University of Milan has been participating in the Willem C. Vis Arbitration Moot since 2008.
For the students who took part in it, the competition has always been a stepping stone for outstanding careers in law (admission to international Ph.D and LL.M. programs in top Universities and Institutions; recruitment by prestigious international law firms, in Italy and abroad; working experience in European Institutions, International Organizations and Supranational Courts and Tribunals.
Here below some track records of past mooties…
Massimo Fabio Lando (19th Edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot)
LLM – University of Cambridge – First Class Honours (2013-2014)
Ph.D Title in International Law – University of Cambridge (2014-2017)
Current position: Associate Legal Officer – International Court of Justice (The Hague)
Antonio Segurini (16th Edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot)
Stage at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law e presso United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2009/2010);
Expert at Italian Central Bank – Department of Tax Consultancy (2012-2014);
Legal Counsel at European Central Bank – Directorate General Legal Services, Institutional Law Division – Frankfurt Banca Centrale Europea (2014-2015)
LL.M. Finance presso Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe-Universität, Francoforte (2017-2018) ;
Current position: Banking Supervisor at European Central Bank (Frankfurt)
Andrea Zappalaglio (17th Edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot)
LL.M. – University College of London – UK (2013-2014)
Ph.D – University of Oxford – UK (2014-2018)
GlaxoSmithKline Prize for Excellence in Intellectual Property and technology Law – University College of London
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Patent Law – University of Oxford – UK (2017-2018)
Current position: Senior Research Fellowin Intellectual Property and Competition Law – Max Planck Institute for International and Competition – Munich – Germany
Raymundo Treves (17th Edition of the Willem C. Vis Moot)
Visiting Undergraduate Scholar – Berkeley Law School – USA
Intern – ICC – International Court of Arbitration, Paris – France
LL.M. – International Legal Studies – New York University (Dean’s Graduate Award)
Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (3 years and 10 months)
Ph.D in International Civil Procedure and Arbitration – University of Heidelberg
Current position: Associate at Three Crowns LLP – Paris – Department for Dispute Settlement between States