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This implies that the principal objective of international commercial arbitration must be the efficiency of the process, avoiding unnecessary confrontation, producing fair and equitable results and contributing to the restoration of constructive business relations.  \nThe arbitral process must be tailored to meet the needs and legitimate expectations of the users, namely the parties. The parties’ representatives, referred to here as “Counsel”, have a key role to play in this process. First of all, Counsel owes loyalty and effective services to their clients. However, the ASA Charter considers the role of Counsel in its entirety, which encompasses all of the required skills that Counsel need to master in order to ensure that the international commercial arbitration process is responsive to the needs and expectations of its constituency. It is these skills that form effective advocacy in international commercial arbitration and that the ASA Charter seeks to promote. ASA is aware that these objectives can be promoted in a variety of ways. Therefore, the present Charter sets out some basic principles. As experience in the application of the Charter advances, these principles may evolve and may be refined.  \n1. Counsel and the Arbitral Tribunal  \nEffective advocacy in international commercial arbitration is above all communication with the tribunal, understanding its task and assisting the tribunal in meeting its obligations. This implies the following:  \n• Making a clear, concise and user-friendly presentation of the case, setting out the position of the party represented by Counsel and identifying those aspects in which this position differs from that of the opponent(s);  \n• ensuring that all submissions, whether written or oral, are logically structured and as succinct as possible;  \n• presenting the evidence in a manner which facilitates the task of the tribunal in establishing the facts that are relevant for its decision;  \n• assisting the tribunal in understanding the legal and technical rules relevant for theresolution of the dispute;  \n• ensuring that evidence and argument on legal and technical matters are not presented in a misleading manner; and  \n• assisting the tribunal in understanding the cultural, commercial and technical context in which the client and other protagonists conduct their business and the perspective in which they perceive the case.  \nIn preparing and presenting the case, Counsel should be mindful that the arbitral tribunal must reach a decision without the support of outside assistance; user-friendly presentation of the material is desirable.  \nFurther, it should be borne in mind that the procedure is not assisted by Counsel entering into long, protracted, argumentative and non-constructive correspondence with the other side and most importantly, with the arbitral tribunal.  \nSuch tactics prove to be costly and are contrary to the principal objective of international commercial arbitration, which is to provide users with an efficient instrument for the resolution of international disputes.  \n2. Counsel and the Arbitral Procedure  \nMost counsel in international commercial arbitration have received their training and initial experience in or by reference to some form of domestic litigation. When approaching international arbitration proceedings, Counsel should be mindful that the training and experience of other players in the process may differ, having regard to various legal, social and cultural backgrounds.  \nWhilst the rules and practices in domestic civil procedure may have features which are useful also for international arbitration, Counsel should not be concerned with the exportation of these rules and practices into the international arena but rather, with the efficiency in prese","cbCaisqPBkFvylJk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisqPBkFvylJk","pdf",138729,"English","# Counsel and the Arbitral Tribunal\n## Communication and presentation of the case\n# Counsel and the Arbitral Procedure\n## Efficiency, cooperation, and fair hearing\n# Counsel and the Other Players in the Arbitral Process\n## Respect, courtesy, and communication difficulties\n# Counsel and the Client Party to the Arbitration","[{\"question\":\"What is the primary objective of international commercial arbitration as stated by the ASA Charter?\",\"answer\":\"It must serve the international business community by ensuring process efficiency, avoiding unnecessary confrontation, producing fair and equitable results, and restoring constructive business relations.\"},{\"question\":\"How should counsel communicate with the arbitral tribunal?\",\"answer\":\"Counsel should focus on effective communication, making user-friendly, clear, and logically structured submissions, presenting evidence in a way that facilitates the tribunal’s fact-finding task, and explaining relevant legal and technical rules.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the ASA Charter discourage “ambush” tactics?\",\"answer\":\"While such tactics may offer short-term advantages, they ultimately do not assist the tribunal, undermine sound administration of justice, and cause time and financial losses as well as ill feelings from perceived unfairness.\"}]","The ASA Charter of Advocacy in International Commercial Arbitration | PDF"]