Welcome to the website of the MGIMO-University team participating in the Nineteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2011—2012 — one of the largest and the most prestigious international moot court competitions in the world, the true Olympics in international trade law and international commercial arbitration.

Law students of MGIMO-University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) have participated in the Willem C. Vis Moot since 1996. In 2010 our University received 2 Honorable mentions for Best Claimant's Memorandum and Best Respondent's Memorandum. In 2011 we were awarded an Honorable mention for Best Claimant's Memorandum and the 3rd place award for Best Respondent's Memorandum. This year MGIMO Team is heading for Vienna to take part in the oral rounds for the 17th time. Our way there will go through various pre-moots in Moscow, München, Paris, Düsseldorf, Leuven and The Hague.

You may be curious about the people of our Team — to get to know who we are, please see the Team Members page. To get acquainted with our coaches, who generously share their wisdom and experience with us and who inspire us a lot, please visit the Team Coaches page.

To find out more about our work and our plans, you may wish to take a closer look at the Team Schedule. The live broadcast of our activities may be followed through our Twitter news in the right sidebar. Photo reports will be available in the Team Pictures album. The Useful Links page will provide with some very useful links and documents related to the Willem C. Vis Moot as well as to this year’s Problem.

Last but not least, we would like to thank our Team Sponsors for their substantial material assistance.