The team representing the University of Fribourg in the 24rd Vis Moot (from left to right): Alec Ray (coach), Jessica Blankenbyl, Kiarash Ghassemi, Josephine Rüegsegger, Simone Roviera, Isabelle Cordey (coach).
Kiarash Ghassemi Monfaredrad obtained his bachelor degree in Iran from the University of Gilan in 2014. Since 2015, he has been a LLM student in “International Contracts& Arbitration” at the University of Fribourg. Beside working on his LLM thesis, Kiarash has been translating a book on CISG from English to Persian. “Plurality of legal systems” and “Hermeneutic methodology” are two topics that he is specifically interested in within the broader field of Comparative law. He is fluent in English and has an intermediate knowledge of French and Arabic.
Jessica Blankenbyl
Jessica Blankenbyl is a Master student at the University of Fribourg. She has worked for a leading law firm in Zurich during her gap year after having obtained her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Fribourg in 2015. Jessica is fluent in German, English and French.
Simone Roviera
Simone Roviera comes from Turin, Italy. He is currently in the last year of his Master's degree. He considers Contract and Arbitration law, the core focus of the Willem C. Vis Moot, to be two of the most relevant phenomena of our age in order to foster his knowledge in this area he decided to come to the University of Fribourg, as an exchange student thanks to the Swiss European Mobility Program.
Josephine Rüegsegger
Josephine Rüegsegger is currently pursuing studies for a Master's of Law degree at the University of Fribourg. Last year, she completed an academic exchange at the East China University in Political Science and Law in Shanghai in the field of international economic law. Josephine is fluent in English, German as well as French and has a basic knowledge in Mandarin.
