Moon & Song

maritime law, shipping

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.

Trained Judicial Research & Training Institute of Korean Supreme Court; qualified 2009; lawyer at law office Choi & Kim 2009; partner at law office Moon & Song 2017; Marine Proctor of Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal; Member of the Korea Maritime Law Association;

Korean and English.

Korean Bar.

Seoul National University law school (1999 LL.B.); Southampton University LL.M. in Maritime Law (2016)