Balcıoğlu Selçuk Akman Keki Attorney Partnership continues to support Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (“Vis Moot”) as partner Doğan Eymirlioğlu and associate Fulya Görer served as arbitrators at the 25^th Vis Moot held between 23^rd and 28th March 2018 in Vienna. They have also participated in various conferences and meetings held during the week, alongside many international practitioners from all around the world gathering together for the Vis Moot.

Vis Moot’s aim is to foster the study of international commercial law and arbitration for resolution of international commercial disputes through its application to a concrete problem of a client and to train legal professionals of tomorrow in methods of alternative dispute resolution. 2018 was the 25^th year of the competition, where teams prepare oral and written pleadings arguing both claimant and respondent positions.

This year 362 teams from all over the world participated and this year’s problem concerned the challenge of an arbitrator, impartiality and independence thereof, incorporation of standard terms and role of ethical behaviour in the conformity of the goods.

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Balcıoğlu Selçuk Eymirlioğlu Ardıyok Keki Attorney Partnership is an Istanbul-based full-service law firm led by almost 100 experienced professionals since 2007, each well equipped to provide creative and diligent transaction counselling and cutting-edge legal services. We advise national and multinational clients, including Fortune 500 companies on corporate and M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, competition and antitrust, public policy and regulation, employment and labor, project finance, real estate and construction, infrastructure and PPPs, franchising and distribution, trade, WTO and customs, intellectual property, data and technology, data protection, privacy and cybersecurity, arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution, and tax matters.