Nagoya University is pleased to share that its university team is the first in Japan's history to compete as the Eighth Finalists at the 20th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

The competition saw a total of 111 teams and 353 participants from universities across the world; requiring competitors to submit written memorandums for both the Claimant and Respondent in the hypothetical dispute, before proceeding onto the oral pleadings.

The team, comprising of 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗴𝘂𝘂𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗵 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗝𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗲 (G30 Law Programme), 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme), 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗲 (Campus Asia Programme) and 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗞𝗲 (LLM) represented Nagoya University in the competition, held from the 19th-26th March.

Additionally, the team achieved several milestones:
1) First Japanese Team to compete in Rounds of 32
2) First Japanese Team to compete in Rounds of 16
3) Neil Kaplan Award for Best Individual Oralist (Honorable Mention) – Samuel Wee
4) Ranked 2nd Best Individual Oralist (of 353 Participants) – Bilguun Ganuskh

The team would like to express their gratitude to 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗼 and 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗼 for their guidance, as well as to their coaches, Mr 𝗗𝗺𝘆𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗜𝘇𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘃 and Mr 𝗡𝗴𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗵 for their support.