mediation Team and is now also coaching the BLS Vis Moot Team. In his free time Max likes to enjoy good coffee, yoga classes and watching games of his hometown football club, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Leibniz University of Hanover Alina Holze After successfully completing her ALevels with a grade point average of 1.0, Alina started studying law as a scholarship holder of the DeutschlandStipendium. Prior to her legal studies, she was a committed member of the student s council and a contact person for her fellow students. Combining her passion for foreign languages and travelling, Alina now possesses a remarkable knowledge of English and French. Additionally, she developed her rhetorical aptitude and a selfconfident appearance by being dedicated to singing and acting. With her optimism and ambition she wants to support this year s team of the Leibniz University of Hannover. Anna Ordina graduated with the bilingual AbiBac Diploma in 2015, which reflects her passion for new languages and culture. The very same year Anna commenced her legal studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover. She is fluent in English, French, Russian as well as German. Apart from that, she has a certificate in Latin. Anna learned to take over responsibility and strengthened her assertiveness by volunteering with children. She further demonstrates her affinity for social work by supporting Amnesty International.

28 28 11th Hanover PreMoot Gerrit Ippen As part of an extended family Gerrit learned to take over responsibility and be a member of a team already at an early age. During his childhood he was interested in performing arts and acted in musicals as well as in a movie. Before enrolling as a law student Gerrit completed a dual study in a regional printing and publishing company. During his Work and Travel stay in Australia, Gerrit was able to improve his English skills and also gather valuable life experience. Back in Germany he began the study of law in Hanover with the dream of an international career. With his skills, his ambition and motivation Gerrit will now support this year s Willem C. Vis Moot team and gain more international experience. Henna Rahimi chose to graduate in law and IP/IT law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. Growing up multicultural, she enjoys learning new languages and is now proficient in German, English and French as well as the Persian language as her second mother tongue. Furthermore, Henna successfully completed her qualification in Latin. Being committed to performing arts she strengthened her rhetorical skills and her talent for improvisation. Henna is also passionate about playing soccer whereby she developed her ability for teamwork and her determination. Siegfried Schumacher gained first experiences on international floor by visiting Phoenix (Arizona, USA) as an exchange student. He accomplished the Cambridge Business English Certificate and expanded his linguistic skills. His commitment to the Comenius Project S.O.S. Europe showed especially his talent in networking with people. Paragliding and surfing are his favorite hobbies, which taught him to cope with challenging situations responsibly. Sophia Norda has undertaken a sixmonth internship at the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana after graduating from high school with a grade point average of 1.2. During her stay she was able to follow her great passion for other cultures as well as develop organizational skills. Sophia demonstrates this ability in her free time by supporting refugees in her home town Aurich. Moreover, she speaks English and Spanish fluently. Her commitment and curiosity have brought her to the Willem C. Vis Moot, which she is taking as a new challenge. Karolina Mieszaniec (Coach) studies law at the Leibniz University of Hannover since 2014 after having successfully absolved the International Baccalaureate Diploma in England. She works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure. Karolina participated in the 23rd/13th Vis Moot Court and reached the Round of 64 with her team. She is further committed to the project Legal Clinic at the University as well as engages as a mentor of the project JurMent for first year law students. Karolina is this years coach of the Hannover Vis Moot Team 2016/2017. Robert Bähr (Coach) works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure and is currently preparing his doctoral thesis. In 2016, he completed the first state examination. During his studies, Robert focused on Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law. He participated in the Vis Moot 2012/2013 for the Leibniz University of Hannover in Vienna and Hong Kong. He then coached Hannover s team for the Soldan Moot Court for Attorney Regulations and is now the coach of the Hannover Vis Moot Team 2016/2017.

29 11th Hanover PreMoot 29 University of Helsinki Ina Rautiainen is in the final year of her studies and enthusiastic about corporate and commercial law. Ina has chaired the Legal Aid Committee of the Helsinki University Law Students Association and worked as a trainee in the legal department of a Finnish listed company. Iina Laak is a third year law student at the University of Helsinki. She has also studied in Texas, US. During her studies, she has become enthusiastic about international commercial law and is proud to represent the University of Helsinki in Vis Moot Miisa Happonen Over the course of her studies, she has become passionate about dispute resolution. Miisa is a fifth year law student and is working at the moment on her master s thesis. She has previously worked in law firms specialized in supporting small businesses as well as in insolvency proceedings. She is also a graduated music teacher and has played piano professionally. Patrick Leßmeister is currently an Erasmus student at the University of Helsinki. His home university is the University of Konstanz (Germany). In addition to dispute resolution, he am interested in legal theory, philosophy, and methodology. In the future, Patrick plans to pursue a research career so he could provide new ideas and make a contribution to the development of the law. Saramaria Kalkku has focused on international economic law during her studies. Her bachelor s thesis covered the controversial topic whether international commercial arbitration could be viewed as an autonomous legal system. Prior to the Vis Moot, Saramaria participated in the European Youth Parliament chairing committees and plenums on topics related to international trade. Veera Sundberg Mooting is her passion at the law faculty. Veera participated in the European Law Moot Court, and realized that for her this is the way to learn about law. She has completed her optional studies mainly in private international law and European Union law and has worked in a law firm specialized in building contract disputes and a life insurance company.

30 30 11th Hanover PreMoot Istanbul University Ada Gavremoglu graduated from high school as the highest ranked student and is a junior in Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She has spent her 3rd semester in University of Heidelberg as an Erasmus student and focused on her German language skills and her studies in international law. She received many rewards from essay and performing arts competitions. She participated the Summer Law School in Copenhagen on the subject of IP in She is the director of EU&IO Commission of ILSA and took part in the institutional trip to EU Institutions and ICC in Paris in She is currently a member of the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University. Beyza Olcer is a junior in Istanbul University Faculty of Law. In high school, she participated in AIESEC MMW project and Sabanci University Summer School. Last year she headed the EU Commission in International Law Students Association along with being the VicePresident of the Model United Nations Club in her university. She also works parttime in an international law firm. Having already been involved in Telders Moot Court 2015/2016 and elected as the Best Oralist in National Rounds, she decided to join 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University. Erkin Tuzcular born on 7th of November 1995, graduated from Austrian St. Georg s College in Istanbul as the highest ranked student and is currently a third year student in Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He is fluent in German and English. Besides law, he is interested in computers and music. He plays bass guitar in various university bands and is in the organization team of the annual IT Law Summit of his faculty. Lastly, he is a proud member of the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University. Ipek Ince is a junior in Istanbul University Faculty of Law. During high school, she participated in a debate team and awarded several times. She is interested in international law and was a member of ILSA in her university. After their visit to ICC in Paris she discovered her passion in arbitration and now she is the president of Dispute Resolution Club in her faculty. Also she is currently carrying out Turkish Ambassador duty of European Student Think Tank. She completed her summer internship in arbitration&litigation department at Baker&McKenzie chapter of Istanbul. She is currently a member of the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University. Salih Kartal is a senior in IstanbuI University Faculty of Law. He is mainly interested in the Commercial Law, Intellectual Property, IT Law. He was involved in the Faculty s Music Club as a guitarist and on his third year in the faculty, he took part in the foundation of Dispute Resolution Club as Vice President for Marketing. In this club, he studied on alternative dispute resolution methods. He is currently a member of the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University. Yigit Acar is a junior in Istanbul University Faculty of Law. Participated as an EYP member and worked as an AIESEC employee during his high school years. Developing an interest in international law, trade law and maritime law, he became a member of International Law Students Association as well as European Law Students Association while working as a board member specialized in Mediation Moot Court of Dispute Resolution Club. He is currently a member of the 24th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team of Istanbul University.

31 11th Hanover PreMoot 31 Ali Can Gören (Coach) is a midassociate at the Istanbul chapter of Dentons. He focuses on real estate development and construction as well as mergers and acquisitions and project finance. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and participated in the Erasmus Exchange Program at Université de Fribourg. He previously coached Galatasaray University and Kadir Has University s Vis Moot Teams and has been coaching Istanbul University s Vis Moot Team for the past two years. He has been arbitrating at the Istanbul Bilgi University PreMoot for the past four years. He is a member of the Istanbul Bar and he is fluent in English and French. Nafiye Yucedag Göztepe (Coach) has been working as a research assistant at Istanbul University Faculty of Law at the Civil Law chair since She has started her PhD in 2009 and received her PhD in October 2015 by completing her thesis on Buyer s Right To Replacement In Case of NonConforming Delivery of Goods under Turkish Code of Obligations and CISG from Istanbul University. She is currently the coach of of the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot Team of Istanbul University. Jagiellonian University Adam Zakrzewski is a 5th year law student at Jagiellonian University. His main areas of interest are civil and commercial law. He thinks it is time to add international arbitration to that list. However, he is still ready to give up everything for a career in sports journalism. Agnieszka Ratajczak is a 5th year student of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her main areas of interest are international commercial law, labour law and recently ADR. She completed L École de droit français organized jointly by the Jagiellonian University and Université d Orléans. Besides her studies she enjoys travelling. Jakub Bednarek is a 4thyear student of the Jagiellonian University. He focuses on philosophy of law, private international law and public international law. He had been a foreign law clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel, at Justices Hanan Melcer s chambers. He is also a committed member of Jagiellonian University academic clubs and was a speaker at several student conferences. Jakub s passion is traveling to former Soviet Union republics and trekking in the Carpathian Mountains. Katarzyna Kusnierek is 5th year student of law at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. She is also is a participant in JUCUA School of American Law. Last year she was an exchange student in Leiden, the Netherlands, where she experienced moot court for the first time. Her main areas of interests are corporate law and intellectual property law. In her spare time she enjoys different sports, exploring new places and good food.

32 32 11th Hanover PreMoot Łukasz Paruzel studies law at the Jagiellonian University. His main area of interest is public international law. He had an opportunity to develop in this field as a member of Jagiellonian University ELSA Moot Court Competition team and a volunteer for United Nation s Office on Drugs and Crime. This year he will represent Jagiellonian University in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. In his free time he enjoys a good book, a game of chess and the company of his two guinea pigs and a hamster. Małgorzata Zukrowska is a 5th year student of law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her main areas of interest are civil law, commercial law and alternative dispute resolution. For the past four years she has received Chancellor s Scholarship for top students. She graduated from German School of Law organised by Jagiellonian University, RuprechtKarls University of Heidelberg and Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. She also participated in International Business and Trade Summer Law School in Kraków. This summer she developed her practical legal skills as a trainee in international law firm. She speaks English and German. Maria Skwara studies law at the Jagiellonian University. She participated in ELSA Moot Court Competition and Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Her interests include international private law, as well as all matters related to civil litigation. She speaks English and French. She is passionate about aerobics, singing and learning foreign languages. Mateusz Szurman is a 5th year law student at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. He participated in Erasmus+ program and studied at Leiden University. He works as a paralegal in the legal firm specialised in civil and commercial law. He is a member of Jagiellonian University Student Legal Clinic, where he works pro bono in criminal law cases. He is also a vicepresident of the Student Government of the JU Faculty of Law and Administration. His main area of interest is criminal commercial law. In his spare time, he plays football and tennis. He also enjoys Scandinavian crime fiction. Maciej Durbas (Coach) works in Kubas Kos Gałkowski law firm and is a Ph.D. candidate at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. This is why he deals with commercial arbitration and international contract law both from a practical and theoretical perspective. He has been in Jagiellonian University s team since the 18th edition of the Vis Moot. Maciej himself participated in the 17th edition of the Vis Moot, coleading the Jagiellonian University s team into the quarterfinals. He received the Honorable Mention. Maciej is fluent in English and French. Kuba Gasiorowski (Coach) holds Ph.D. in law from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He currently works at Kubas Kos Gałkowski, a leading Polish dispute resolution law firm. He worked on teams representing clients in arbitration and in proceedings for enforcement of arbitral awards. Kuba participated in 19th edition of Vis Moot and colead the Jagiellonian s team into quaterfinals, receving a Honorable Mention. In 2015 he won the Polish bar award for best speaker among attorney s trainees. He is fluent in English.

33 11th Hanover PreMoot 33 Christian Albrechts University of Kiel Anna Megan Voit is 22 years old and comes from Lake Constance. She is studying in her third semester and focuses on civil procedure and insolvency law. Parallel to her studies she works in a local chamber. Azar Aliev is from University Heidelberg and is focused on International Commercial Arbitration. Christina Crocker the Austrian native, is 22 years old and focuses on International private law and comparative law. While she completed different internships in London chambers, she finished a two years language & legal certificate program. Her hobbies include playing the piano and skiing. Gelare Matin born on the 18 September 1994 at Hamburg, graduated from high school in 2013 and enrolled as a law student at Kiel University the very same year. Parallel to her studies she serves on the board for directors at ELSA Kiel e.v. and works at the local Refugee Law Clinic Kiel. She finished a two years language & legal certificate program for law students and completed her studies in International Private Law and Comparative Law. Now she is preparing for the final state exam. GesaMarie Schulz commenced her law studies in 2013 after spending seven months in Argentina learning Spanish and working with children and horses at a therapy riding centre. Because of her interest in foreign cultures, languages and legal system, GesaMarie chose International Private Law as her specialisation completed this part of her studies last winter. She is now preparing for the final state exam and chose to participate in the Vis Moot to gain a more handon approach on studying law and to prepare further for a possible future carreer in International Law. In her free time, Gesa likes to immerse herself into a good book, take dancing lessons or watch an exciting handball match. Songping Que is a LL.M. candidate at University of Kiel. Obtained her bachelor degree of Law in China, she is looking forward to specialize in sales law and arbitration. Her hobbies are travelling, scuba diving and chatting with friends.

34 34 11th Hanover PreMoot University of Latvia Andris Dimants is currently a second year masters student at the Faculty of Law of University of Latvia and is participating in Vis Moot for the second time. Apart from Vis Moot, Andris has won and coached winning teams in numerous national moot court competitions, including the most prestigous Latvian Constitutional Law moot court competition. He also holds a seat in the Senate of the University of Latvia, where he represents student s interests and serves as an arbitrator in the Academic Arbitration Court of the University of Latvia. Andris has numerous hobbies, including mountain skiing, fencing and even being an actor in Shakespeare s play Othello. Eriks Kreslinš is a first year masters student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia. He has participated in Central and Eastern Europe Moot Court Competition (2015) and European Law Moot Court Competition (2016). He is interested in family law and human rights law. Eriks hobbies include hunting, cooking and bodybuilding. Inita Cima is a third year bachelors student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia. She is interested in property law and inheritance law. She has won Latvian moot court competition in human rights law (2016). Inita s hobbies include traveling, ballet dancing and theoretical mathematics. Katrina Petersone is a first year masters student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia. She is particularly interested in international arbitration law and ADR in general, as well as in private international law and international trade law. In addition to her experience in the field of private law, Katrina has gained a valuable insight into international politics and public law when practicing as a junior research fellow at one of the leading thinktanks in Latvia. Katrina s hobbies include jogging, cooking and, most importantly, watching mystery films. Dr. Inga Kacevska (Coach) is Assistant Professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law. She is coaching University s Vis team for more than 12 years and organizing the Riga Vis PreMoot for the past 10 years. She is also a partner of Law Office of Inga Kacevska specializing in arbitration and international private law, regularly acting as arbitrator and counsel in international and domestic arbitrations. In 2014 the Government of Latvia appointed her to the Panel of Arbitrators at ICSID. She is also Committee Member of European Branch of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, member of Latvian Sworn Advocates Collegium. She was elected in the Special Committee attached to 1961 European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration. Janis Sarans (Coach) acquired his Master s Degree in Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. This is his first year cocoaching the Vis Moot Team of the University of Latvia. He participated in the Vis Moot in year 2015/2016. Previously, he has participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Public Law Moot Court competition final rounds in Washington (D.C.) (2015) and Telders International Public Law moot court competition (2014). Currently, Janis practices law as an Associate in a regional law firm in Baltics and he specializes in international and domestic litigation and dispute resolution, with the focus on competition law and intellectual property law.

35 11th Hanover PreMoot 35 Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Armina Vilkauskaite After passing her Alevels in spring 2014, Armina began her law studies in 2014/15 at the JohannesGutenberg University, Mainz. Her participation in the Vis Moot bases especially on the interest in the International contract law. The international regard runs in her family, which speaks both Lithuanian and Russian. Besides speaking fluently Lithuanian and Russian she also speaks English and Latin. She is born in Lithuania and immigrated only at the age of eleven to Germany. Not having any language knowledge, she learned German within half a year. By participating in the Vis Moot she aims to learn dealing with legal English by writing and pleading. Elias Klodt After graduating from the Bischöfliches WilligisGymnasium Mainz, Elias Klodt began his law studies in the summer term 2014 at the JGU in Mainz due to his interest in language. It was not only the particular challenge of the Moot but also the motivation for teamwork that brought him to the Moot Court. By participating, he aims to gain extensive knowledge in arbitration proceedings and to improve his rhetorical skills. Moreover, he is looking forward to meet other law students from all around the globe. JanPhilipp Ribbe graduated from StefanGeorge Gymnasium Bingen in Summer In his school days he took part in an exchange program to India and thereby discovered his interest in foreign cultures. Also he obtained a latin and a greek certificate. Subsequently he started studying law at JohannesGutenberg University Mainz. He is looking forward to meeting law students from all over the world to gain insight into new lifestyles and old traditions. Nicolas Jaberg Already in his schooldays Nicolas Jaberg had the opportunity to collect some international experience in the USA due to a student exchange. After commencing his studies he was particularly interested in the international aspects of law. That is what he focussed on last year, which he spent studying abroad in Spain. During this time he became fluent in spanish and got to know people from all over the EU and beyond. Through the moot he hopes to improve his rhetorical skills and socialize with law students from all over the world. Claudia Behlendorf (Coach) works as a research assistant at the University of Mainz, Institute for Private International Law, Comparative Law and Law of Obligations (Prof. Dr. Peter Huber). She holds a maîtrise of the University of Paris, East. She is currently working on her thesis in the field of investment protection law.

36 36 11th Hanover PreMoot Marmara University Istanbul Elif Basak Dereci is in her senior year of law studies at Marmara University. She is interested in Criminal Law, Refugee Law and International Private Law. She was an exchange student in Nebraska, USA for a year in high school. She also studied in Bonn, Germany for one semester under the Erasmus Programme. She has volunteered in different NGOs such as AFS, ESN and Refugee Rights Turkey. She is also an intermediate level German speaker. Arif Göktug Selvitopu is in his senior year of law studies at Marmara University. A traveller and an athlete; he joined a high school exchange program and lived in Northern California for a year in which he went to Red Bluff High School for his senior year, represented the school in basketball and tennis. In 2013, he started his studies in Marmara University Law School and plans to focus on commercial law as the focal point of his career postgraduation and to pursue and obtain an LL.M. Kübra Dönmez is in her junior year of her law studies at Marmara University. Her main aim is to improve her problemsolving and legal research skills in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. In addition to English, she has basic knowledge of Russian which she desires to improve. Her eventual career goal is to specialize in Contract Law, Corporate Law and Energy Law. Mehmet Akif Dede is in his senior year of his law studies at Marmara University. He studied a full year abroad at Università degli Studi di Siena in Italy, within the framework of Erasmus/LLP Programme, thus has a basic knowledge of the Italian language. He had been a board member of Marmara University International Law Studies Club for 4 years. He has a firm interest in Commercial Law, and desires to specialize in that subject. He was also a participant of 23rd edition of Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Selahattin Bavas is in his senior year of his law studies as an honour student at Marmara University. He is mainly interested in International Private Law and Human Rights Law. He has successfully finished the International Law Winter School which was organised by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs in He has been participating in national debate tournaments since As he studied in Kazakhstan for 3 years, he is fluent in Russian and has a basic knowledge of Kazakh language. Sena Aydın is in her second year of law studies at Marmara University. She has graduated from Istanbul American Robert College in In addition to English she has basic knowledge of French. She is mainly interested in Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence as well as World Legal History.

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38 38 11th Hanover PreMoot Çagrı Cem, LL. M. (Coach) Admitted to Istanbul Bar Assocition, Çagrı Cem is currently working as an inhouse lawyer at STFA Investment Holdings, specialised in Construction and Energy Law. Having completed his LL.M. degree at Marmara University, he is continuing his doctorate under the same roof. He has coached last four years teams and enjoys leading the young and bright team of this year as well. Masaryk University Jirí Kappel is in his last year at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. He is mainly focused on tax law and its recent international and European developments. Apart from his curricular activities at Masaryk University, he attended international tax law summer schools in Vienna and Cracow and spent the spring semester 2016 at the Faculty of Law, Gent University. Jirí gained practical experience and legal skills during his internships at Financial Administration. He currently works on his thesis and number of research papers. In his spare time Jirí used to enjoy reading, video games, music and sport. Now, he does not have any spare time. Kristýna Gembalová is currently in her fifth year of studies at Masaryk University, Faculty of Law. She spent autumn semester 2015 at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom where she mainly focused on sales and contract law. She gained practical experience in several legal internships. She is fluent in English and has basic knowledge in French. Apart from studying, she enjoys cooking, hiking, exploring foreign destinations and practising sports (dance, inline, badminton, yoga). Ondrej Málek is currently in the fourth year of his studies at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. He loves theory of legal argumentation and philosophy of law (especially influenced by works of German legal positivists). Ondrej gains practical experience as a paralegal focusing on corporate law. He has a passion for good wine and food. Tamara Korešová is currently in her fourth year at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. Apart from Private International Law, she is also interested in Investment Law, European Law and Constitutional Law. In order to broaden her knowledge of European Law and politics she spent one month as an intern in the European Parliament, Brussels, where she worked mainly on subjects discussed in the International Trade Committee. Moreover, she spent a summer internship in Allen & Overy LLP Prague at the Banking department. Currently, she works as a paralegal in law firm in Brno. She uses last bits of her spare time for horseback riding, tennis and golf. Tereza Vaculíková is currently in her penultimate year at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University. During her studies she worked as an intern in Brussels at European Olympic Committee, and at a law firm in Birmingham. She takes part in the Vis Moot because she wants to improve her language and argumentation skills, and to gain deeper knowledge of international trade law. In her free time she enjoys sport, spending time in the countryside and exploring the world.

39 11th Hanover PreMoot 39 Marcela Kašpárková (Coach) After graduating from the Faculty of Law of the Masaryk University, Marcela started to work at the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic. She participated in 22nd Vis moot as a team member and she is pleased to get heavily involved in the Vis again this year and serve as a coach. In her spare time, she likes to go into nature and enjoy the moments without modern civilization. That is why she is addicted to backpacking, mountain ultramarathons and via ferrata Miloslav Kabrhel (Coach) is a first year Ph.D. student the Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law. His interest in international commercial arbitration is a result of his participation in the 22nd annual of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. For the 24th annual of this competition, he became a coach of his alma mater s team. Apart from being an exmootie, he works as a junior lawyer in a CzechAustrian law firm. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Dina Kagan is 23 years old and in her 7th semester. She owes much of her curiosity for foreign languages and cultures to her own international background. It led her to do a legal summer internship in the U.S. and to spend an academic year abroad in France and Italy, all of which gave her valuable insights into foreign legal systems. Alongside her studies, she works as a student assistant for the department of intellectual property and competition law. She enjoys immersing herself in a new project and is excited about the opportunity to gain experience in the field of international commercial arbitration by participating in the Vis Moot Court. Mareike Neumayer is 20 years old and in her 3rd semester. She spent one year abroad in the US during high school, participating the CBYX Program (Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange). There she came to love foreign languages and cultures. Mareike is currently working at the chair for Civil Law, European and International Commercial Law. In her free time she loves to play the piano, tennis and volleyball. Through the Vis Moot Court, Mareike hopes to learn about international commercial law in arbitration and to get some practical experience in pleading. Also she is excited to meet new people from different countries all over the world. Tobias Targosz is 21 years old and in his 3rd semester. He spent one year traveling through New Zealand, Australia and Southeast Asia prior to his law studies at the LMU Munich. These stays abroad fueled his interests in international relations and different cultures. Besides his studies, the ambitious photographer enjoys collaborating with clients and taking responsibility for the conception and execution of manifold challenging projects. He is confident to benefit from these skills when participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court. Further, he hopes to discover a new perspective on international private law and to gain practical experiences. Anna Böffgen (Coach) is 21 years old and in her 5th semester. She works for the Chair of Criminal Law and Law of Philosophy and as a research assistant for the arbitration team of a corporate law firm besides studying law at the University of Munich. Organizing projects in high school and as a trainer of a children s dance team she assumed responsibility early on. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2015/16 and is now looking forward to supporting this year s team.

40 40 11th Hanover PreMoot Stefan Thaler (Coach) is 25 years old and recently graduated from law school in Munich. Prior to his participation in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2013/14 he has already had great interest in different countries: he has spent a year abroad in Australia, New Zealand and the US before law school. Now he is very keen on being one of the coaches of the University s team 2016/17 and passing on the impressions and experience he gained during his participation in the Vis Moot Court. Besides being a coach, he works as a legal assistant for a fullservice law firm in Munich. Radboud University Nijmegen Alexandra van Lier is currently a master s student Business & Law at Radboud University Nijmegen. After she finished her bachelor European Law School, she took the opportunity to see more of the world and spent a year abroad. During that year, she studied a semester in St. Petersburg and did an internship at the Dutch Embassy and Dutch Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. Daniël van Schalkwyk currently studies European Law with specialization Business Law at Radboud University Nijmegen. He completed his BA Law (2013) and LL.B (2015) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. During his undergad studies Daniël worked at the Mercantile Law Department at the University of Pretoria as a research assistant and tutor for Commercial Law. Eva Vermeulen is a 5th year student of law at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In she was part of the United Netherlands Delegation and participated in Model United Nations. She is currently busy with her masters in Civil law and Public and Administrative law. Andrée Lenaerts (Coach) is a former participant in the Vis Moot. Now she is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Financial Law of the Radboud University. Her research topic is alternative dispute resolution in the financial sector. Anne Mennens (Coach) is a former participant in the Vis Moot. Anne is a PhD candidate and lecturer at the Radboud University Business and Law Research centre. Her research focuses on preinsolvency restructuring plan proceedings.

41 11th Hanover PreMoot 41 Bas van Zelst (Coach) is an associate in the arbitration practice of the Amsterdambased law firm Van Doorne. Bas has been involved in (advising over) arbitrations under the ICC, NAI, LCIA, UNCITRAL and DIS rules. Bas holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and teaches the course International Arbitration at the Radboud University. Kim Geurts (Coach) is a PhD candidate and lecturer at the Radboud University Business and Law Research centre. She conducts research in the field of secured transactions law and bankruptcy law. Kim is coaching the Radboud University Vis Moot Team for the second time this year. University of Osnabrueck Dario Wind is currently studying law in his 3rd semester at the University of Osnabrueck. In his studies, he is specializing in European and International private law. Moreover, he is improving his legal English skills and is learning about the English legal sytem in the course FFA English UK. The great interest for different law systems and the opportunity to work in a team motivated him to take part in this year s Vis Moot. Jannik Pflug is currently studying law in his 5th semester at the University of Osnabrueck. Before he started his law study he spent one year in Australia. During this time, he discovered his affinity for the English language. Jannik has already gathered experience in judicial proceeding by participating in a constitutional law moot court. In this moot his team could take the first place. Through the Vis Moot Jannik hopes to connect with students and practitioners from all over the world. Lena Esser Lena studies law at the University of Osnabrueck in her 5th Semester. During her school time she spent some time as an exchange student in the USA, to improve her English skills. After accomplishing her A levels, she spent a year abroad in Australia. Furthermore, she graduated the course FFA English US last semester. The interest for different cultures and the opportunity to learn more about international law led her to attend this year s Vis Moot. Melissa Rothe is a third year law student of the University of Osnabrueck. Last year she graduated the FFA, specializing in the judicial language and legal system of the US. She is enrolled in a special economic education for law students. Melissa also works as a student assistant for Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. von Bar since July By participating in the Vis Moot she intends to gain practical knowledge in the field of international commercial law as well as to improve her English skills.

42 42 11th Hanover PreMoot Ida Rüffer (Coach) is a law student in her 7th semester at the University of Osnabrück. She places her academic focus on international private law and recently finished an additional twoyear tuition on US law. She participated in the 23rd Vis Moot and is looking forward to supporting this year s team on the journey to Vienna. Marko Andijc (Coach) Marko studies law at the University of Osnabrück in his 7th semester. He is currently putting the main emphasis of his studies on cross border litigation and arbitration and has recently finished an additional twoyear tuition on US law. He has participated in the 23rd Vis Moot and is supporting this year s Vis Moot Team as a coach. After the Moot, he will start to prepare for his state examination. Palacky University Olomouc Filip Stanek is a 4th year law student at Palacky University in Olomouc. He is very interested in international law and his Master s Thesis will focus on public international law. He volunteered for Vitalise in Chigwell (UK) for a month. In his spare time he loves playing floorball or badminton. He also enjoys reading comics and books written in English. Jan Palacky is a 5th year law student at Palacky University in Olomouc. So far, he has completed an internship at both the District court in Prerov and the Regional court in Olomouc. He worked as a paralegal in a law firm and had a chance to work at the largest executor s office in the country. Currently, he is working on his Master s Thesis focused on international commercial arbitration. Besides studying law, Jan also likes learning foreign languages. He speaks English, French and recently has been learning German. In his spare time, Jan likes sports especially running and football, reading books and listening to music. Milan Vareka is a 4th year law student at Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. He is a Roman Law fan and participated in CzechSlovak Roman Law Moot Court He was also involved in the law centre at Palacky University where he advised clients in civil and entrepreneurial matters. Milan is a Francophile and speaks French. In his spare time, he likes to read a book or listen to classical music and knit a pair of socks. Pavel Glos is currently a student in the 4th year of Palacky University. He has already participated on the 21st Vis moot for our team. So far, he has completed an internship at the District court. Also, he was involved in the Centre for Clinical Legal Education at Palacky University, where he was dealing with real civil cases and advising clients under supervision of professional lawyers. Pavel is interested in private law, especially on the international level. He is a hockey player. He has been playing ice hockey since he was five. He also likes cycling or playing tennis.

43 11th Hanover PreMoot 43 Petra Kostkova is currently a student of the 4th year of Palacky University in Olomouc. She is working as a paralegal in a law firm in Ostrava. She also completed an internship at the District Prosecutor s office and the District court on criminal department. Next year, she is going to spent a semester abroad at the University Paris Lodron Salzburg in Austria. In her spare time, she loves cycling, traveling and reading. Petra played volleyball for six years for the team of Novy Jicin. Radim Dolezal is a student of the final year at Palacky University in Olomouc, Faculty of Law. He has experience from working at the County Court, a Law Firm, and the legal clinic at Palacky University. In his Master s Thesis he compared AngloAmerican Tort Law with Czech Law of Civil Delicts. He enjoys legal comparative studies of any kind. He likes cars, reading and many other things. Vaclav Stiskala is a 3rd year law student at Palacky University in Olomouc. So far, he has completed an internship at a District Court and since last summer, he has been working as a paralegal at an Attorney s office. Vaclav loves to learn new things, currently he works on getting better in German. He likes to develop his legal skills beyond school, for instance by taking online courses. He also likes cycling, reading and travelling. Vojtech Vanek is in his last year of Palacky University, Faculty of Law. Besides studying at his home University, he participated on many courses taught by AngloAmerican Universities, including Liverpool John Moores University, University of Southern California or University of San Diego. He also attended several internships, including a District Court, Palacky University legal clinic, two Czech and one international law firm. He enjoys using English and always tries to improve his knowledge of the language. In his spare time, he enjoys all kinds of sports and loves to travel. Zuzana Fricova is a 3rd year law student at Palacky University in Olomouc and this is her first moot experience. And even if it seems hard so far, she is convinced it s worth it. Because if something challenges you, you must try it. Zuzana works as a paralegal in a law firm in Ostrava, her home town. She speaks French and tries to learn German during the last 3 months. Zuzana is a workaholic but likes sports, long walks in nature, and reading nonlawyerish books. Miluse Hrncirikova (Coach) is a coach of the Vis Moot team Palacky University. She currently holds the position of senior lecturer at the Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law Palacky University in Olomouc. Her main fields of interest represent private international law, international commercial arbitration and mediation. Besides her work and family she likes nature and gardening. Tomas Novak (Coach) is a real moot addict. He has participated in many moots, mediations, mock trials and debates during his studies which are already (and luckily) over. Tom gained many working experience during his studies too. He likes speaking German. Therefore, he went through internships at the Federal Chancery of Austria, Bezirkshauptmannschaft Innsbruck and District court in Innsbruck. Tom is currently working in an international law firm in Prague focusing on real estate, banking and corporate law.

44 44 11th Hanover PreMoot Vaclav Pravda (Coach) currently works as a junior lawyer at law firm focusing on corporate law and public procurement. Besides that, Vaclav is a PhD student at the department of International and European law, focusing on arbitration. He has already participated on the 21st Vis moot for the team of Salzburg (AT) during his one year stay as Erasmus student. It is his 2nd year as a coach. Vaclav also likes languages, he is fluent in Czech, English, Russian and not really good at German. He likes rock climbing and bouldering. Saarland University Caio Prado Rocha earned a Bachelor of Laws title from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul as well as a postgraduate diploma from the same institution. During that time, he engaged in pro bono activity and did internship in public institutions and law firms. Seeking to learn more, he enrolled in the LL.M. degree program of the EuropaInstitut of the Saarland University. He has chosen to participate in the Willem C. Vis Moot to translate into practice the theoretical knowledge he has acquired. After completion of his studies, he would like to practice international sales law, preferably in arbitral fora. Corina Voda is pursuing her LL.M. at EuropaInstitut, Saarbrücken, where she is specializing in European (Economic) Law and International Dispute Resolution. She has previously completed her bachelor and master degrees in Moldova and studied as a UGRAD fellow in the United States. During her 3 years attorneytraineeship in Moldova, Corina has gathered experience in various fields of law, ranging from regulatory & compliance law to corporate, banking, as well as transborder commercial matters. Her special interests lie primarily with Commercial and Investment Arbitration, as well as Public International Law. Corina speaks Romanian, English, Russian and German. Geetanjali Sharma is currently pursuing her masters in European and International Law at Europa Institut, University of Saarland, for which she was awarded Angela MerkelJawaharlal Nehru Scholarship ( ). Prior to this, she completed her bachelor s degree at National Law University, Jodhpur, India (2013) with a gold medal for being the overall best lady student throughout her studies. She has been involved in research and advocacy work relating to access to medicines. Her areas of interest include intellectual property, dispute resolution, competition law and public international law. Hendrik Mayer studies law at the Saarland University since the winter semester 2013/14. He participates in the certificate European and International Law (EIus) of the EuropaInstitut since the summer semester Alongside the Vis Moot he takes specialisation courses in German and International Contract and Business Law and works at the chair of Prof. Dr. Roland Michael Beckmann. During his leisure time he enjoys doing sports and playing the drums. María Cristina Rosales del Prado comes from Mexico. She studied law at the Center for Researching and Teaching Economics CIDE in Mexico City. Also, she studied her last terms at McGill University in Montreal. During her studies she worked as a research assistant in several projects involving Constitutional, Human Rights and Public and Private International law topics. She studied her LL.M in European and International law with specialisations of International Dispute Resolution and European Economic Law at the EuropaInstitut Saarbrücken. She collected her first Moot experiences at the Phillip C. Jessup law Moot Court competition (2013) and participated in the EuGH Moot Court of the European Institute. She speaks Spanish, English and German.

45 11th Hanover PreMoot 45 Wishing all of the participants especially the students exciting negotiations, inspiring arguments as well as unique experiences. Dr. Krafczyk und Partner experts in corporate law Nienburger Straße Hannover Telephone

46 46 11th Hanover PreMoot Anja Neufing (Coach) completed her studies of German Law at the University of Saarland with the first state exam in Specialised in German and International Contract and Business Law, she also gained a Certificate for Intellectual Property Law. During her studies, she had a temporary job in a law firm in Saarbrücken. She has participated in the 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot and is now one of the coaches of the Saarland team, assisting Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Rüßmann. Besides, she is working at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Martinek. Ben Köhler (Coach) completed his studies of French and German Law in Saarbrücken (Licence en droit, 2011; First State Exam, 2013). After an internship at the Australian Commonwealth AttorneyGeneral s Department in Canberra, he did his Referendariat in Frankfurt am Main with postings in Frankfurt a. M., Tel Aviv and Rome. In 2016, he passed the Second State Exam in Hessen and is currently preparing his Ph.D.thesis in international commercial law. Ben participated in the 19th Willem C. Vis Moot in 2012 and is now coach of the Saarland University team. University of Silesia Agata Zwolankiewicz is a thirdyear student of law at University of Silesia. In the field of her legal studies, she has been interested in civil law, particularly contract law and consumer protection law. Agata engages in various extracurricular activities and international projects, among them being a member of the Youth Council under auspices of US Consulate General in Cracow. The participation in the Willem C. Vis Moot allowed her to combine her legal interests with one of her pursuits, which is the English language. In her free time, she tries to finally learn French and catches up with her neverending list of books to read. Martyna Kasperska is currently in her fourth year of law and her second year of applied linguistics, English and Italian, at University of Silesia. She is interested in civil law and has recently developed an interest in arbitration, which is why this is her second time in Willem C. Vis Moot Competition. She would like to widen her knowledge in this area and improve her legal language. Apart from the studies, she spends time reading books, jogging and swimming. In addition, she likes travelling and learning new languages, and she is a dog lover. Martyna Ucher is a student in her fourth year of law at University of Silesia. During her education she has found herself interested in international law both private and public. She has been a member of the Student Legal Clinic where she composed advice in the field of civil law. Last year she completed the School of U.S. Law, an international course which developed her language skills. Martyna also participated in the project Leaders of Tomorrow, where she helped to organize the European Economic Congress. Being addicted to constantly challenging herself, she decided to take part in the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition. Bartosz Jedryszczyk (Coach) is a lawyer and Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice where he also manages the School of U.S. Law course. He participated in the 21st edition of Willem C. Vis Moot and achieved an honourable mention in connection with the Frédéric Eisemann Award. Bartosz is also a previous winner of the Arbitrator s Quest competition. He gained his professional experience while working for one of the key international law firms in Austria. Bartosz offers his team enormous doses of positive energy, humour and hard work. He spends his spare time playing football or sailing and singing sea shanties in Poland s Masuria lake district.

47 11th Hanover PreMoot 47 Karolina Scheller (Coach) has graduated from the University of Silesia, Law Faculty. Having enjoyed the 22nd edition of the Vis Moot, she decided to be the coach of Vis Moot Team Silesia. She is mostly interested in international private law, international commercial law and tax law. She is a very cheerful person who is always looking for a possibility to learn something new. In her free time, Karo loves watching movies and reading books. Małgorzata Pohl (Coach) is a lawyer and mediator in Poland, working in the Department of Civil and Private International Law at the University of Silesia, where she is preparing her Ph.D. and teaching students civil law and private international law. In the 19th edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition she was awarded III Martin Domke Award for Best Individual Oralist, and was recognised as the 1st Best Speaker in the European Court of Justice Moot Competition within the Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates (PEPP). Małgorzata loves sports (skiing, swimming, mountain hiking, many others) and dancing. Natalia Otlinger (Coach) is the coach of this year s Vis Moot Team from the University of Silesia. She participated in the Vis twice, in 21st and 22nd edition and finds it as the most rewarding and inspiring scientific experience during her whole legal education. Natalia currently lives and works in London assisting international arbitrator and studying common law system approach to ADR. When it comes to her legal interests she is mostly focused on civil law and international arbitration, however her Master Thesis concerned international banking law. In her free time, you can find her hiking in the mountains, dancing or watching football and House of cards. University of Southern Denmark Anders WiedChristiansen is 24 and in the 1st semester of the Master of Science in Business Administration and Commercial Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. Anders has finished a GSCE specialized in English and Social studies. Shortly after finishing his GSCE he worked a year for the international ferry and shipping company DFDS Seaways. Working for DFDS gave a new perspective and fostered an interest for shipping and international trade. Anders decided to foster this interest in international trade by joining the SDU VIS moot team. Aske Kaadt is a Master of Laws student at the University of Southern Denmark. His academic interests focus on law of obligations and procedural law. He has been working since his third semester in a law firm specialized in Insolvency and Corporate Law. In recent years Aske, has participated in a national Moot Court competition. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and relaxing. Camilla Saager Steensig is 22 and in the 1st semester of her Masters of Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. Camilla learned to take responsibility and to be part of a team early on as part of a large family. During her childhood and youth, she was in choir, girl scouts and played soccer. Prior to studying law in Odense, she completed a GCSE specialized in languages and social studies, where she perfected her English, and gained an understanding of Spanish. With her skills, ambition and drive, Camilla would like take the SDU s Willem C. Vis Moot team to the next level.

48 48 11th Hanover PreMoot Christian Blicher Møller is in the 5th semester of his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. Christian finished high school in 2011 and after 3 months of cultural exchange he entered the Danish armed forces. Finishing at the rank of Sergeant in the light reconnaissance forces of Bornholm. Besides that, Christian is fluent in English, Danish and has a basic understanding of German and the Scandinavian languages. Christian wants to drink beer and have fun during the Vis Moot. Gülsah Bektas Nielsen is 29 and in the1st semester of her Masters of Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. Gülsah is a mother of two boys, aged 5 and 12 and is working as a paralegal at a law firm. She has always been keen on competitive sports and was an elite gymnast as well as on the youth national team in squash in her younger days. Becoming a mother at a young age, as well as having managing positions in different jobs before starting law school, has helped make Gülsah more mature, structured, and determined in the goals she wants to achieve. She is from a Turkish background, and speaks Danish, English and Turkish fluently. Janani Parameswaran is 23 and in the 1st semester of Masters of Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. After Janani finished her degree in BsC Law, Janani was keen to be occupied with ITL therefore she attended her 2. internship at a law firm in Shanghai, where she was fortuned to primarily be occupied with ITL, which solely reinforced her the passion for ITL. Accordingly, Janani strongly desires to attend the Vis Moot competition owing to her reinforced passion for ITL and because she always possessed a vigorous desire to employ the theory of ITL in an oral pleading. Kasper Hjort Midtgaard is 23 and in the 5th semester of his Bachelor of Laws at the University of Southern Denmark. Kasper has always been very passionate about handball, where he learnt a lot about team spirit and learnt to be determined and be consequent in striving for a goal. Prior to studying Law, he completed a GCSE specialized in international marketing and communication. With this determination and skills, Kasper will be attending this year s Vis moot, with the intention of getting further international experience. Prof. Dr. Kristina Siig (Coach) is an associate professor (tenured). She researches within the areas of international trade law in general, in particular with view to international arbitration and maritime law. Kristina Siig obtained her doctorate in maritime arbitration from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo, Norway. Since then she has been with the Department of Private Law at the University of Aarhus, as well as having practiced maritime law with Messrs. Gorrissen Federspiel. She is an associate professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark since Mads Mygind Bojsen (Coach) is a Master of Laws student at the University of Southern Denmark. Besides coaching this year s team, he teaches international trade law and legal methodology to undergraduates. Additionally, he is a legal trainee at the local law firm, Focus Advokater, primarily working within the area of property law. He was a speaker for the university in both the general and final rounds of the 23rd Vis Moot.

49 11th Hanover PreMoot 49 Saint Petersburg State University Alexandra Mirgorodskaia already has a Bachelor Degree at Saint Petersburg State University and now is studying the 2nd year of master program in Civil Law. She is particularly interested in Commercial and Intellectual Property Law as well as dispute resolution. Alexandra has gained practical experience from internships in different international and Russian law firms and now works in the field of IP and IT law. Alina Ialilova is getting a Master s Degree in WTO Law at Saint Petersburg State University. She participated in the 22nd and 23rd annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a member of Saint Petersburg State University team. Alina is interested in International Private Law, International Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, WTO law, International Investment Law, Russian Civil Law. She has gained practical experience from internships in different international law firms. Alla Kipriyanova is doing her Bachelor Degree. She is a senior student at Saint Petersburg State University. She took part in the 27th Jean Pictet competition on International humanitarian law and in Russian moot court called WTO Model. She was in intern in the Expert ranking agency. As for now, Alla works in a legal department of a Russian engineering company. Sphere of her interest include International Private Law, Russian Civil Procedure and Civil Law. Apart from the above, she is learning French and playing the piano. Artemii Kupriianov is a 3rd year student at Law Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University. He was an intern in Tax & Legal Department of Deloitte Touche CIS. He was also an Organization Committee member of islaco 2016 (International Students Law Conference) at SaintPetersburg State University. Artemii is interested in the Civil Law, the International Private Law, the Civil Procedure, and the International Commercial Arbitration. In his spare time, Artemii likes travelling, writing poems, and listening music. Dmitrii Chibinov is doing his Bachelor Degree. He is a senior student at Saint Petersburg State University. Last year he was also an intern in Baker & McKenzie CIS. He participated in 23rd annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a member of Saint Petersburg State University team. Sphere of Dmitrii s interests includes Civil Law, International Private Law, Civil Procedure and International Commercial arbitration. Apart from the above, he is keen on history and literature. Polina Lysanova is getting a Master Degree at Saint Petersburg State University. Besides studying, she works as a legal intern at Baker & McKenzie s. Polina participated in 23rd annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court and Philip C. Jessup Moot Court. Polina is interested in issues related to dispute resolution, WTO law, regional integration and investment. Aside from her professional interests, Polina enjoys literature, art history and travelling.

50 50 11th Hanover PreMoot Vladislav Shcherbatykh is getting a Master s Degree in Civil Law at Saint Petersburg State University. He participated in 23rd annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as a member of Saint Petersburg State University team. Vladislav is interested in law of obligations, international commercial law, dispute resolution and international commercial arbitration. He has gained practical experience from internships in EY and Cleary Gottlieb. Polina Danilenko (Coach) is a litigation and arbitration advocate practicing in Russia with the bar admission in Saint Petersburg. Polina has been coaching the team of Saint Petersburg State University for the Willem C Vis Moot since Taisiya Vorotilova (Coach) has been coaching the Saint Petersburg State University Vis Moot Team since 2014 (years , , and ) and is a former mootie herself. Taisiya practices in Russia as an Associate for Dispute Resolution practice of Baker & McKenzie. Alexis Bardine (Coach) is a PhD Researcher in international commercial arbitration at the University of Zurich. Previously, he worked in a Swiss law firm advising clients in energy law disputes and completed several internships including one at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). Prior to joining the St. Petersburg Team as a coach, he participated in the 23rd Vis Moot as a member of the University of Zurich Team. Alexis holds a Bachelor of Law and Master of Law degree with first class honours from the University of Zurich. He also spent a year studying at the University of Hong Kong. Fatima Konokova (Coach) is an attorneyatlaw practicing in the sphere of Corporate and Commercial Law. She graduated from Saint Petersburg State University in 2012 with Master s Degree in Civil and Arbitration Procedure. Fatima has been involved in the Vis Moot since 2010; she participated as a team member of Saint Petersburg State University in the 18th and 19th Willem C. Vis Moot. Then, she continued as a coach of Saint Petersburg State University team. Fatima also arbitrates rounds in Vienna. Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen Adrian König started studying law at the University of Tuebingen in October He volunteered for presidency in a political neutral youthcouncil of Winnenden, working with a team of 16 people. Besides his studies, he is interested in deeper economic questions and cooking. In April 2016, he won at the International Roman Law Moot Court in Vienna with a team of four. He is looking forward to having a great time of challenging preparation in a team, to improving his skills and to getting to know complex questions of the CISG and arbitration.

51 11th Hanover PreMoot 51 Bettina Menhofer Since 2014/2015 Bettina studies law at the university of Eberhard Karls in Tübingen. She has always been interested in learning new languages and hopes to improve her language skills by traveling to Hong Kong and Vienna. These skills have finally been improved by working for professor Dr. Jan Schürnbrand. Through the membership in different sport teams she also acquired experiences in teamwork. By participating at the Vis Arbitration Moot Court Bettina hopes to gain some legal work experience and to get to know many interesting people from different continents. Henriette Oertel is studying law since Summer 2015 at the EberhardKarls University of Tübingen. In school she was activ as an mediator and a sportsmentor. Hereby she supported swimmingclasses, different sport events at school and her local tennisclub. Even when she was younger, she was interested in different cultures. Since she graduated from school, she therefore travelled to severel countries in Southeast Asia. Throughout the Moot Court she is looking forward to get a deeper insight into the work of an international lawyer and to meet many interesting people from all over the world. Pierre Bounin started studying law at the University of Tübingen in 2013/2014. His affinity for foreign languages lead to him obtaining not only the German Abitur but also the French Baccalaureat. After he had finished school, he spent multiple months abroad in Australia to further improve his English. Besides his work for the student union, he spends his leisure time doing various sports activities and pursues his interest in photography. By participating in the Vis Moot Court, Pierre hopes to improve his rethorical skills, get an insight into the practical application of law and is looking forward to the international contacts and friendships ahead. Rebecca Schäfer Since 2014, Rebecca has been studying Law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. She is interested in languages, which is why she had different stays in England and France for several weeks to train her abilities in these languages. She could gain intercultural experiences through a several month lasting work placement at a FrancoGerman organisation. By doing a work placement in a social field and by freelancing at a local newspaper she learned how to handle different situations. In addition, she expects to gain insight into the legal practice in an international working environment. Tobias Maier studies law at Eberhard Karls Universität in Tübingen since march He s been part of a handballteam for many years, which showed him how important the ability to work in a team is. Already during his schooldays he discovered his delight in foreign languages. With his participation at Willem C. Vis Moot Court Tobias wants to improve his skills in presenting himself and giving speeches. Furthermore, he s excited about getting a deeper view into the practical use of law within this competition. Moreover he s looking forward to get to know people from all over the world. Michel Boven (Coach) studied in Tübingen and participated successfully in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court, when his team made it to the round of 16 and he received an Honorable Mention for best individual oralist. Currently he is preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of international investment arbitration at the University of Tübingen. Michel coached the Tübingen teams in the 19th, 21st and 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot Court, when his team made it to the round of eight in 2014/2015 and won Honorable Mention for the Speakers. By being a Coach Michel wants to pass his knowledge and the Moot spirit to the next MootGeneration. PhilipRené Retzbach (Coach) works as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Martin Gebauer. He sucessfully completed his law studies in 2014 with his first examination in law. During his studies PhilipRené has been engaged in college politics as a student repesentative of the faculty. PhilipRené participated in the Moot Court 2010/2011 and his team reached the round best of 16. Furthermore, he won the 1st VGH Moot Court with his team in Mannheim. He earned his first coaching experience during the 22nd Vis Moot at which the Team Tübingen was able to reach the round best of 8 in Vienna. PhilipRené is currently doing his doctorate in the field of international commercial arbitration.

52 Participating Arbitrators in alphabethical order Marko Andijc Robert Bähr Lukasz Batruch Christoph Bauch Dr. Marcus Bauckmann Claudia Behlendorf Yassin Berrou Luisa BessertNettelbeck Dr. Moritz von Bismarck Colin Blumauer Dr. Rouven Bodenheimer Anna Böffgen Mads Mygind Bojsen Alessa Böttcher Liza Böttger Michel Boven Tim Brockmann Dr. Johanna Büstgens Cagri Cem Polina Danielenko Dr. Eva Diederichsen Dr. Charlotte DobersKoch Greta Eriksen Dr. Nassim Eslami William Euler Michelle Fiekens Mihaela Gherge Lara Glowienka Oleg Goldschmidt Ali Can Gören Nafiye Yücedag Göztepe Florian Grießer Greetje Grove Jorian Hamster Dr. Sven Hasenstab Sandra Hattwig Milena Heine Kasper Juul Hemmingsen Axel Benjamin Herzberg Professor Dr. Stefan Huber Kelsey Ippolito Oliver Islam Miloslav Kabrhel Nathaniel Kellerer Thilo Kerkhoff Fabienne Klass Dr. Saskia Klatte Lisa Kleinekemper Dr. Lutz Kniprath Ben Köhler Efe Kökel Fatima Konokova Verena Kühnel Niels Kurth Behrad Lalani Antonia Landmann Malou Levedag Jacqueline Lopez Daniel Ludwig Karolina Mieszaniec Kerstin Minge Jaschar Mirkhani Hauke Möller Dr. Maren Mönchmeyer Stefan Munk Jessica Müßel Anja Neufing Juliette Niersman Natalia Otlinger Fabian Paehr Evdokia Papadopoulos Dr. Dimitrios Parashu Sandra Pfeifenbring Arne Philipsohn Malgorzata Pohl Patrick Poltorak Raffael Probst Katia Rener PhilipRené Retzbach Ida Rüffer Janis Sarans René Sattelmaier Karolina Scheller Henning Schröder Professor Dr. Kristina Siig Associate Professor Dr. Ravindra Singh Dr. Daniel SliwiokBorn Dr. Jan Erik Spangenberg Pieter Spuikbroek Dr. Sabine StrickerKellerer Martin Suchrow Stefan Thaler Konrad Thibaut Helena Thiel Alexandra Ufer Luisa Volkhausen Dr. Wilhelm Warth Henrik Wichmann Mirko Widdascheck Dr. Ulrich Wilke Inga Witte Caroline Witteler Professor Dr. Christian Wolf Silke Wolf Juliana Wölling Nicola Zeibig Alicja ZielinskaEisen

53 11th Hanover PreMoot 53 Marko Andijc Marko studies law at the University of Osnabrück in his 7th semester. He is currently putting the main emphasis of his studies on cross border litigation and arbitration and has recently finished an additional twoyear tuition on US law. He has participated in the 23rd Vis Moot and is supporting this year s Vis Moot Team as a coach. After the Moot, he will start to prepare for his state examination. Robert Bähr Robert works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure and is currently preparing his doctoral thesis. In 2016, he completed the first state examination. During his studies, Robert focused on Commercial, Economic, and Corporate Law. He participated in the Vis Moot 2012/2013 for the Leibniz University of Hannover in Vienna and Hong Kong. He then coached Hannover s team for the Soldan Moot Court for Attorney Regulations and is now the coach of the Hannover Vis Moot Team 2016/2017. Lukasz Batruch Lukasz Batruch is a selfemployed lawyer. He also works for the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) as consultant for the Gorleben board of inquiry. Lukasz Batruch studied law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. During his studies, he participated in the 7th Willem C. Vis Moot and later returned to become coach for the Hanover Team in the 9th and 10th Vis Moot. Christoph Bauch Christoph Bauch is a fully qualified lawyer. He works as faculty manager at the Leibniz University of Hanover, Faculty of Law. During his studies, he participated in the 14th Willem C. Vis Moot and coached several Vis Moot Teams of the Leibniz University Hanover afterwards. He is one of the directors of the Hanover Vis Alumni Association e.v. (HVAA). Dr. Marcus Bauckmann, LL.M. Dr. Marcus Bauckmann works as an attorney and mediator in his own office in Paderborn, Germany, with a specialization in trade and employment law. He studied in Kiel and participated in a program on mediation at the Harvard Law school. Dr. Bauckmann wrote his doctoral thesis on medicine and company law. He furthermore works as an assistant professor at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Münster and at the International Business School in Lippstadt. Claudia Behlendorf Claudia works as a research assistant at the University of Mainz, Institute for Private International Law, Comparative Law and Law of Obligations (Prof. Dr. Peter Huber). She holds a maîtrise of the University of Paris, East. She is currently working on her thesis in the field of investment protection law. Thomas Yassin Berrou Thomas Yassin Berrou studied law at the Lebniz University of Hanover focusing on commercial, corporate and equity law. He worked at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure of Professor Dr. Wolf and at Ernst and Young Law as a research assistant. Currently, he is working at BRANDI Rechtsanwälte as a research assistant. As a 2011/2012 participant of the Vis he is excited to get a look at the next generation.

54 54 11th Hanover PreMoot Luisa BessertNettelbeck Luisa BessertNettelbeck studied law at the Philipps University of Marburg and finished her state examinations with a specialisation in Medical and Pharmaceutical Law in 2010 and During her clerkship, she specialized in the area of Criminal Law. Currently, Luisa is working at an employers association in Hanover as a speaker for Labour Law and Social Law. Dr. Moritz von Bismarck Moritz used to work and write his doctoral thesis at the Chair of Professor Wolf at the University of Hanover. After that, he worked for CMS Hasche Sigle in Hamburg for a few years. Moritz just started his new work at Kapp Ebeling in Hanover. Colin Blumauer Colin is 20 years old and was born in Hamburg and started studying law in October Being influenced by his bilingual school education, Colin applied for the Vis Moot Team and qualified for participating in the 23rd Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot. In Vienna, his team has been awarded with an honorable mention for the Memorandum for Claimant. He is now looking forward to sharing his recently gathered experiences and his passion for the competition as one of the coaches of the Vis Moot Court Team of the University of Hamburg 2016/2017. Dr. Rouven Bodenheimer, M.A. ACIArb has been involved in many arbitration cases governed by several different arbitration rules and in ad hoc arbitration proceedings, both as counsel and as arbitrator. He also has significant experience in litigation, dispute boards and in mediation. Since 2010 he has been visiting lecturer at different universities in the field of ADR and International Arbitration. As of January 2017, Mr Bodenheimer cofounded BODENHEIMER HERZBERG. Anna Böffgen Anna is 21 years old and in her 5th semester. She works for the Chair of Criminal Law and Law of Philosophy and as a research assistant for the arbitration team of a corporate law firm besides studying law at the University of Munich. Organizing projects in high school and as a trainer of a children s dance team, she assumed responsibility early on. She participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2015/16 and is now looking forward to supporting this year s team. Mads Mygind Bojsen Mads is a Master of Laws student at the University of Southern Denmark. Besides coaching this year s team, he teaches international trade law and legal methodology to undergraduates. Additionally, he is a legal trainee at the local law firm, Focus Advokater, primarily working within the area of property law. He was a speaker for the university in both the general and final rounds of the 23rd Vis Moot. Alessa Böttcher Alessa studies law at the Leibniz University of Hanover since She proved her ability to work in a team when she participated in the student s council of her school and organised several events. During stays abroad in an English boarding school and New York, Alessa was able to improve her English skills. Alessa participated in the 2015/16 Willem C. Vis Moot Court for the Team of the Leibniz University of Hannover.

55 11th Hanover PreMoot 55 Liza Böttger Liza studies law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. She belongs to the best five percent of her year. Besides being fluent in Spanish, she spent a year in Australia improving her English skills. She is passionate in organizing social events and sings in a choir. Her burning ambition enables her to reach her high aims. Liza participated in the 2013/2014 Willem C. Vis Moot Court for the Team of the Leibniz University of Hannover. Michel Boven studied in Tübingen and participated successfully in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court, when his team made it to the round of sixteen and he received an Honorable Mention for best individual oralist. Currently, he is preparing his doctoral thesis in the field of international investment arbitration at the University of Tübingen. Michel coached the Tübingen teams in the 19th, 21st and 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot Court, when his team made it to the round of eight in 2014/2015 and won Honorable Mention for the Speakers. By being a Coach, Michel wants to pass his knowledge and the Moot spirit to the next MootGeneration. Tim Brockmann Tim Brockmann works at the Dean s Office at the University of Hanover. He represented the University of Hanover in the Vis Moot 2008 in Vienna and coached the Hanover Vis Team in After taking his first state examination in 2011 and his second examination (bar exam) in 2014, he focuses on International Private Law and International Arbitration and he is now writing his Ph.D. thesis on questions of International Arbitration. Dr. Johanna Büstgens Johanna Büstgens works as an attorney at Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte. She acts as counsel in arbitration and state court proceedings as well as secretary to arbitral tribunals. Johanna Büstgens received a Doctor of Laws at Bucerius Law School. She completed her legal traineeship inter alia with a stage at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. She previously worked as research assistant at a chair for private international and international commercial law at Bucerius Law School. Cagri Cem, LL.M. (Istanbul) Admitted to Istanbul Bar Assocition, Çagrı Cem is currently working as an inhouse lawyer at STFA Investment Holdings, specialised in Construction and Energy Law. Having completed his LL.M. degree at Marmara University, he is continuing his doctorate under the same roof. He has coached the last four years teams and enjoys leading the young and bright team of this year as well. Polina Danielenko is a litigation and arbitration advocate practicing in Russia with the bar admission in Saint Petersburg. She has been coaching the team of Saint Petersburg State University for the Willem C. Vis Moot since Dr. Eva Diederichsen Eva Diedrichsen studied law in Bielefeld and Freiburg i.br. Afterwards, she got trained in angloamerican commercial and company law. She held a lectureship at the Pittsburgh Law School. From 1995 to 2004, she was an attorney and partner at a Munich law firm. As an Of Counsel, she backed up a renowed large law firm from 2005 to Since 2017, Eva Diedrichsen supports the law firm Krafczyk & Partner in the fields of commercial and company law.

56 56 11th Hanover PreMoot Dr. Charlotte DobersKoch is an attorney at CMS Hasche Sigle in Hamburg. She studied at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Boston College School of Law (USA) and Soochow s Kenneth Wang School of Law (China), and took her second state examination in law in Charlotte obtained her PhD on criminal businss law at the Bucerius Law School (Hamburg). She joined CMS in 2015 and took care of the setup of the firm s Hong Kong office during 2015 and Greta Eriksen Greta studies law since She belongs to the best five percent of her year and holds the German Scholarship Deutschlandstipendium. Because of her interest in international commercial law, Greta participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2014/2015 for the team of the Lebniz University of Hannover. Dr. Nassim Eslami Nassim Eslami works as a research associate at the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and recently finished her doctoral thesis in the field of International Commercial Arbitration. She is coauthor on the Commentary to the German Code of Civil Procedure (BeckOK). Nassim studied law at the Leibniz University of Hanover and participated in the 14th Willem C. Vis Moot. She coached several teams for the University of Hanover and has been in charge of the organization of the Hanover PreMoot from its very beginning. William Euler William is a law student at the University of Munich. He was a member of the Munich team in the XXII./XII. Willem C. Vis Moot and coached the Munich Vis Moot team 2015/2016. Michelle Fiekens Michelle is a seventh semester law student and works at the Chair of Professor Dr. Susanne Beck for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Comparative Law and Philosophy of Law. For 17 years, she engaged in rhythmic gymnastics and played the piano. Because of her interest in international commercial law, she decided to participate in the 2013/2014 Willem C. Vis Moot Court for the team of the Leibniz University of Hannover. Mihaela Gherghe Mihaela is a practicing attorney and a member of the Bucharest bar. She has a Master in Business Law from the University of Bucharest. Mihaela specializes in Corporate and Commercial Law and International Arbitration. She participated as a student in the 2013/2014 Willem Vis competition and, since 2014, has been a coach of the team representing the University of Bucharest in the Moot. Lara Glowienka Lara has already spent several years abroad. She went on school exchange to Uruguay and studied a semester abroad in Ireland. Especially valuable was her time as a social worker in Brazil. Lara supplements her studies in law with a magister in European Legal Practice and holds a scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation ( Studienstiftung ). She participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot. Currently, she is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court Celle.

57 11th Hanover PreMoot 57 Oleg Goldschmidt Being raised bilingually, Oleg early discovered his passion for foreign languages and cultures. During his studies at Bucerius Law School, he never missed to seize the opportunity to expand his horizon by taking part in extracurricular activities. He undertook internships in different fields of law in Düsseldorf, Paris, and New York, participated at five MUN conferences, several mooting competitions, and worked at the Bucerius Law Clinic. Studying a semester abroad at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome enabled him to deepen his understanding of Roman law, while also getting further acquainted with Art and European history. Ali Can Gören Ali is a midassociate at the Istanbul chapter of Dentons. He focuses on real estate development and construction as well as mergers and acquisitions and project finance. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and participated in the Erasmus Exchange Program at Université de Fribourg. He previously coached Galatasaray University and Kadir Has University s Vis Moot Teams and has been coaching Istanbul University s Vis Moot Team for the past two years. He has been arbitrating at the Istanbul Bilgi University PreMoot for the past four years. He is a member of the Istanbul Bar and is fluent in English and French. Nafiye Yücedag Göztepe Nafiye Yücedag Göztepe has been working as a research assistant at Istanbul University Faculty of Law at the Civil Law chair since She has started her PhD in 2009 and received her PhD in October 2015 by completing her thesis on Buyer s Right To Replacement In Case of NonConforming Delivery of Goods under Turkish Code of Obligations and CISG from Istanbul University. She is currently the coach of of the 24th Willem C. Vis Moot Team of Istanbul University. Florian Grießer Florian studies law in his 4th year, currently at Trinity College Dublin. His fascination for mooting intensified when he participated in the Vis Moot 2015/2016 for the Team Tübingen as well as in a domestic Moot Court on the field of administrative law. He enjoys sharing his gained experience with the new Trinity Team. Besides his voluntary work in several parts of our society he likes climbing, football, and volleyball. Greetje Grove Greetje Grove debated as a delegate in several Model United Nations Conferences and further demonstrated leadership skills by organizing the Oldenburg Model United Nations. She spent half a year in South Africa. Greetje is a member of various university committees and works as a research assistant at the Chair for Public Law, International and European Law. Greetje participated in 2012/2013 in the Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover. Jorian Hamster Jorian is an associate in the dispute resolution practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Amsterdam. He is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, and spent a semester at the Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He participated in the Moot in the UvA team of Jorian has taught an introductory course in international law at the UvA, and has interned at the ICC in Paris. Dr. Sven Hasenstab Sven Hasenstab is an Attorney at Law with BRANDI Rechtsanwälte and holds lectures at the Leibniz University of Hanover. His practice focuses on litigation and arbitration in the fields of corporate, banking and realestate law including international enforcement procedures. He regularly authors articles and other texts on arbitration and procedural law, is a VicePresident of the Moot Alumni Association (MAA) and a member of (among others) DIS 40, ICC YAF, HK 45 and ICDR Young and International.

58 58 11th Hanover PreMoot Sandra Hattwig Sandra has been playing table tennis for several years and voluntarily coaches disabled kids and teens. During her High School year in the USA, Sandra participated in the Speech and Debate Club. Ever since, she has been working voluntarily for her exchange organization. On top of that, Sandra works as a research assistant at Pluta Rechtsanwalts GmbH. Sandra participated in 2012/2013 in the Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover. Milena Heine Milena studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover since 2013 and holds a scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation ( Studienstiftung ) and of the Germany Scholarship Deutschlandstipendium. Milena successfully participated in the 13th/23th Willem C. Vis Moot where she received an Honourable Mention for Best Oral Advocate. During her studies she developed a strong interest in civil procedure law. She is fluent in French and English, and enjoys traveling through the world. She furthermore is a passionate dancer. Kasper Juul Hemmingsen Kasper Juul Hemmingsen is currently in his last semester of the LL.M. at the University of Southern Denmark. He teaches law students in legal methodology corporate law international law and international trade law at the University. Kasper Juul Hemmingsen is also the chair of the board in the legal association Juridisk Forening SDU and participated in the VISMoot 2014/2015. Axel Benjamin Herzberg, LL.M. (London, Queen Mary/UCL) Axel Benjamin Herzberg is dualqualified and admitted in Germany and England and Wales. Mr Herzberg primarily handles international and domestic arbitrations both as party s counsel and as arbitrator as well as crossborder litigation matters. Mr Herzberg frequently speaks and lectures across the world. He has served foreign courts as an expert witness on German law. As of January 2017, Mr Herzberg cofounded BODENHEIMER HERZBERG. Professor Dr. Stefan Huber Stefan Huber is professor at the Leibniz University of Hanover. Before becoming a chairholder in October 2014, he worked at the Institute for Foreign and International Private and Commercial Law at the University of Heidelberg where he finished his thesis on the development of transnational model rules for civil proceedings in Stefan Huber studied law in Cologne and Heidelberg. Furthermore, he earned a degree in Macroeconomics at the Unversity Paris I (PanthéonSorbonne). Stefan Huber participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot. Oliver Islam Oliver Islam successfully passed his state examinanation and now works as a legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court Celle. In his time at school, Oliver won several logic competitions and was an exchange student in Poland and Spain. He participated in the 2010/2011 Willem C. Vis Moot Court and thereby became interested in international commercial arbitration. He established the Refugee Law Clinic at the University of Hanover. Oliver worked at the Chair of Professor Dr. Butzer in Hanover and just finished his doctoral thesis. Kelsey Ippolito Kelsey Ippolito is an Australian qualified lawyer working as an associate at DLA Piper in London in the Energy, Infrastructure and Projects team. She participated as an oralist in the 2012 Vis Moot and has also had experience acting for clients in commercial arbitration since qualifying.

59 11th Hanover PreMoot 59 Miloslav Kabrhel Miloslav is a first year PhD student the Masaryk University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law. His interest in international commercial arbitration is a result of his participation in the 22nd annual of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. For the 24th annual of this competition, he became a coach of his alma mater s team. Apart from being an exmootie, he works as a junior lawyer in a CzechAustrian law firm. Nathaniel Kellerer Nathaniel studies law in the 7th semester. He spent a year abroad in Canada and interned at a multinational company in Beijing. Since the beginning of his studies, he is working as a student assistant at a prestigious Munich law firm. By taking part in the Vis Moot 2015/2016, he got an insight into the practice of international arbitration. Thilo Kerkhoff Thilo commenced his law studies at Bucerius Law School in In 2016, he participated in the Vis Moot as a speaker for the Bucerius Team and reached the Round of 16 in Vienna. In addition, Thilo has a significant interest for international topics and was engaged in Bucerius Model United Nations Society and completed an internship with Shearman & Sterling s International Arbitration Practice. In Fall 2015, he spent a semester at the National University of Singapore (NUS) focusing on classes in both commercial and investment arbitration. Fabienne Klass Fabienne Klass is currently preparing her doctoral thesis in the field of procedural law. During her studies, Fabienne focused on Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law. In July 2014, she completed her first state exam. Fabienne participated in the ICC Mediation competition in 2011 and coached Hanover s teams until the 2014/2015 team. For a considerable time, she was in charge of organizing the project Legal Clinic. She coached the Hanover Vis Moot Team 2015/2016. Dr. Saskia Klatte Saskia Klatte works as an attorney at Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte in Hamburg. She acts as counsel in arbitration and state court proceedings as well as secretary to arbitral tribunals. Saskia holds a Doctor of Laws in international arbitration. Before joining Hanefeld Rechtsanwälte, she worked at the University of Göttingen and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg as a research assistant. Lisa Kleinekemper Lisa is studying law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. She has developed an interest in languages during several language competitions and various stays abroad. Furthermore, Lisa learned to take over responsibility when she was the head girl of her school. She has demonstrated her ability to work under pressure by working as a freelancer for a daily journal and as a student assistant in a law office. She was part of the 2015/2016 Willem C. Vis Moot Team for Hanover. Dr. Lutz Kniprath Dr. Lutz Kniprath is founder of Kniprath Lopez Rechtsanwälte in Hanover and is specialized in international arbitration, litigation and corporate law. Before starting his law firm, he worked for Robert Bosch GmbH, at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and several other offices. Dr Kniprath advises his clients in German, English, Chinese and French.

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61 11th Hanover PreMoot 61 Ben Köhler Ben completed his studies of French and German Law in Saarbrücken (Licence en droit, 2011; First State Exam, 2013). After an internship at the Australian Commonwealth AttorneyGeneral s Department in Canberra, he did his clerkship in Frankfurt am Main with postings in Frankfurt a. M., Tel Aviv and Rome. In 2016, he passed the Second State Exam in Hessen and is currently preparing his Ph.D.thesis in international commercial law. Ben participated in the 19th Willem C. Vis Moot in 2012 and is now coach of the Saarland University team. Efe Kökel Efe began his studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover in October He is a sportsman and musician. Growing up in two cultures, Efe speaks not only English and French, but also Turkish as his second mother tongue. He participated in the 11th Vis East/21st Vis Moot. Fatima Konokova Fatima is an attorneyatlaw practicing in the sphere of Corporate and Commercial Law. She graduated from Saint Petersburg State University in 2012 with master s degree in Civil and Arbitration Procedure. Fatima has been involved in the Vis Moot since 2010; she participated as a team member of Saint Petersburg State University in 18th and 19th Willem C. Vis Moot. Then, she continued as a coach of Saint Petersburg State University team. Fatima also arbitrates rounds in Vienna. Verena Kühnel Verena is a Ph.D. student and currently working as a research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law. She studied law in Erlangen and Rennes (France) and did her legal traineeship in Bamberg and Munich. Verena participated in the Vis Moot in 2011/2012 and has been a coach of the Erlangen Vis Moot team in 2014 and Niels Kurth Niels Kurth studies law at the Leibniz University of Hanover since 2013 and is a holder of the German scholarship. He works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure. The focus of his studies is on international private law. Niels participated in the 22nd/12th Vis Moot Court and reached the round of 32 with his team. As coach of last year s Hanover team, he reached the round of 64. Besides, Niels acts as a handball referee. He interned at Noerr LLP in the litigation and ADR department. This year, Niels is in charge of organizing the Hanover PreMoot. Behrad Lalani Behrad is a research assistant for Prof. Dr. Ansgar Staudinger at the University of Bielefeld with a focus on International Privat Law and International Civil Procedure Law. He finished his first state exam in November 2013 and is now working on his doctoral thesis. Additionally, he gives lectures for students in the field of german civil law. In his spare time he coaches a football team at the University. Antonia Landmann, LL.M. (Glasgow) Antonia studied law in Bonn and took part at the Willem C. Vis Moot in 2011/2012 where she was awarded with an honorable mention. She coached the Vis Moot Team Bonn for the 2013/2014 Vis Moot. Antonia absolved her LL.M. in Glasgow at International Commercial Law. Now, she is a legal clerk and will be working for three months at the Noerr office in New York.

62 62 11th Hanover PreMoot Malou Lilith Levedag Malou started her legal studies at Goethe University Frankfurt in winter 2011 and took part in the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2013/2014 as a team member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot team. Malou will take the stateadministered part of the first state examination in July 2016 and will finish her specialization Internationalization and Europeanization of Law in February Since February 2013, Malou has been working at WeSaveYourCopyrights Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbh as a student assistant. As of now, she will support the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a coach. Jacqueline Lopez Jacqueline Lopez is founder of Kniprath Lopez Rechtsanwälte in Hanover and specialized in litigation, corporate law and bankruptcy law. She studied in Göttingen, Germany, and worked for an office in Barcelona. Moreover, she is able to advise her clients in German, English, and Spanish. Daniel Ludwig works as a research assistant to Professor Karsten Thorn at the Chair of Civil Law, Private International and International Commercial Law, and Comparative Law while writing his doctoral thesis. He studied law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa. During his studies, he interned with Latham & Watkins, Shearman & Sterling and Allianz SE. Daniel participated as a speaker in the Vis Moot in 2011/2012 and reached the quarter finals in Vienna. He is coaching the Bucerius Vis Moot Team for the second time this year. In his free time, he plays trumpet and piano in several bands and acts as a football referee. Karolina Mieszaniec Karolina studies law at the Leibniz University of Hannover since 2014 after having successfully absolved the International Baccalaureate Diploma in England. She works at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure. Karolina participated in the 23rd/13th Vis Moot Court and reached the Round of 64 with her team. She is further committed to the project Legal Clinic at the University as well as engages as a mentor of the project JurMent for first year law students. Karolina is this years coach of the Hannover Vis Moot Team 2016/2017. Kerstin Minge Kerstin Minge studied law at the Leibniz University Hanover and finished her first state examination in Her passion for foreign cultures and languages has been established by several foreign exchanges, e.g. to France, England and the USA. Besides travelling the world, Kerstin is voluntarily working as a youth coach. Further, Kerstin has been playing the piano for several years. She participated in the 20th Vis and 10th Vis (East). Jaschar Mirkhani Jaschar Mirkhani passed his law exam last year at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He is focusing on Commercial, Economic and Corporate Law and participated in the 19th Vis/9th Vis East in 2011/2012 and has coached Hanover Vis Teams before. Besides, Jaschar acts as soccer referee. He interned at Latham & Watkins, LLP and takes his legal traineeship at Düsseldorf. Hauke Möller Hauke Möller is research assistant and doctoral candidate at the chair for private law, commercial law, German and foreign civil procedural law of Professor Münch in Göttingen. He participated in the Vis Moot in 2014 and served as an arbitrator in internal pleadings of the university s teams in the following years. He attended international cultural exchange programmes two times in the USA. He delights in travelling, most recently with the transsibirian Railroad to hike at Lake Baikal; soon in Austria to go snowboarding.

63 11th Hanover PreMoot 63 Dr. Maren Mönchmeyer Dr. Maren Mönchmeyer is an attorney with Graph von Westphalen Rechtsanwälte in Hamburg. Her focus lies on litigation, corporate law and commercial law. Before working with Graph von Westphalen Rechtsanwälte, she studied in Marburg and Poitiers (France) and worked with Schindhelm Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbh. Stefan Munk Stefan finished his law studies in May 2015 and is currently working as a scientific employee at the chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch at Goettingen University. Before studying law, he finished a threeyear study of economics with a focus on taxation and accounting. Stefan is working on his doctor thesis about liability during insolvency proceedings and the arising conflict between the law of insolvency and taxation. Jessica Müßel Jessica Müßel workes as a judge in Düsseldorf. Before that, she worked as an attorney at BRANDI Rechtsanwälte. She studied at Göttingen and focused her studies at Privat and Public Media Law. Jessica Müßel has been a legal trainee at the Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht and White & Case in Hamburg as well as in Auckland, New Zealand, at Hesketh Henry, a commercial law firm. Anja Neufing Anja completed her studies of German Law at the University of Saarland with the first state exam in Specialised in German and International Contract and Business Law, she also gained a Certificate for Intellectual Property Law. During her studies, she had a temporary job in a law firm in Saarbrücken. She has participated in the 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot and is now one of the coaches of the Saarland team, assisting Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Rüßmann. Besides, she is working at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Martinek. Juliette Niersman Juliette is an associate at NautaDutilh in Amsterdam. She participated in the Moot in the UvA team of Afterwards, she finished her degree at the University of Amsterdam and spent a semester at the University of Toronto. Natalia Otlinger Natalia is the coach of this year Vis Moot Team from the University of Silesia. She participated in the Vis twice, in 21st and 22nd edition and finds it as the most rewarding and inspiring scientific experience during her whole legal education. Natalia currently lives and works in London assisting international arbitrators and studying common law system approaches to ADR. When it comes to her legal interests, she is mostly focused on civil law and international arbitration, however, her Master Thesis concerned international banking law. In her free time, you can find her hiking in the mountains, dancing or watching football, and House of cards. Fabian Paehr Fabian studied law at Bucerius and at Cornell Law School, undergoing internships at courts and law firms in New York and Shanghai. Before that, he worked with Holocaust survivors at Project Ezra in New York City for one year. In April 2016, he started his legal clerkship, working in trade and competition matters for the Landgericht Hamburg and in arbitration and litigation matters for Latham & Watkins LLP. In the past years, he has been involved in various moot courts as a participant and coach. He enjoys Jazz music and Taekwondo.

64 64 11th Hanover PreMoot Evdokia Papadopoulos Evdokia Papadopoulos just finished her second state examination. Now, she is preparing her doctoral thesis at the Chair of Professor Dr. Christian Wolf. She worked as a research assistant at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg. She successfully participated in the 8th Vis East/18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court when representing her team in the final rounds in Hong Kong. She also acted as a coach and gained further knowledge in the area of arbitration law in several summer schools. Dr. Dimitrios Parashu Dimitrios Parashu studied Law in Thessaloniki and Hanover. He is an advocate in Siedenburg and assistant lecturer at the chair of Professor Dr. Bernd Oppermann for German, European and International Civil and Commercial Law, Leibniz University of Hanover. Since 2013, he also works as research associate at the Bucerius Law School. His field of specialization is Constitutional Law. Sandra Pfeifenbring Sandra Pfeifenbring studied law in Hanover and participated in the 18th Willem C. Vis Moot Court for the University of Hanover. She worked at the chair for Public and Social Law of Professor Dr. Butzer and prepares her doctoral thesis. Currently, she is a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court Celle. Arne Philipsohn Arne Philippsohn works as a lawyer at the Employers Organisation of the Paper Industry in Northern Germany (VNP), Hannover. He studied law in Marburg and Münster with a specialisation on International Law. Mr. Philippsohn gained international experience e.g. at the Competition Bureau Legal Services, Canada, at the German Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, and a law firm in Cape Town, South Africa. Małgorzata Pohl is a lawyer and mediator in Poland, working in the Department of Civil and Private International Law at the University of Silesia, where she is preparing her Ph.D. and teaching students civil law and private international law. In the 19th edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot Competition she was awarded III Martin Domke Award for Best Individual Oralist, and was recognised as the 1st Best Speaker in the European Court of Justice Moot Competition within the Programme in European Private Law for Postgraduates (PEPP). Małgorzata loves sports (skiing, swimming, mountain hiking, many others) and dancing. Patrick Poltorak Patrick Poltorak studied law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He was a legal clerk at the Higher Regional Court Celle and works now as a lawyer at BRANDI Rechtsanwälte in Hanover. There, he focuses on labour law and company law. Raffael Probst Raffael Probst works for the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Berlin. He was managing director of the Munich Center for Dispute Resolution and is currently writing his thesis. He studied law at the University of Munich and participated in the 19th Willem C. Vis Moot. His legal education includes stays in Munich, Athens, and New York.

65 11th Hanover PreMoot 65 Katia Rener, LL.M. (Krakow) Katia Rener studied law in Mainz, Krakow (LL.M.) and Dijon (Maîtrise en Droit) before transferring to the University of Würzburg for her doctoral studies. She works as a research assistant at the chair of Professor Dr. Oliver Remien and is a legal trainee at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt. She has been coaching the Würzburg Vis Moot team since PhilipRené Retzbach PhilipRené works as a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Martin Gebauer. He sucessfully completed his studies in 2014 with his first examination in law. During his studies PhilipRené has been engaged in college politics as a student repesentative of the faculty. He participated in the Moot Court 2010/2011 and his team reached the round best of 16. Furthermore, he won the 1st VGH Moot Court with his team in Mannheim. He earned his first coaching experience during the 22nd Vis Moot at which the Team Tübingen was able to reach the round best of 8 in Vienna. PhilipRené is currently doing his doctorate in the field of international commercial arbitration. Ida Rüffer Ida is a law student in her 7th semester at the University of Osnabrück. She places her academic focus on international private law and recently finished an additional twoyear tuition on US law. She participated in the 23rd Vis Moot and is looking forward to supporting this year s team on the journey to Vienna. Janis Saran Janis acquired his Master s Degree in Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. This is his first year cocoaching the Vis Moot Team of the University of Latvia. He participated in the Vis Moot in year 2015/2016. Previously, he has participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Public Law Moot Court Competition final rounds in Washington (D.C.) (2015) and Telders International Public Law Moot Court Competition (2014). Currently, Janis practices law as an Associate in a regional law firm in Baltics and he specializes in international and domestic litigation and dispute resolution, with the focus on competition law and intellectual property law. René Sattelmaier René Sattelmaier is a law student at Leibniz University of Hanover and is now in the process of writing his state exam. He speaks French and has an English Cambridge Certificate. Moreover, René worked as a student assistant at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. He participated in the 20th Vis Moot in Vienna and the 10th Vis (East) in Hongkong. Karolina Scheller Karolina has graduated from the University of Silesia, Law Faculty. Having enjoyed the 22nd edition of the Vis Moot, she decided to be the coach of Vis Moot Team Silesia. She is mostly interested in international private law, international commercial law and tax law. She is a very cheerful person who is always looking for a possibility to learn something new. In her free time, Karo loves watching movies and reading books. Falko Schmidt Falko is 23 years old and was born in Emden, Germany. Before graduating from school, he gathered first international experiences during a fourmonth stay abroad at Llandovery College, Wales. Falko just finished his specialization in maritime business law and is now preparing for taking the first state examination. Besides, Falko is working for one of Hamburgs leading law firms in the transport law sector since 2015 as a research associate. After his successful participation in the 22nd Willem C. Vis Moot Court, Falko is now excited to coach the current Willem C. Vis Moot Team of the University of Hamburg and to contribute his knowledge and experiences.

66 66 11th Hanover PreMoot Henning Schröder Hennig Schröder first studied business management at the LeibnizAkademie Hanover and afterwards law at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He completed his second state examination in He became a specialized laywer for Commercial and Corporate Law in 2007 and for tax law in In addition to his work as a lawyer, he is a lecturer for Commercial and Corporate Law at the University Weserbergland, advisor of the Haas Seminars and gives classes for legal clerks in Hanover. Prof. Dr. Kristina Siig Kristina Siig is an associate professor (tenured). She researches within the areas of international trade law in general, in particular with view to international arbitration and maritime law. Kristina Siig obtained her doctorate in maritime arbitration from the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Oslo, Norway. Since then, she has been with the Department of Private Law at the University of Aarhus, as well as having practiced maritime law with Messrs. Gorrissen Federspiel. She is an associate professor at the Department of Law, University of Southern Denmark since Dr. Daniel SliwiokBorn Daniel SliwiokBorn studied Political Science, Philosophy and Business Administration in Washington (Georgetown), Florence and New York (NYU) and Law in Tübingen, London (UCL) and Hanover. His work experience includes positions at the US Congress, the German Bundestag as well as two international law firms in Hamburg. Mr. SliwiokBorn now works both as a lawyer in Hamburg and as a postdoctoral research associate at the Leibniz University in Hanover. Dr. Jan Erik Spangenberg Jan Erik Spangenberg studied law in Hamburg and Virginia with a focus on public international law. He is an associate in the Litigation Department at Latham Watkins and a member of the firm s International Dispute Resolution and Public International Law practice groups. Mr. Spangenberg joined Latham & Watkins in Pieter Spuijbroek Pieter is a Dutch lawyer admitted to the bar in Amsterdam. He completed his LL.M. in corporate law at the University of Amsterdam and specializes in corporate mergers and acquisitions. Pieter participated in the 20th Vis Moot and has been involved with the Vis Moot as coach of the University of Amsterdam team since then. Dr. Sabine StrickerKellerer Sabine StrickerKellerer is an international lawyer. She has over 30 years experience advising European companies on legal aspects of doing business in China. In 1985 she set up the first office of a European law firm in China. Today, she is also on the panel of arbitrators of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and other PRC arbitration commissions. She is chairwoman of the international business advisory board of the German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology. She is a founding member of the GermanChinese Dialogue Forum. Martin Suchrow Martin is a law student at the Leibniz University of Hannover. He combined his interest for foreign languages and his affinity for social work when he took care of handicapped people in the UK for a year. Martin is an experienced writer who has already published articles for ZEIT ONLINE. Currently, he is leading a project at his university which supports first semester students during their first months. Martin successfully took part in the Willem C. Vis Moot Team for Hannover in 2015/2016.

67 11th Hanover PreMoot 67 Stefan Thaler Stefan is 25 years old and recently graduated from law school in Munich. Prior to his participation in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in 2013/14, he has already had great interest in different countries: he has spent a year abroad in Australia, New Zealand and the US before law school. Now he is very keen on being one of the coaches of the University s team 2016/17 and passing on the impressions and experience he gained during his participation in the Vis Moot Court. Besides being a coach, he works as a legal assistant for a fullservice law firm in Munich. Konrad Thibaut Konrad studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover since Besides, he works as a student assistant for Professor Dr. Christian Wolf at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure. In his spare time, Konrad is an active sportsman; he is part of a rowing team and was already successful in European University Championships. He also acted as the chairman of the youth group of the Rowing Club Oldenburg. Konrad successfully participated in the 13th/23th Willem C. Vis Moot. Helena Thiel Helena is 22 years old and started studying law at the University of Hamburg in October Solely two semesters later, she qualified for the team participating in the 21st Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. In 2014 in Vienna, among about 300 teams, Helena and her team reached the round of 32 and accomplished the competition as the second best German team in that year. Before taking her final examination next year, Helena is looking forward to amplifying her knowledge concerning international commercial trade law and arbitration as one of the coaches of the Vis Moot Court Team of the University of Hamburg 2016/2017. Alexandra Ufer Alexandra Ufer studied law at the University of Hanover and took her first state exam in For two years, she worked as a research associate at the at the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulationsand the Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure and is now preparing her PhD thesis. She absolves her legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court Celle. Alexandra participated in the 7th/17th Willem C. Vis Moot Court, coached in the 8th/18th, 11th/21st and 12th/22nd round and serves as arbitrator in the competitions. Luisa Volkhausen Luisa Volkhausen completed her first state examination at the Leibniz University of Hanover. She participated in the 10th Vis East/20th Willem C. Vis Moot Court. She passed the bilingual school diplioma and spent two months in France. Luisa also gained a qualification in Latin, the CertiLingua excellence label, the French DELF Certificate B2 and the English Cambridge Certificate C1. Besides her studies, she is doing equestrian sports. Dr. Wilhelm Warth, LL.M. (London) Wilhelm Warth is an attorney and mediator in Munich. He studied law in Erlangen, Munich, Konstanz and London and was trained as mediator and conflict coach. Wilhelm Warth has been an attorney since 1976 and is founder and company lawyer of a biotechnology venture in Munich. Still, his main occupation is commercial mediation, conflict management and strategy advisory. Henrik Wichmann Henrik is currently studying law in his 5th semester. He takes part in a guitar ensemble where he enjoys working in a group. Furthermore, Henrik played Handball for many years strengthening his assertiveness. As a member of the editorial committee of the graduation magazine of his grade, he could pursue his interest in phrasing texts and stylistics. Henrik speaks English, Swedish and French.

68 68 11th Hanover PreMoot Mirko Widdaschek Mirko Widdascheck works as research assistant at the Chair of Professor Butzer at the Leibniz University of Hanover. He studied law in Hanover. His field of specialization is International and European Law with regard to public law. He participated in the Willem C. Vis in 2010 and represented the Univeristy of Hanover in Hong Kong. Due to the Moot and several summer academies, he gained a noticeable amount of experience in arbitration. He established the Refugee Law Clinic at the University of Hanover. Dr. Ulrich Wilke LL.M. (Cambridge) Ulrich Wilke joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer s tax group in He completed his legal education at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, at the Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV and at the University of Cambridge (Hughes Hall). He served his legal traineeship at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, a time during which he worked, inter alia, at an international law firm and at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. Inga Witte As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation, Inga studies law. Since Febraury 2012 she is a student assistant at the Chair of Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch. Particularly due to a stay abroad during which she attended an American High School, she speaks English fluently. She participated in the 21. Willem C. Vis Moot in 2013/2014. Inga is further engaged in the ambassador program of the German National Academic Foundation. Alongside her studies, she likes to travel to friends and unknown places. Caroline Witteler Caroline started her legal studies at Goethe University in spring She took part at the 21st Willem C. Vis Moot Court 2012/2013 as a team member of the Frankfurt Vis Moot team. Caroline will take the stateadministered part of the first state examination in September Afterwards she will complete her academic specialization Internationalization and Europeanization of Law. In her free time, Caroline is engaged into several projects pertaining to the support and integration of refugees. As of now, she will support the Vis Moot Team 2016/2017 as a coach. Professor Dr. Christian Wolf Christian Wolf is the executive director of the Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) and the responsible academic teacher for the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in Hanover. Before becoming a chairholder in 2000, he worked as attorney, judge at the district court (LG) in Munich and assistant professor at the law faculty of Munich. Since 2006 he is one of the editors of the Juristische Arbeitsblätter (JA). He regularly serves as an Arbitrator in Hong Kong and Vienna. Silke Wolf Silke Wolf is managing board director of the Bayerischer Bankenverband e.v. since She studied law at the Rheinische FriedrichsWilhelmsUniversity of Bonn until Since then, she worked in different positions at the Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, Bayerische Vereinsbank, and Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank AG in Munich. Juliana Wölling Juliana Wölling is a law student at the University of Hanover and currently preparing for the bar exam. She finished High School early and spent a year abroad in the United States. Juliana was actively engaged in university politics as a student representative and has interned at Noerr LLP. Her legal interests lie in civil law and after having participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot Court international civil process law including arbitration. Her Team was awarded with two honorable mentions for both the Claimant and Respondent Memoranda in 2013/14.

69 11th Hanover PreMoot 69 Nicola Zeibig, LL.M. (Stockholm) Nicola Zeibig works as a research assistant at the Chair for Civil Law, German, European, and International Civil Procedure. She studied law in Hanover and completed the postgraduate masters program International Commercial Arbitration in Stockholm, Sweden. She participated in the 13th Willem C. Vis Moot for the University of Hanover and supported this year s Team with several lectures on the principles of international arbitration. Nicola prepares her doctor s thesis. Alicja ZielinskaEisen, LL.M. (Berlin) Alicja ZielinskaEisen works since 2010 as an associate at Linklaters in Warsaw. She studied law at the University of Silesia and undertook parttime courses at City University in London, while completing an internship in a Londonbased law firm. During her studies she participated in the 16th Vis Moot. Alicja completed her LL.M. about International Dispute Resolution at the Humboldt University of Berlin in She used to be a coach for the team of University of Silesia. work life balance BIELEFELD I DETMOLD I GÜTERSLOH I PADERBORN I MINDEN I HANNOVER I PARIS I PEKING

70 11 th 10Hanover PreMoot Dear guests of the 11th Hanover PreMoot, we hope you enjoyed your stay in Hanover. The PreMootCrew gave its best to make your stay as great and comfortable as possible. In particular, we are proud that we managed to offer you this experience as one of the few remaining PreMoots not charging any registration fee. Unfortunately, we are afraid that we cannot comply with our goal to offer you an intellectual challenge in a crosscultural and familylike atmosphere in the following years without charging a participation fee. During the course of the past eleven years, the Hanover PreMoot grew from five teams in 2007 to 28 teams this year. In each and every year, we were able to provide all guests with handmadesandwiches and handmadecake, coffee, tea and wine. Along with the number of teams, also the costs to provide these services grew. Since we are not willing to give up these services, we have to ask you for your support. Therefore, unless we find a main sponsor, we have to charge a participation fee for the 12th Hanover PreMoot. Simultaneously, we are developing a system to enable teams with less funding to participate in following Hanover PreMoots. Although there are no definite plans yet as to how to achieve this intent, we hope that it is the solution to uphold our values and experience further PreMoots together. It was a great privilege to have you in Hanover and we hope to see each of you next year again! Dr. Nassim Eslami Lissa Gerking Niels Kurth

71 Imprint brochure Editor: Chair for Civil Law, German, European and International Civil Procedure, Leibniz University of Hanover (Professor Dr. Christian Wolf) Design: Lissa Gerking, Niels Kurth, Jaschar Mirkhani Photos: Christoph Bauch, Tim Brockmann Contact Institute for Procedural Law and Attorney Regulations (IPA) Königsworther Platz 1, Hannover Web:

72 12 th Hanover PreMoot The tradition is going strong: For the 12 th time Leibniz University of Hanover is proud to invite you to the Hanover PreMoot! This year s 11th Hanover PreMoot continues to be one of the biggest PreMoot events in Europe with 28 teams from 13 countries with an impressive roster of arbitrators experienced practitioners and distinguished teaching faculty alike. Not to mention the 6 th PreMoot Conference. We are counting on an even larger group of participants in Get in touch with us for updates and your participation as a team or an arbitrator. Be part of the tradition! For further information please visit: 12 th Hanover PreMoot 15 th 17 th February