# Cambridge wins 11th HSF Kramer-NLU Delhi negotiation competition 2026-08-22T01:10:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) The University of Cambridge has won the 11th HSF Kramer-NLU Delhi International Negotiation Competition, held from August 21 to 23 at the National Law University (NLU) Delhi campus in Sector-14, Dwarka. The event, organised jointly by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and NLU Delhi, saw 38 teams from law schools around the world participate. The National University of Singapore finished as runners-up and also received the Best Negotiation Plan Award. Sai Sri Sarvani Kanda from Tamil Nadu National Law University was named Best Negotiator, while the University of Cape Town, South Africa, received the Spirit of the Competition Award. The competition has been held annually since 2014. Each university fielded a team of two students who negotiated legal problems modelled on real-life situations, judged by a panel of lawyers and academics. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both reports from Barandbench.com are neutral wire-style coverage, with no political or editorial slant. The first is a preview announcing the event, the second is a results piece naming winners. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The key takeaway is the global nature of the competition: Cambridge won, but Singapore, South Africa, and India all received awards, highlighting the international participation. The next edition will be in 2025. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - barandbench.com (neutral report) Straight event preview with no evaluative language. - barandbench.com (2) (neutral report) Straight results reporting with no editorial framing. This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:20:26+00:00. Tags: Dwarka, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, NLU Delhi, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/38-teams-set-for-hsf-kramer-nlu-delhi-negotiation-competition/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/38-teams-set-for-hsf-kramer-nlu-delhi-negotiation-competition/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/