The team at the Faculty of Law of the UPF who participated in the Moot Madrid 2019, formed by Beatriz García Quiroga, Pol Solsona Vilarrassa, Maria Riera Roig, Maurici Monguet Sanguino, Yaiza Méndez Cano, Andrea Nieto Brocal and Maria Puche Andreu , under the coordination of Prof. Ferran Cerdá Albero, Professor of Commercial Law at the UPF, and lawyers Carlos Vidal Riudor and Marina Ferrer Soler, has been the finalist in this year's edition of the prestigious competition on international mercantile arbitration, in a final disputed with the "winning team, from the San Carlos University of Guatemala. During the oral phase of the competition, which took place from April 1 to 5, the team of the Faculty of Law of the UPF obtained, in addition, the honorable mention to the best team in the general round and the mention of the best bid of transaction of the plaintiff. Likewise, the student Maurici Monguet Sanguino obtained the recognition to the second best speaker of the entire competition.

This is the first time that the UPF Law School team has managed to reach the final in this prestigious competition, ahead of other Spanish teams. From the Faculty, we congratulate the members of the team and their coordinators for the results achieved and we appreciate the work done.

The news, together with the great success achieved by the UPF team that participated in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition last February (https://www.upf.edu/web/dret/noticies/-/asset_publisher/W8R4C1KECQlt/content/id/222610851/maximized), consolidates the participation of the Faculty of Law of the UPF in this type of competition and encourages us to follow the path started for the next editions