Event details
Programme
26 Mar 2026
We are delighted to invite you to this year’s University of Pittsburgh Pre‑Moot (Pitt Consortium), where CMS, together with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), will host a distinguished panel discussion.
Under the title From clause to case: How parties choose arbitration rules, institutions, and seats in cross‑border disputes the panel will explore how dispute‑resolution clauses are crafted at the contract‑drafting stage — and how these early architectural choices shape jurisdiction, enforceability, and strategic considerations once a dispute arises.
Using this year’s Vis Moot Problem as a practical reference point, the discussion will examine in particular:
- Institutional choice as strategic design
- The seat as legal anchor
- Singapore as a seat – commercial and ISDS contexts
- Mediation, multi-tier clauses, and enforceability architecture
- From clause to jurisdictional contest
- Institutional and tribunal perspective
The session will also include a presentation by CMS experts, setting the scene from transactional and dispute-resolution perspectives.
We look forward to welcoming you in Vienna!
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Agenda
| 15:30 pm - 15:35 pm | Introduction and framing Sonja Otenhajmer, CMS | |
| 15:35 pm - 15:45 pm | Setting the scene from transactional and dispute-resolution perspectives Nika Rassadina, CMS Irene Ng, CMS | |
| 15:45 pm - 16:30 pm | Panel Discussion Moderator Daniela Karollus-Bruner, CMS Panelists Ronald Brand, University of Pittsburgh Sherlin Tung, Withers Worldwide Vivekananda Neelakantan, Singapore International Arbitration Centre |
Location
Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Gauermanngasse 2
1010 Vienna
Austria
