Call for BFE+ 10th Competition Moot: merger control between professional soccer associations

January 15, 2024 - BFE+, a leading firm in dispute resolution, regulation and competition with teams in Latin America and Spain, announces the tenth edition of the Free Competition MOOT, which on this occasion will focus on the control of mergers between professional soccer associations. This event will take place between July 31 and August 3, 2024 in Lima.

This annual initiative, organized together with the Universidad del Pacífico Law School, already has the key dates for this edition:

• March 2024: launch of the case
• April-May 2024: registration
• May-June 2024: writing stage
• July 31-August 3, 2024: in-person oral rounds

The BFE+ MOOT combines professional and academic practice, creating a space in which law and economics students from around the world have the opportunity to test their knowledge in front of demanding juries of lawyers and economists specializing 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 in which 112 economics and law students from 15 universities in Latin America and Spain participated, 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 such as Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (Ecuador) and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), among many others, have also participated in the event.

This project was awarded as "Best International Legal Initiative" in 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 recognized in Band 1 by the prestigious international ranking Chambers and Partners in its main areas of specialization, 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 important 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 characterized by its transparency and its horizontal and close relationship with its clients.