The Chinese University of Hong Kong Vis Team

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Vis Team This page provides information on the current and past CUHK Vis teams for those who are interested in participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot.

The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is a unique professional and cultural experience and an essential training tool for law students wishing to pursue a career in international commercial law. The Vis Moot is designed to test the teams’ skills in drafting memoranda and oral advocacy and takes place during Easter week in Vienna, Austria, where students act as counsel

in a fictitious commercial dispute between parties from different countries. In 2010, approximately 1300 students from more than 250 law schools in over 60 countries participated. Over 650 renowned arbitrators, law professors, and lawyers from around the world participated in judging the competition. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot is a sister moot to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which takes place in Hong Kong, China. The Vis Moot is organized by the Pace University School of Law and sponsored by the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association, Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan, Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, CEPANI, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association, China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Chinese European Arbitration Centre, Hamburg (CEAC), German Institution of Arbitration (DIS), International Chamber of Commerce, JAMS, London Court of International Arbitration, International Arbitral Centre at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Swiss Chambers’ Court of Arbitration and Mediation, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and Moot Alumni Association.

Calling for applicants for the Vis Moot Team 2021-2022!We are looking for passionate and committed students to join our ...
31/05/2021

Calling for applicants for the Vis Moot Team 2021-2022!

We are looking for passionate and committed students to join our team this year. The Vis Moot is for you if you are interested in international commercial arbitration, and may like a memorable mooting trip to Vienna (subsidised by our Faculty)!

No prior knowledge in commercial law or mooting experience is required.

To apply, please fill in the application form below and submit it to [email protected] at or before 10:00pm, 7 June 2021.

Feel free to message us if you have any questions!

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GLJz1dB5vy_iGLISTCdd_31o7Scue75E/view

Calling for applicants for the Vis Moot Team 2020-2021!We are looking for passionate and committed students to join our ...
01/06/2020

Calling for applicants for the Vis Moot Team 2020-2021!

We are looking for passionate and committed students to join our team this year. The Vis Moot is for you if you are interested in international commercial arbitration, and may like a memorable mooting trip to Vienna (subsidised by our Faculty)!
No prior knowledge in commercial law or mooting experience is required.

To apply, please fill in the application form below and submit it to [email protected] at or before 11:00pm, 5 June 2020. Feel free to message us if you have any questions!

Link: https://blackboard.cuhk.edu.hk/bbcswebdav/pid-277999-dt-announcement-rid-28184548_1/xid-28184548_1

10/04/2020

Yesterday marked the end of the 27th Willem C. Vis Moot and the 17th Vis East Moot.

Thanks to the 21 moot teams that spent time having practice rounds with us - Tehran, Basel, Hannover, Zenica, Freie, Bern, Sri Lanka, Helsinki, Chile, NALSAR, Humboldt, CityU, Freiburg, Bond, RUDN, Campbell, Stockholm, Göttingen, HSE, UNSW, and Amsterdam.

Thanks to the 15 moot teams that pleaded with us either in Vis East or Vis Vienna - Padjadjaran, Chiao Tung, Diplomatic Academy (Vietnam), Heidelberg, National Law (India), SMU, Sao Paulo, Maribor, Maharashtra, Jagiellonian, Vilnius, Marburg, Bern, Charles, and West Bengal.

Finally, thanks to all the beloved friends, teams, professors, arbitrators, and legal practitioners whom we had the privilege to learn from throughout the past months.

Team CUHK will come back even stronger next year!

08/04/2020

Vis Vienna News:

Team CUHK advanced to the Quarterfinals for the first time in history but had to give way to West Bengal University of Juridical Science. We now root for Team West Bengal!!

Sharon Lee Yee Si Tip Hor Alex Chan Noddy Pat Tsz Yat Liu Kasper Fan Lapyan Michelle Wong Donald Lui Ayo Choi Christie Lynne Runtong Gong Ferdinand Loo Lucy Li Wing Sum Lai

08/04/2020

Vis Vienna Breaking News: we prevailed in the Rounds of 64 and 32 and have advanced to the Round of 16!!!!!!!!!!!

04/04/2020

The (virtual) Vienna rounds have begun!!

29/03/2020

Vis East breaking news: WE WON!!

Team CUHK won champion. We thank Vis Moot University of São Paulo Team for the quality round (in both the general rounds as well as the Grand Final) and wish all incredibly talented teams best of luck in the upcoming Vienna rounds!

Sharon Lee Yee Si Tip Hor Alex Chan Kasper Fan Lapyan Michelle Wong
Donald Lui Ayo Choi Christie Lynne Runtong Gong Noddy Pat Tsz Yat Liu Ferdinand Loo Lucy Li Wing Sum Lai The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學 - CUHK

Join to watch the Virtual Vis East Moot Grand finale between CUHK and University of Sao Paolo!
29/03/2020

Join to watch the Virtual Vis East Moot Grand finale between CUHK and University of Sao Paolo!

28/03/2020

Breaking News: Team CUHK qualified for the Round of 4 and will meet SMU in five hours’ time!!

27/03/2020

Breaking News: Team CUHK "made 8"!

March 28 (Sat) 12:00 p.m. - Round of 8

National Law School of India University (Claimant) v The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Respondent)

Best of luck to our Vis East oralists for tomorrow, Michelle Wong and Kasper Fan !!!!

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