William C. Vis Moot Court

 

The Willem C. Vis Moot is an international commercial moot court competition established since 1994. It has been held annually in Vienna, Austria attracting about 400 law schools from all around the world and spurring the creation of more than 20 pre-moots each year before the actual rounds.
The objective of the Vis Moot is to foster study in the area of international commercial arbitration and encourage the resolution of commercial disputes by arbitration. The problem for the moot is always based on an international sales transaction subjected to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) 1980 and also involves procedural issues of arbitration.
The moot consists of submitting written memoranda prior to the moot on designated dates for both sides of the dispute (Claimant and Respondent).
This competition is considered one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world. The list of sponsoring organizations coupled with the fact that the foremost scholars in the field of international sales law and international arbitration come to Vienna to act as arbitrators and judge the various teams in different stages of the competition clearly establish the high standing of this competition in the academic world. In fact, this competition has been referred to as the Olympic of international commercial law.
Allameh Tabataba’i University is the first-ever Iranian University who participated in Vis Moot and as the pioneer Iranian team, won the "Spirit of the Moot" award in 2015.
The years after, were as rewarding as the first year and ATU has a record of rank 10, among more than 360 participant teams, wining individual honorable mentions such as best speaker award and ranked in the top three teams in different pre-moots.
Members: Ali Dehdashti, Masoud Mahboub, Nima Nasrollahi, Hussein Tanhai, Tahmine Sadat Madani, Hamed Zamami, Behnaz Ensafi Azar, Fatemeh Abbasi, Maziar Aghasi Javid, Parya Keramatkhah, Aysan Naderi, Leyla Ebrahimi, Kimia Hajpirrey, and Sima Ghaffari.
 

Consulting Professor: Dr. Ali Moghadam Abrishami