National Law School – Trilegal International Arbitration Moot (NLSTIAM) | XVII Edition, May 2024
June 25, 2024
The Moot Court Society, NLSIU and Trilegal organized the XVII Edition of the National Law School – Trilegal International Arbitration Moot, 2024 (“NLSTIAM”) from May 17-19, 2024. The moot was sponsored by Trilegal, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), and Manupatra.
The event was held offline and for the first time in its history, was paperless, with memorials and compendiums being exchanged digitally at every stage of the competition. The case study of the XVII NLSTIAM was based on International Commercial Arbitration under the SIAC rules and dealt with aspects of insolvency law and contract law. This year’s case study was drafted by Ms. Sushmita Gandhi from SIAC.
The Grand Finals Panel comprised:
- Justice Riyaz Iqbal Chagla (Judge, High Court of Bombay)
- Professor Dr. Gary Bell (Professor of Law, NUS Singapore)
- Professor Dr. Shahla Ali (Professor of Law, HK University)
- Ms. Shweta Bidhuri (South Asia Head, Singapore International Arbitration Centre)
- Mr. Mohammed Shameer (Partner at Trilegal)
In addition, the two Semi Finals Benches comprised:
- Mr. Tariq Khan (Registrar, IAMC)
- Dr. Srikant Parthasarathy (Arbitrator and Senior Managing Partner at Chakra Legal)
- Ms. Chitra Rentala (Partner, Trilegal)
- Mr. Jaideep Reddy (Partner, Trilegal)
- Dr. Ajar Rab (Founding partner, ANR LAW LLP)
- Mr. Vikas Mahendra (Partner, Keystone Bengaluru)
In the XVII edition of the competition, was conducted on an invites-only basis. A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the oral rounds, including one international team from Thammasat University, Bangkok.