Sean (Sung Woo) Lim

Practice Areas

Dispute resolution

Career

Co-head of the international arbitration practice at Lee & Ko; has handled high profile international disputes involving banking and financial services, joint ventures, intellectual property and distributorship agreements; served as President of the Korean Council for International Arbitration, and is a member of the International Advisory Board of VIAC and managing committee of Seoul IDRC; and served as an inaugural member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration

Professional Memberships

Korean Bar Association, NY Bar Association

Publications

"The International Comparative Legal Guide: Arbitration" (Korea), "International Arbitration" (Korea)

Personal

Seoul National University (LLB, 1987); Cornell Law School (LLM, 1995)

Languages Spoken

Korean, English, Japanese

Experience

Davis Wright Tremaine, Portland (1995);

Perkins Coie, Seattle (1995-1996);

Arbitrator, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) (2008-Present);

Vice-President, the Korean Arbitrators Association,Inc. (2011-2015);

Secretary General, Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group (APRAG) (2009-2011);

Vice-President, the Korean Arbitrators Association,Inc. (2011-2015);

Standing member of a committee, Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) (2013-2016);

Member of VIAC Advisory Board, Vienna International Arbitral Centre(VIAC) (2015-Present);

President, the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board Sport Arbitration Committee (2017-Present);

Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law (2019-Present);

President, Korean Council for International Arbitration (KOCIA) (2020- Present); and

Lee & Ko (1989-Present)