Mr Sang Hwa Lee > Moon & Song > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile
Moon & Song Offices
2ND FLOOR, NAEJA BUILDING,
33 GYEONGHUIGUNG-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03176
South Korea
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Mr Sang Hwa Lee
Work Department
maritime law, shipping
Position
Sang Hwa Lee has worked as a lawyer for another Korean maritime law firm Choi & Kim and joined Moon & Song as a partner in 2017. He mainly deals with maritime law and shipping cases including oil pollution, ship collision, salvage, stranding, sinking, cargo damages, bill of lading, charterparties, marine insurance disputes and crew injury claims. He has acted for international shipowners, major Korean shipping companies and their insurers and P&I clubs such as North of England, Britannia, Gard, UK, Steamship Mutual, Japan P&I, Korea P&I, Korea Shipping Association. Sang Hwa Lee also has handled various shipbuilding contract disputes against Korean shipyards for refund guarantee disputes and dealt with a variety of cargo claims defending shipowners’ liability where he obtained successful outcomes. He acted for foreign shipowners in several Korean rehabilitation proceedings of Samsun Logix, Korea Line Corporation, STX Pan Ocean and Hanjin Shipping.
Career
Trained Judicial Research & Training Institute of Korean Supreme Court; qualified 2009; lawyer at law office Choi & Kim 2009; partner at law office Moon & Song 2017; Marine Proctor of Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal; Member of the Korea Maritime Law Association;
Languages
Korean and English.
Memberships
Korean Bar.
Education
Seoul National University law school (1999 LL.B.); Southampton University LL.M. in Maritime Law (2016)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Shipping: local firms
Moon & Song, a maritime boutique, expertly advises on the gamut of wet shipping matters, including oil spills, collisions and groundings. The firm is more generally versed in handling all varieties of contentious and non-contentious shipping matters for major shipowners, charterers, government bodies, insurers and P&I clubs. Kwang-Myeong Moon, Sang Hwa Lee and Hun Song are the key senior contacts.