Bench:Oil, Gas, Energy & Natural Resources BenchPractice:mediationarbitrationSectors:Banking and FinanceOilGas 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
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.
Services & Capabilities
ArbitrationDispute System DesignNeutral Services
Who this Neutral Serves
For Associations & BodiesFor Lawyers & Legal Fraternity
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.