NUS Law emerged as Champions of the 8th Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot 2022

(L to R): Samuel Ye ’22, Associate Professor Burton Ong ’99, Stanley Woo ’22, Brandon Wong ’23, Zhong Tianyu ’23

This international moot competition was conducted in-person at King’s College London, where 12 teams were selected from an initial pool of over 40 participant teams to present their oral submissions on a moot problem dealing with the regulation of mergers in oligopolistic markets.  The NUS Law team was represented by Stanley Woo ’22, Samuel Ye ’22, Brandon Wong ’23 and Zhong Tianyu ’23.  The team coach was Associate Professor Burton Ong ’99.

In a moot competition where most of the participants were graduate law students, our NUS undergraduate team powered through the preliminary oral rounds on Friday, 17 June and the knock-out rounds on Saturday, 18 June for 12 hours on both days.  Along the way, the team encountered and prevailed over teams from the Jindal Global Law School, Utrecht University Law School, Hong Kong University Law School, Mumbai University and, at the final round, the Dickson Poon School of Law from King’s College London. In addition, the team’s written memorial was ranked second in the competition. Brandon also received a Certificate of Achievement for his outstanding advocacy skills.

This is the third time in three years that NUS Law has reached the finals of this competition, with the two previous editions conducted remotely via Microsoft Teams. This is also the second time that NUS Law has won this moot competition, the first time occurring in the inaugural edition in 2015.

Tomoe Suzuki ’21 and Benjamin Wong ’15 provided on-site support for the team in London

Stanley Woo ’22 and Samuel Ye ’22 at the NUS Law 2022 Commencement ceremony with Dean Simon Chesterman, Vice Dean Eleanor Wong and A/P Burton Ong

The team would like to acknowledge the sponsorship and support of Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) for its sponsorship of the team, especially Winnie Ching, Herbert Fung and Cindy Chang for their time and guidance. We are also grateful to Scott Clements, Chan Jia Sheng ’18 and Priscilla Seah ’21 from Allen & Gledhill, as well as Marc Waha, Jeremiah Chew ’10, Abigail Wong ’21, Jamie Cooke and Jason Logendra from Norton Rose Fulbright for their generous assistance.

Finally, we are extremely thankful for the unwavering encouragement and friendship of our community of ardent HSF alumni teams, who gave the team numerous practice rounds and provided constant moral support: Melissa Heng ’21, Jeremy Teo ’21, Nicholas Yeo ’21, Ryan Kwan ’20, Rachel Ang ’20, Abigail Wong ’20, Kim Bumsoo ’19, Sharon Lee ’18, Teo Shu Hui ’19, Jessica Mau ’17, Gan Wei Rong ’17, Mok Ho Fai ’17, Arjuna Segathesan ’17, Jeanette Wong ’17, Lee Ji En ’17, Erwin Wan ’16, Ng Yee Ting ’16 and Jeremiah Lau ’15. Special recognition to Benjamin Wong ’15 and Tomoe Suzuki ’21 for their “on-site support” in London – thank you for your incredible kindness and inspiration to the team!