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Lee & Ko
HANJIN BUILDING
63 NAMDAEMUN-RO, JUNG-GU
SEOUL 04532
South Korea
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Work Department

Position

Partner

Career

Lee & Ko: 2014 – Present
Baker & Mckenzie, Hong Kong office: 2009 – 2012
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Hong Kong office: 2007 – 2008

Languages

Korean and English

Education

University of California, Berkeley – LL.M.: 2006
Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea: 2004
Passed the Korean Bar Exam: 2001
Yonsei University – B.A. in Law: 1997

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > International arbitration

(Next Generation Partners)

Sunyoung KimLee & Ko

Lee & Ko ‘s market leading international arbitration practice is ‘extremely adaptable and knowledgeable,’ when handling advising major domestic and international firms on complex high-profile cases. The firm’s roster of highly experienced junior and senior attorneys is co-led by esteemed arbitrators Robert W. Wachter  and Sean Sungwoo Lim, with the latter specialising in commercial, construction, and investment arbitration heard across major venues worldwide. Saemee Kim, lauded as the ‘backbone of the team’ handles matters within the engineers and energy industries; Sunyoung Kim handles, among other work, M&A disputes; and Elizabeth Shin is active in construction cases.