10th BFE+ Competition Moot, focusing on merger control between professional football associations  

March 21, 2024

BFE+ has launched its tenth edition of the Free Competition MOOT, which on this occasion will focus on merger control between professional football associations. The case concerns a lawsuit brought by an Austrian sports and equipment investment company against the successive acquisitions of an oil and startup investment fund incorporated in the Republic of the Emirates.

New this year, in addition to awarding a $10,000 prize to the winning Moot team, the best individual speaker will enjoy a three-month internship at the Lima office of BFE+.

This annual initiative, organised in conjunction with the Universidad del Pacífico Law School, already has the key dates for this year’s edition:

- March 2024: publication of economic expertise and submission of clarifications.
- April-May 2024: Clarification acquittal
- May 2024: Statement of claim and deadline for registrations
- June 2024: Statement of defence
- July 2024: Seminar
- 31 July - 3 August 2024: Face-to-face oral rounds

About the BFE+ MOOT

The BFE+ MOOT combines professional and academic practice, creating a space where law and economics students from all over the world have the opportunity to test their knowledge in front of demanding juries of lawyers and economists specialised in competition and regulatory issues.

The main objective of MOOT is to give university students the opportunity to experience an interdisciplinary competition as close as possible to real practice. In the nine editions of the event, students from multiple Spanish-speaking countries have participated, such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru.

In the 2023 edition, the University of Chile won first place in a competition involving 112 economics and law students from 15 universities in Latin America and Spain, as well as 117 local and international referees. The Universidad Diego Portales (Chile), the Universidad de Piura (Paraguay) and the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru) are other universities that have won awards during these nine editions of the Free Competition MOOT. Other outstanding universities have also participated in the event, such as the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (Ecuador) and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), among many others.

This project was awarded "Best International Legal Initiative" at the last edition of the National Law Gala (Legal Marcom Awards).


About BFE+

BFE+ is a leading law firm in Latin America in international arbitration, regulation and antitrust. The firm has been recognised in Band 1 by the prestigious international ranking Chambers and Partners in its main areas of specialisation, arbitration litigation and antitrust, for 13 consecutive years. In recent years it has been included by GAR 100 in the list of the best international arbitration firms in the world.

The BFE+ team combines professional practice with academic practice. Its partners and associates teach at leading universities in Latin America (Argentina, El Salvador and Peru), translating academics into an innovative and always up-to-date professional practice. Alfredo Bullard, currently resident in Spain and leader of the Madrid office, has been a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration, a member of the arbitrators’ lists of SIAC (Singapore) and HKIAC (Hong Kong) and chairman of the Commission that drafted the current Peruvian Arbitration Law.

With a vision of law and business based on ethics and honesty, the firm is characterised by its transparency and its horizontal and close relationship with its clients.
The firm stands out for its international activity as lawyers, experts and arbitrators that exceeds 3 billion dollars, in cases before the International Centre for Settlement of Disputes ICSID, the International Chamber of Commerce ICC, the Permanent Court of Arbitration PCA, and the London Court of International Arbitration LCIA, among other arbitration centres, as well as for its experience in investigations of abuse of dominance and cartels and in the application of the regulation of network industries and other regulated activities.

Its lawyers have advised more than 200 high-profile clients and have participated as arbitrators in more than 300 different arbitral tribunals. The experience of the BFE+ team focuses on advising Peruvian and international companies at the highest level in various economic sectors, such as energy, construction, transport, hydrocarbons, insurance and investment protection, among others.



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