Cross-examination Moot Court Brevia for students of the Master's program «Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution»
On June 8, the Russian Arbitration Center hosted the final round of the moot court, which was organized for the students of the Master's program «Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution»
This year, the Brevia team proposed a unique case concerning international sale of a business, helped the teams to prepare for hearings, and held the final of the competition. This year's distinctive feature of the moot court was the cross-examination of "witnesses" in the final round.
Emma Shtegman, a lawyer at Brevia and Dmitry Pochtarenko, a graduate of the program, acted as witnesses. The arbitrators were Olga Tsvetkova, the Managing Partner of Brevia, Adam Nalgiev, a lawyer of the firm, responsible for the competition preparation, and Sergey Usoskin, the independent consultant on international disputes and practicing arbitrator.
Victor Radnaev, a partner at Brevia, also conducted a master class for master students concerning strategies for preparing and conducting cross-examination in international arbitration.
The students' presentations during the preliminary rounds were evaluated by professors, graduates of the program and invited legal practitioners in the field of international arbitration: Alena Ilchenko, Anastasia Burnakina, Anna Gavkalyuk, Anna Avdulova, Vladimir Goroshchenko, Konstantin Ksenofontov, Ksenia Kuritsyna, Yaroslava Branovskaya, Mikhail Blat, Andrey Buyankin, Tatiana Petrova, Vladislava Berlina, Ekaterina Svetlichnaya and Sergey Ivanov.
The winners of the final round were the claimants' team: Ivan Kolomoytsev, Denis Margasyuk, Sofia Nikulina, Ekaterina Yaranova and Junaid Muhammad.
The second place was taken by the team consisting of Aleksandra Chobotova, Arina Medvedeva, Sabina Geydarova, Sofia Mirkhaidarova and Hossain Emam.
Sofia Mirkhaidarova received the Best Speaker Award from Brevia.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to the BREVIA team, the Russian Arbitration Center and all the lawyers who helped with the competition for their support!
