The SCC Arbitration Institute is proud to support the first edition of the IntLaw Investment Arbitration Moot, a new international moot court competition dedicated to investment arbitration, taking place in London in February 2027.

The IntLaw Investment Arbitration Moot has released the Moot Problem for its inaugural edition, All About That Bet v. Kingdom of Trafalgar, marking the start of the written phase of the competition. Student teams from around the world will now prepare written submissions ahead of the oral rounds, which will be held at the International Arbitration Centre in London from 18 to 22 February 2027. Team registration remains open until 9 November 2026.

The Moot Problem is set under the SCC Arbitration Rules (2023), with the dispute concerning a sports betting investor affected by a series of regulatory measures relating to consumer solvency, zoning and advertising. Participating teams will be required to address indirect expropriation, including whether a set of contested measures may constitute a composite act and the scope of a State’s regulatory powers; the use of a most-favoured-nation clause to invoke fair and equitable treatment under a terminated treaty; and the participation of the investor’s home State as a non-disputing treaty Party.

The non-disputing treaty Party question, in particular, is addressed by reference to Article 4 of Appendix III to the SCC Arbitration Rules (2023), the provision governing the participation of non-disputing treaty Parties in investment disputes administered under the SCC Rules. Alongside the UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, this gives student teams a valuable opportunity to engage with the SCC’s institutional framework for treaty-based investor-State arbitration in a practical, applied setting.

The IntLaw Investment Arbitration Moot was founded by the IntLaw Foundation and aims to advance education in international law and arbitration, supporting the next generation of practitioners in the field. The SCC is pleased to support the inaugural edition of the competition alongside UNCITRAL and a number of other leading arbitral institutions and organisations.

The SCC wishes every participating team the very best of luck, and looks forward to following the arguments as the competition unfolds.

For more information about the IntLaw Investment Arbitration Moot, including registration details, please visit www.intlawmoot.org.