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Sang-Pil Lee Partner
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Sang Pil Lee is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include real estate and construction, litigation and arbitration, international transactions, insurance, maritime and shipping, and media.
Mr. Lee has extensive experience advising domestic and foreign construction companies, shipping companies, financial institutions, and public institutions on transactions, litigation, and arbitration relating to construction, international transactions, insurance, transportation, and maritime issues. He has been ranked as a Leading Individual by Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific since 2018 and was awarded the 2019 Korea Legal Awards Arbitration Grand Prize.

Experience

  • 2006-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2022-present Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
  • 2021-present Member, Researcher Rights Protection Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT
  • 2020-present Member, Personnel Disciplinary Committee, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
  • 2019-present Chairperson of Civil Affairs, Academic Committee, Korean Bar Association
  • 2014-present Legal Adviser, Korea International Cooperation Agency
  • 2004-present Member, Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
  • 2019-22 Legal Adviser, Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • 2014-15 Member, Working Committee for Establishment of Legal Ethics Charter, Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Council
  • 2001-06 Kim Shin & Yu

Education

  • 2010 Wake Forest University School of Law, LL.M.
  • 2001 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1995 Yonsei University, LL.B.

Awards

  • Leading Individual, Shipping, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2018-2024)
  • Litigation Star, Construction, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2023-2024)

Publications

  • Issues on the Flag of Convenience – Korean Maritime & Insurance Law Association, 2019
  • Exception to Designation of Applicable Law (Article 8 of the Act on Private International Law) – Korean Maritime & Insurance Law Association, 2016
  • Joinder, Intervention and Consolidation in International Arbitrations - Korean Arbitration Review (Co-Author), 2014
  • Victim’s Right of Direct Claim and Insurer’s Right of Defense – Korean Maritime & Insurance Law Association, 2014
  • Resolution of Disputes Regarding Shipbuilding Contract through International Arbitration – Joint Conference between Korea Maritime Law Association & Korean Society of International Law, 2013

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