Sang Hwa Lee
Sang Hwa Lee has worked as a lawyer for another Korean maritime law firm Choi & Kim and joined Moon & Song as a partner in 2017. He mainly deals with maritime law and shipping cases including oil pollution, ship collision, salvage, stranding, sinking, cargo damages, bill of lading, charterparties, marine insurance disputes and crew injury claims. He has acted for international shipowners, major Korean shipping companies and their insurers and P&I clubs such as North of England, Britannia, Gard, UK, Steamship Mutual, Japan P&I, Korea P&I, Korea Shipping Association. Sang Hwa Lee also has handled various shipbuilding contract disputes against Korean shipyards for refund guarantee disputes and dealt with a variety of cargo claims defending shipowners’ liability where he obtained successful outcomes. He acted for foreign shipowners in several Korean rehabilitation proceedings of Samsun Logix, Korea Line Corporation, STX Pan Ocean and Hanjin Shipping. · Moon & Song
About
Partner at Moon & Song since 2017, Sang Hwa Lee is a maritime lawyer who handles a wide range of shipping matters including oil pollution, ship collisions, salvage, stranding, sinking, cargo damage, bills of lading, charterparties, marine insurance disputes and crew injury claims. He acts for international shipowners, major Korean shipping companies, insurers and P&I clubs, has handled shipbuilding contract and refund guarantee disputes against Korean shipyards, and has represented foreign shipowners in Korean rehabilitation proceedings.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Seoul National University law school (1999 LL.B.)
- Southampton University LL.M. in Maritime Law (2016)
Admissions
- Korean Bar (qualified 2009)