The final panel was comprised of Dr. Yas Banifatemi (Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, Paris), Andrés Jana (Partner, Jana & Gil Dispute Resolution, Santiago de Chile), Maria Chiara Malaguti (Professor of international law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan/Rome, Italy; Of Counsel, PedersoliGattai and President, UNIDROIT).
- Galatasaray University, Istanbul (winner)
- National Law University, Jodhpur (finalist)
- University of Vienna (semifinalist)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (semifinalist)
- Singapore Management University (round of 8)Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (round of 8)
- National University of Singapore (round of 8)
- Beijing Foreign Studies University (round of 8)
- Goethe University, Frankfurt a. M. (round of 16)
- Vakil Khoob Institution, Tehran (round of 16)
- American University Washington College of Law (round of 16)
- O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat (round of 16)
- West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (round of 16)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (round of 16)
- Fudan University, Shanghai (round of 16)
- Koç University, Istanbul (round of 16)