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Sunyoung Kim is a partner at Lee & Ko’s International Arbitration Team. Ms. Kim acted as counsel in various international arbitration cases brought before the ICC, SIAC and KCAB as well as in ad-hoc arbitrations. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, Ms. Kim gained experience in cross-border joint venture and M&A transactions and its related disputes in Baker & Mckenzie and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

Ms. Kim has been recognized as a next generation partner by Legal 500.
“Sunyoung Kim possesses the diverse language capabilities, networking connections, and insights required of an international lawyer.”- Legal 500 (2021)
“Sunyoung Kim is a skillful advocate who is also extremely responsive, hardworking, and dedicated.” – Legal 500 (2024)
Representative Cases
[International Arbitration]
SIAC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Norwegian company and a Korean company in connection with a contract of affreightment
ICC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Dutch company and a Korean company in connection with a sales contract
ICC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Hong Kong company and a Korean company in connection with a franchise agreement and trademark license agreement
ICC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Korean company and a German company in connection with a supply agreement
Ad hoc arbitration concerning a dispute between a Korean company and a Thai company in connection with a sales agency agreement
ICC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Korean company and a Swiss company in connection with a convertible bond agreement
KCAB arbitration case concerning a dispute between Korean companies in connection with an exclusive distribution agreement
KCAB arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Korean company and a Chinses company in connection with a sales contract
ICC arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Korean company and an Austrian company in connection with a technology license agreement
Ad hoc arbitration case concerning a dispute between a Korean company and an English company in connection with a construction contract
KCAB arbitration case concerning a dispute between Korean companies in connection with a construction contract
KCAB arbitration case concerning a dispute between a French company and a Korean company in connection with a construction contract
Ad hoc arbitration concerning a dispute between a Korean company and a Malaysian company in connection with an insurance agreement
Represented Korean companies in actions to recognize and enforce foreign arbitral awards
Represented Korean companies in actions to set aside arbitral awards
[Cross-border Joint Venture and M&A]
POSCO in relation to its joint venture with an Indonesian company for the development of an integrated steel mill plant in Indonesia
POSCO in relation to its joint venture with a Swiss company for the development of a titanium smelting plant in Kazakhstan
SK Holdings in connection with its acquisition of a 35% stake in K-Power from British Petroleum
KCC in relation to its bid to acquire the assets of a U.S. company
Korea Electric Power Corporation in relation to its development of a nuclear power plant in the UAE
SK affiliate in relation to its joint venture with a Saudi Arabian company for the development of a petrochemical plant
SK affiliate in relation to its joint venture with a U.S. company for the development of a refinery plant
SK China in relation to its joint venture with a Hong Kong company
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Education
2006 University of California, Berkeley - LL.M.
2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
1997 Yonsei University, College of Law - LL.B.
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Work Experience
2014-Present Lee & Ko
2009-2012 Baker & McKenzie LLP
2007-2008 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Admissions
2004 Admitted to bar, Korea
2007 Admitted to bar, New York
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards and Recognitions
2021-2024 'Next generation Partners', Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
2023 'Litigation Star', Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific
2021 ‘Lawyer of the Year’, Legal Times
2021 Leading Lawyers, Legal Times
2021 'Arbitration Lawyer of the Year, North Asia’, ALB Women In Law Awards
2019-2020 Next generation lawyers, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
[PRESENTATIONS]
‘Civil v. Common Law: How They Differ and Why This Matters for International Arbitration’, California International Arbitration Week (March 2024)
‘An Asian lens on the interplay between international arbitration and insolvency’, Hong Kong Arbitration Week, GAR Live (October 2023)
‘Recent Global Trends in IP Arbitration’, KCAB Webinar (January 2023)
ESG Forum Series: Navigating the Unknown, “ESG, Fight or Flight?”, KCAB Webinar (October 2022)
'2021 ICC Arbitration Rules,' KORCHAM-ICC joint webinar (February 2021)
'Dispute resolution in the COVID-19 era,' Seoul ADR Festival KOCIA-KICA joint webinar (November 2020)
'Perspectives from Korea on commercial disputes involving Korean and Chinese parties,' HK Arbitration Week Webinar (October 2020)
'In-house Legal Privilege: Bird's eye-view across multi-jurisdictions,' Singapore Corporate Counsel Association and Lex Mundi Webinar (July 2020)
'Can Arbitrations Be Done Quickly and Fairly,' South Korea: Wolters Kluwer 8th Annual International Arbitration Global Summit (October 2019)
'Refusal of Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Based on Violation of Public Policy,' 2019 Lex Mundi Asia Pacific Regional Conference (September 2019)
'Provisional Measures and Multi-party and Multi-contract Issues in International Arbitration,' KCAB International Arbitration Academy (August 2018)
'Document Production and Management in International Arbitration: Discovering to Win' (YSIAC Seoul Workshop 2018)
'Recent Issues on International Arbitration in Korea'(Seoul ADR Festival-Seoul IDRC Seminar, 2017)
'Recent Developments in the Arbitration Regime in Korea' (ICC YAF Asia Regional Conference, 2016)
'Practices of KCAB International Arbitration and Domestic Arbitration'(KCAB/JCAA Arbitration Conference, Tokyo, 2016)
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