Mr Choon Won LEE > Jipyong LLC > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Jipyong LLC Offices
26F, Grand Central A,
14 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu,
Seoul 04527
South Korea
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Mr Choon Won LEE
Work Department
Maritime & Aviation; Corporate Advisory; Insurance Disputes; Commercial Disputes; International Arbitration; Cross-Border Disputes; Marine / Airline Insurance & Reinsurance
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Choon Won Lee is a partner in the Maritime & Aviation Team at Jipyong and advises and specializes in maritime, insurance and international trade.
Mr. Lee has extensive experience in litigations and arbitrations related to carriage of cargo, chartering, shipbuilding, and investigation and handling of maritime disasters, such as collision of vessels, ship fire and oil pollution both domestically and internationally.
Mr. Lee also possesses vast experience in dispute resolutions related to ship financing, aviation, product liability and media. He has handled various noteworthy shipping and maritime matters such as the Hyundai Fortune case, one of the largest casualty cases in the international shipping circle. In this case, he successfully persuaded the Korean court to dismiss all the claims brought against the vessel owners, including cargo claims of around USD500 million.
Mr. Lee is a member of the Korean Bar and has a LL.M in maritime law from the University of Southampton and a LL.B from Korea Maritime and Ocean University.
Languages
Korean and English
Memberships
Admitted to bar, Korea, 1993
Education
University of Southampton (LL.M., 2003)
Graduate School, Korea Maritime University (2001)
Seoul National University (LL.B., 1988)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: local firms
(Leading individuals)Jipyong LLC‘s team is ‘very knowledgeable’ across the shipping, insurance, shipbuilding and ship finance areas. The team has extensive experience representing clients in collision disputes and shipping company bankruptcies, as well as assisting with offshore matters. Team head Choon Won Lee ‘provides excellent strategic advice’ on shipping, aviation, insurance and international trade matters, supported by Dahee Kim and Sarah Kwon.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- International arbitration
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms