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Sungbum Lee Partner
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Sungbum Lee is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice areas include customs and international trade.
Sungbum Lee represented the Korean government in the U.S. Department of Commerce’s countervailing duty investigation and represented companies including the Hyundai Motor Company in U.S. Section 232 investigations. Furthermore, Mr. Lee successfully represented domestic companies in safeguard investigations into automobiles by the Philippines government, and assisted domestic companies in responding to economic sanctions by the United Nations, United States, EU, Iran, and Russia. Mr. Lee has also successfully represented the Korean government in Investor-State Dispute Settlement disputes filed by foreign investors based on the BIT and FTA, and advises numerous companies on FTA country of origin verification, customs review, and item classification issues.

Experience

  • 2013-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2014-present Advisor, Legal Advisory Group for Overseas SMEs, Ministry of Justice
  • 2014-present Member, Regulation Review Committee, Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
  • 2014-present Member, Customs Evaluations Committee, Seoul Regional Customs
  • 2012-13 Kim & Chang
  • 2011-12 First Secretary, Trade Dispute Settlement Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • 2010-11 Second Secretary, International Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • 2006-10 Second Secretary, FTA Service & Investment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • 2005-06 Second Secretary, FTA Goods Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Education

  • 2009 New York University School of Law, LL.M.
  • 2005 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 2000 Korea University, College of Law, LL.B. (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, B.A.)

Representative Matters

  • Advised on countervailing duty investigations by the United States regarding galvanized steel sheet, line pipe, cold rolled, and hot rolled steel
  • Supported Section 232 investigation into US automobiles
  • Advised on safeguard matter against automobiles in the Philippines
  • Advised on Korea-US FTA investment dispute
  • Advised on Korea-US FTA origin verification case
  • Advised on Korea-ASEAN FTA origin verification Case
  • Advised on Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement origin verification case

Awards

  • Leading Individual, International Trade, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific (2018-2024)
  • Leading Individual, International Trade, Chambers and Partners Global (2018-2024)
  • National Leader, Trade & Customs, Who’s Who Legal (2020-2023)

Publications

  • Korea Chapter, Lexology Panoramic: Investment Treaty Arbitration, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2024)
  • Parallel Proceedings in the Context of ISD Arbitration, Investment Treaty Arbitration Edition 8, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2021-2023)
  • Korea Chapter, The International Trade Law Review, Law Business Research (Co-author, 2017-2019)
  • Korea Chapter, Investor-State Arbitration, The International Comparative Legal Guide, Global Legal Group (Co-author, 2018)

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