This year's Vis Moot team of the Faculty of Law of Charles University is the most successful Czech team in the elite Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot!

Our team consisting of Veronika Dybová, Filip Choděra, Adam Kořínek, Marie Nová, Matěj Rösner, Simon Puchý, Jasmína Pustaiová and Dagmar Smetanová participated in the Hong Kong and Vienna branches of the Vis Moot competition, where: 

In Hong Kong, they fought their way to the knockout rounds for the 32 winning teams. They advanced to the finals and placed 2nd (!) out of 144 teams participating in the competition. They received an honorable mention for both the plaintiff and defendant memorandum and Jasmine received an honorable mention awarded to the best oralists of the competition.

In Vienna, they advanced to the knockout rounds, which are for the top 64 teams in the competition. In the heated knockout rounds, the top 8 (!) prevailing teams from the 364 teams that participated in the oral rounds in Vienna were promoted. They also won the award for the 3rd (!) best memorandum on behalf of a respondent out of 373 respondent memoranda submitted this year. Dagmar also received an honorable mention awarded to the best oral speakers in the competition. 

In preparation for Vienna and Hong Kong, they participated in 10 in-person and 2 online pre-Moots, placing 4th in the London Pre-Moot, 2nd in the Heidelberg and Austrian Pre-Moots, and 1st in the Warsaw, Prague and Florence Pre-Moots. Filip and Dagmar won the Best Speaker award at the Brno Pre-Moot, Simon and Jasmine won the Best Speaker award at the Warsaw Pre-Moot, Dagmar won the Best Speaker award for Prosecutor at the London Pre-Moot and Jasmine was also awarded Best Speaker at the Austrian and Prague Pre-Moots.

Our team is still speechless and amazed at such amazing results achieved by the best Czech team in the Vis competition so far. However, considering all the individual and team talents and the incredible effort the whole team has put in, it is not surprising! 

The team would like to sincerely congratulate all the other teams not only on their awards and achievements, but also on their skills and determination that have always inspired them. Most importantly, it was great to meet them all and share jokes, frustrations and all the experiences this Vis Moot season has brought them. 

They would also like to express their gratitude to their alma mater, Charles University Faculty of Law. Huge thanks also go to their partners for their long-term support, namely BBH, the law firm and Clifford Chance Prague.

As always, the biggest thanks go to all members of the Vis Moot community - coaches, mentors and friends of Vis Moot. From reading their notes to listening to their pleas, they provided them with much needed feedback and supported them throughout the competition (thanks to the teams and alumni of Masaryk University and Palacký University Law School in Olomouc) for cheering them on in the elimination battles! And finally, special recognition goes to their family members who may have been confused at times as to what they were doing all along, but supported them 24 hours a day all the way!

See you all in the 32nd season of Vis Moot!