Kyum Lee

Practice Areas

Partner specialising in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. His expertise particularly aligns with the energy and industrial sectors, where he has represented numerous high-profile clients.

Notably, Kyum has a proven track record in handling major M&A disputes, commercial litigation and arbitration cases, along with a deep expertise of French pre-action discovery measures (article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code).

Professional Memberships

Former “Secrétaire de la Conférence” (the Paris Bar’s renowned moot court contest). Member of: ICC France, "Association Française de l’Arbitrage" (French Association for Arbitration), "Droit et Procédure" (Law and Procedure), "Droit et Commerce" (Law and Business), and “Paris Place de Droit” (Paris City of Law).

Personal

Paris Bar (2006). Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (2005), Master’s Degree in Contract and Property Law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2003)

Career

Kyum joined BDGS Associés as partner in 2018 from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Publications

Co-author of the French contract law textbook Lamy Droit du Contrat directed by Prof. Bertrand Fages (Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne). Recent publications include “Is control of the enforcement of the pre-action discovery measure available to the judge hearing an application to lift a freezing order?”, Rev. Sociétés 2024 p. 727 (with Florian Dessault) and “The application for disclosure of an internal investigation report on the basis of Article 145 of the Code of Civil Procedure”, Rev. Sociétés 2024 p. 657 (with Florian Dessault).