YOON&YANG

Sang-Pil Lee Partner

TEL 82 2 6003 7569
FAX 82 2 6003 7007
E-MAIL spl@hwawoo.com

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 (2018-2025)
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