About ASEAC

The first tailor-made arbitration centre for Asian-related dispute resolution - A customized arbitration institution to promote and support international trade, especially between Europe and Asia.

It is tailored to the legal and cultural needs in Asian-related disputes. It provides international and specialized arbitrators in Asian-European commercial disputes and a high quality and neutral dispute resolution process with respect to cultural differences. The arbitration rules are neutral, modern and tailored to the Asian market, ensuring the enforceability of arbitral awards in Asia. For example, the arbitrators meet the requirements of Chinese arbitration law to ensure that ASEAC arbitration awards are enforceable in China.

ASEAC's self-understanding is international and neutral. Neutrality is guaranteed in part by the ability to choose a neutral arbitrator and by granting equal influence to Asian, European and global practitioners. For example, the Appointing Authority is not only composed of European and Asian, but of international members (3 members per chamber), putting ASEAC's balanced neutrality to life. In addition, ASEAC's shareholder, ASEAA, is independent from governments and is solely borne by its members.

This makes ASEAC acceptable to Asian parties, while at the same time offering legal certainty to European parties with modern and predictable rules based on the globally recognized UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010 and the neutral basis of German arbitration and civil procedural law in the background.

• a top-level and neutral dispute resolution process in order to promote and strengthen trade and investment for the international business and legal community and
• an international and neutral approach for settling disputes economically with respect to cultural differences in order to sustain global business relationships.