Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab have emerged as the winners of the 7th Herbert Smith Freehills-NLUD International Negotiation Competition organised by Herbert Smith Freehills, a magic circle law firm headquartered in London in association with National Law University, Delhi. 

The competition was held from 9 September, 2022 to 11 September, 2022.

The wining team comprised of Chhavi Singla and Wamic Wasim Nargal.

This first of its kind competition witnesses the participation from top law universities across the globe. This year, the competition being held at New Delhi and saw participation from seven different countries including Australia, United Kingdom, Japan, Nigeria, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India.

The team was the first in history from RGNUL to win this prestigious competition and the second overall from India to achieve this feat. The team after facing University College London and Seinan Gakuin University, Japan in the preliminary rounds qualified to the semi-final round, where it competed with the University of Oxford and National Law University, Odisha.

This note was shared by Nandini Mishra student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab.