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NOTE: This page is updated annually (typically, in August).
UNICUM International Friendly Rounds
In 2014, I founded the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders International Moot Court Competition on International Law, to provide competing national teams with an opportunity to test and strengthen their legal arguments and advocacy skills. Today, the Friendly, which usually takes place in the second half of May, is organized through Associazione UNICUM, where I served as Chair until June 2026 and now serve as a board member.
Jun. 2026
Serving as Judge for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
The Hague, Netherlands.
May 2026
9th edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court
Through Associazione UNICUM, Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa serves once again as administrator for the 2026 International Friendly Rounds for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. This will be the last time for Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa, as the Association will soon welcome a new Chair.
Thanks to the good offices of Professor Marko Jovanovic, the event will take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Belgrade on 21-23 May 2026, and it is co-sponsored by law Ashurst LLP.
The event will be attended by 8 national representatives and over 30 international law & moot court experts. More information can be found here.
Feb. 2026
Serving as Judge for the Jessup International Friendly Rounds
Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa has been invited to serve as judge for the final of the International Friendly Rounds for the Jessup, held at the University of Bucharest.
May 2025
8th edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court
Through Associazione UNICUM, Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa serves once again as administrator for the 2025 International Friendly Rounds for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition.
Thanks to the good offices of Professor Attila Tanzi, the event will take place at the University of Bologna on 22-23 May 2025, and it is co-sponsored by law Ashurst LLP.
The event will be attended by 6 national representatives and 18 international law & moot court experts. More information can be found here.
May 2024
7th edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court
Through Associazione UNICUM, Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa serves once again as administrator for the 2024 International Friendly Rounds for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. The event takes place at the University of Seville on 9-11 May 2024 –thanks to the good offices of UNICUM board member Professor Eulalia Petit de Gabriel-, and it is co-sponsored by law firms Ashurst LLP and GMVI International Law & Dispute Settlement. This year, the Friendly includes as well a seminar on public international law topics related to the case.
The event will be attended by six national representatives and about a dozen international law & moot court experts. More information can be found here, here, and here.
Feb. 2024
Serving as Judge for the Jessup International Friendly Rounds
Bratislava, Trnava University.
Jun. 2023
Serving as Judge for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
May 2023
6th edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court
On 18-20 May 2023, the 6th edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the 46th edition of the Telders International Moot Court Competition on International Law will take place, this time hosted at the University of Naples ‘Federico II’. The Friendly, for which Dr. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa serves as administrator, includes 6 teams from 5 countries, over a dozen experts in international law serving as judges (academics and practitioners alike), and a seminar on public speaking. The event is co-sponsored by Carnelutti Law Firm and Ashurst. The final bench, composed of Dr. Beke-Martos, Mr. Fuchs, and Dr. Vaccaro-Incisa, decided, with a split vote, in favor of the team from the University of Tuebingen over that from the University of Oslo. Third place for the team from West University of Timisoara.
Mar. 2023
Serving as a mock arbitrator for the Belgrade Vis Pre-Moot.
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May 2019
G. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa to serve as Judge for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition (NL).
Mar. 2018
G. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa serving as arbitrator and cross-examination instructor for the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (DE).
March 14-17, 2018 – Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa will serve as arbitrator for the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, organized by McDermott Will and Emery Law Firm, along several of the most renowned personalities in the field.
Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa will also participate, along Dr. Sabine Konrad, Dr. Arne Fuchs, Dr. Lucie Gerhardt and Mr. Gavan Griffith, as instructor and witness at the cross-examination course held McDermott local office, organized for the moot’s top qualifying teams.
Oct. 2017
Announcing the organization and sponsoring of the International Friendly Round for the Telders Moot (Florence, IT).
Nov. 27, 2017 – Vaccaro Law Bureau is proud to serve again as chief organizing sponsor of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders Moot Court in International Law. Administrator of this 3rd edition of the event is Prof. G.M. Vaccaro-Incisa, assisted by Mr. Piero Gregori. The event, to which a Symposium on Current Issues in International Law is associated, will take place on 10-12 May, 2018, at the European University Institute (EUI) of Florence.
In addition to EUI, sponsors of the event are also the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille and Threefold Legal Advisors. This page will be updated with further details and information on the event in due course.
Apr. 2017
Sponsoring the International Friendly Round for the Telders Moot Court (Lille, FR).
Feb. 2017 – The Law Firm is glad to be sponsoring the International Friendly Round, organized at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lille on Apr. 27-29, 2017, in preparation of the 40th edition of the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition (taking place at the Peace Palace, seat of the International Court of Justice, on May 17-20).
Administrator of the event is Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa, whom has gathered an impressive outline of international law experts (e.g., Maria Issaeva / Threefold Legal Advisors LLC, Thomas McDonald / White & Case LLP, Ximena Hindrichs / ITLOS, Guillaume Areou and Aurélie Lopez / Reed Smith LLP, Emily Lydgate / University of Sussex, Boshko Stankovski / University of Cambridge, Jan Primec / Karanović & Nikolić, Victoria Simon / International Trade Centre, Sergey Dikman / Council of Europe, Charles Spraggins / Esq., Agnès HUGUES / International Criminal Court, Luca Cipolli / Max Planck Institute) to serve as Judges for the rounds that will see the representatives of six different nations (where no national round is held) competing.
The event is complemented, on Apr. 28th, by a Friendly Symposium on International Law, offered to the students participating to the competition as well as these of the Law Faculty at large, with the participation of the following experts:
Opening address
- G. Matteo Vaccaro-Incisa (Professeur-Chercheur, IESEG School of Management, Paris; of counsel, Studio Legale Vaccaro, Florence & Milan)
- Ioannis K. Panoussis (Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille)
Panel 1 – Current hot issues at the intertwine between PIL and HR
- Ioannis K. Panoussis (Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille)
Chair
- Boshko Stankovski (Associate, FYROM PM Office, Skopje; Ph.D. Candidate, Cambridge)
The Securitisation of Secession Processes - Maria Issaeva (Threefold Legal Advisor, Moscow)
HR in Russia: from Soviet times to nowadays Russia
Panel 2 – EU, trade agreements and arbitration
- Aurélien Raccah (Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty of the Catholic University of Lille, Lille; Partner, ELEA Avocats, Paris)
Chair
- Emily Lydgate (Lecturer, Sussex University (panelist & chair)
Brexit & EU-UK FTA: prospects - Daniel Bugge (Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark)
Art. 50 TEU, novel implications
Closing note
- Thomas McDonald (retired partner, White & Case, Paris & Moscow)
International Law, Advocacy and Ethic
This is the 2nd edition of the event, after that of April 2015, which took place at Bocconi University of Milan (always organized by Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa).
Feb. 2017
Serving as Judge for the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Paris, FR).
Oct. 2016
Serving as Judge for the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Paris, FR)
Oct. 2016
Organizing a Symposium on the amendments to Italy's Constitution
Chair of the Symposium on the proposed amendments to the Italian Constitution:
Oct. 22, 2016 – Within the framework of the annual event of Associazione UNICUM, Prof. Vaccaro-Incisa, Chair of the Association, has organized and will moderate the symposium on the amendments to the Italian Constitution the Italians are called to approved on Dec. 4, 2016.
Three most learned experts on the Italian Constitution will speak at the event:
- Prof. Francesco Paolo Casavola, Former Member and President of the Italian Constitutional Court; fomer Vice-President of the Badinter Commission;
- Prof. Giovanni Verde, former Deputy-Chair of the High Council of the Judiciary (Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura);
- Prof. Tommaso Edoardo Frosini, Professor of Constitutional Law at UNISOB, amongst the drafter of the proposed constitutional amendments.
A video podcast is available on the website of Associazione UNICUM.
May 2016
Serving as Judge for the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition (NL)
May 2016
Serving as arbitrator for the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court (DE).
May 2016
Judge for the Telders International Rounds.
Apr. 2016
Telders International Friendly Rounds & Conference at Bocconi University.
Apr. 2015
Telders International Friendly Rounds & Conference at Bocconi University.
Apr. 16-18, 2015
Dr. Vaccaro Incisa has been appointed administrator of the 1st edition of the International Friendly Rounds for the Telders International Moot Court Competition on International Law.
The competition, hosted by the School of Law of Bocconi University on Apr. 17th-18th, will be preceded by a conference on international law, on Apr. 16th, chaired by Prof. Giorgio Sacerdoti.
The event has been publicized by the European Society of International Law.
