Dentons Lee
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Peter Seung-Hun Lee
- Phone+82 2 2262 6055
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Administrative Litigation, Civil Litigation Arbitration, Criminal Litigation, Fair Trade, Family / Inheritance Law, Intellectual Property, International Litigation / Arbitration, Labor and Employment, Tax Litigation, Urban Development Act
Position
Senior Attorney
Career
Senior Attorney, Dentons Lee, 2024-present
Presiding Judge, Cheongju District Court (Labor Division), 2023
Presiding Judge, Daejeon District Court, Hongseong Branch (Warrant Review Division), 2020-2022
Judge, Suwon District Court, Pyeongtaek Branch (Specializing in Civil, Family and Warrant Related Affairs), 2018-2019
Judge, Busan District Court (Civil Affairs), 2016-2017
Judge, Busan High Court (Intellectual Property, International Transactions, Maritime Affairs Division), 2014-2015
Judge, Seoul Administrative Court (Taxation, Redevelopment and Reconstruction Division), 2012-2013
Judge, Suwon District Court (Civil and Administrative Affairs), 2010-2011
Rapporteur Judge, Constitutional Court of Korea (Specializing in Fair Trade and Taxation Affairs), 2008-2009
Attorney, Bae, Kim & Lee LLC (Antitrust & Competition Team), 2007
Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Navy, 2004-2006
Languages
English, Korean
Education
Hague Academy of International Law, 2021, Winter Courses
Lloyd's Maritime Academy, 2021, Maritime Law and Shipping Contract
Melbourne Law School, 2021, LLM, Commercial Law, Summa Cum Laude
Korea University, 2009, PhD, Administrative Law (Fair Trade and Taxation)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, 2004
Korea University, 2004, LLM, Administrative Law
Korea University, 1999, LLB
Personal
Peter Seung-Hun Lee is a senior attorney at Dentons Lee, specializing in public law litigation, international transaction litigation/arbitration and general civil/criminal/family litigations.
Mr. Lee began his career as a judge at the Suwon District Court, then served as a judge at the Seoul Administrative Court, Busan High Court and Busan District Court and the Suwon District Court Pyeongtaek Branch. Then as a presiding judge at the Daejeon District Court Hongseong Branch and the Cheongju District Court, he handled numerous civil, family, administrative, and criminal trials. He also served as a judge at the department specializing in cases on taxation, redevelopment and reconstruction, international transaction, maritime affairs and intellectual property and a chief judge at the department specializing in labor cases. As the head of the Supreme Court's International Transaction Law Research Group for three years, Mr. Lee coordinated various affairs related to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the Judiciary of South Korea.
Mr. Lee earned an LLM in Commercial Law from Melbourne Law School, Australia, and an LLM and PhD in Administrative Law from Korea University.