Overview
Related Practices
Representative Experience
2019-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2013-2019
Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), The Hague, the Netherlands
2008-2013
Senior Specialist Attorney, Legal Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington D.C.
2006-2008
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York
2003-2005
Ritch, Heather y Mueller, S.C., Mexico City
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2023-Present
Member, International Affairs Committee, Korean Bar Association
2022-Present
Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC)
2021-Present
Member, Steering Committee, KCAB Next
Representative Matters
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration seated in The Hague, the Netherlands, between South American Silver Limited (Bermudian subsidiary of a Canadian mining company) and the Plurinational State of Bolivia under the UK-Bolivia BIT
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration seated in Paris, France, between individual investors in the food industry and Venezuela under the Spain-Venezuela BIT
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitration seated in Singapore between Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (a Filipino water utility company) and the Republic of the Philippines
Represented a Korean airline company in an ICC international arbitration seated in Singapore
Advised, and provided management services to, a Korean insurance company in US arbitration and litigation proceedings between its US subsidiary and various US insurance companies
International Arbitration and Litigation Practice Group
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitration seated in Kathmandu, Nepal, between Indian Potash Limited of India and Agriculture Inputs Company Limited of Nepal
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitration seated in Mexico City initiated by an American consortium formed by John W. Mcdougall Company Inc. and Dredge & Marine Corporation against the Costa Rican electricity utility company El Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE)
Successfully represented Incheon Metropolitan City and Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority in an ICC international arbitration seated in Hong Kong initiated by EightCity Co., Ltd. relating to investments by the Kempinski Group for multi-billion development projects in Incheon
Represented a Korean pharmaceutical company in an ICC international arbitration seated in Seoul brought by a Japanese pharmaceutical company
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration seated in The Hague, the Netherlands, between South American Silver Limited (Bermudian subsidiary of a Canadian mining company) and the Plurinational State of Bolivia under the UK-Bolivia BIT
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration seated in Paris, France, between individual investors in the food industry and Venezuela under the Spain-Venezuela BIT
Tribunal Secretary in PCA-administered UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitration seated in Singapore between Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (a Filipino water utility company) and the Republic of the Philippines
Represented a Korean airline company in an ICC international arbitration seated in Singapore
Advised, and provided management services to, a Korean insurance company in US arbitration and litigation proceedings between its US subsidiary and various US insurance companies
Represented a Korean construction company in an UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration against a Middle Eastern country seated in The Hague, the Netherlands
Currently representing the Republic of Korea in an UNCITRAL ad hoc investor-State arbitration seated in Paris, France, initiated by a Swiss investor
Education
2006
Columbia Law School (LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
2005
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (LL.B., cum laude)
Selected Activities
Awards
Asian Legal Business - Korean Super 30 Lawyers (2021)
Qualifications
2007
New York
2005
Mexico
Awards and Recognition
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ALB - Korean Super 30 Lawyers (2021)
Practice Areas
Awards and Recognition
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ALB - Korean Super 30 Lawyers (2021)
