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Seungmin Lee
FICM COI Checked CPD Current Oil, Gas, Energy & Natural Resources Bench

Seungmin Lee

Arbitrator & Mediator

Jongno-gu, South Korea · Asia
Bench: Oil, Gas, Energy & Natural Resources Bench Practice: mediation arbitration Sectors: Banking and Finance Oil Gas and Energy
Professional Biography
Professional Career
  • 2019-Present Member, LCIA Asia Pacific Users’ Council
  • 2019-Present Director, International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL)
  • 2019-Present Member, KCAB Next steering committee
  • 2019-Present Director of International Affairs, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2018-Present Panel of arbitrators, Asian International Arbitration Centre
  • 2018-Present Specialist Mediator of Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC)
  • 2017-Present Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • 2017-Present Member, SIAC Users Council South Korea National Committee
  • 2016-2017.1 Registered Foreign Lawyer at Oon & Bazul LLP (Singapore)
  • 2016-Present Regional Ambassador for Korea to the HK 45 of the HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
  • 2016-Present Regional Representative for Korea to the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG) of the LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration)
  • 2013-Present Member of the Korean Advisory Board of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • 2013 The National Representative for South Korea, The Young Lawyer’s Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • 2007-Present Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2010 Counsel at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • 2005-2007 Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
Publications
  • “Legal finance in Korea: Lawyers weigh in”, Burford Quarterly, Autumn 2019 (interview)
  • GAR Know-how Commercial Arbitration 2019: Korea (May 2019) (co-authored)
  • Seoul IDRC Lecture Series: “Arbitration in the Time of One Belt One Road”, Arbitration Review of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, 2017 (co-authored)
  • \"South Korea: Towards a uniform approach to confidentiality in arbitration: a role for the new IBA Rules \", in Arbitration Newsletter, International Bar Association, April 2012 (Co-authored)
  • Korea Chapter in Getting the Deal Through –Dispute Resolution 2012 (Co-authored)
  • What’s All the Fuss About? The Investor-State Dispute Resolution Provisions of the KORUS FTA in Korea University Law Review, Korea University School of Law, Vol. 10, Fall 2011 (Co-authored)
  • Investing Across Borders 2010, Investment Climate Advisory Services of the World Bank Group, 2010 (Regional Contributor)
Professional Accolades
  • \"Leading Individual\" for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Chambers Global/Chambers Asia, 2017-2019
  • \"Recommended Lawyer” for International Arbitration, Legal500, 2018-2019
  • \"Future leader under 45 - Partners\" for Arbitration, Who\'s Who Legal, 2018
  • \"Leading Lawyer\" for International Arbitration, Legal Times, 2017, 2019
  • \"Associates to watch\" for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Chambers Global/Chambers Asia, 2016
Bar Admissions
  • 2007 Korea
  • 2017 Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales
Memberships
  • Korean Bar Association
  • FCIArb
  • Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC)
Overview
Ms. SeungMin Lee is a partner of Shin & Kim. Ms. Lee is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group at Shin & Kim. Ms. Lee has acted as counsel in international arbitration cases before the ICC, KCAB, SIAC, HKIAC and LCIA as well as in ad-hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules. Ms. Lee also has extensive experience
Qualifications & Education
  • 2015-2016 National University of Singapore (LL.M.)
  • 2005-Present Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.M.)
  • 2004 Seoul National University, College of Humanity (B.A.)
Global Bench
Oil, Gas, Energy & Natural Resources Bench

Oil and gas, power, renewables, mining, utilities, environment, and resource-management disputes.

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Seungmin Lee is listed on the TheNeutrals.ORG™ Global Bench and is qualified under the INDS™ Neutral Evaluation methodology. Every engagement follows the six-stage INDS™ process: Intake, Information Gathering, Behavioural Assessment, Risk Analysis, Strategy & Settlement Feasibility, and Final Report. All four sub-frameworks (INDS-BF™, INDS-RG™, INDS-SFM™, INDS-SF™) apply to every evaluation engagement.

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