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Sookmi Lee

Sookmi Lee

Partner
Introduction

Ms. Sookmi Lee is a partner at Shin & Kim, mainly practicing in the areas of general corporate matters, hostile M&A, finance, trust, real estate litigations.

Ms. Lee is a seasoned expert with ample experience in drawing out the best practical conclusions in several high profile hostile M&As and management dispute cases, representing Hyundai Elevator, Asiana Airlines, Hyundai Securities, Helixmith, Bithumb Holdings, among others. She engaged in numerous important litigations retained by Shin & Kim, and accumulated several winning track records. Ms. Lee has been winning the title as the leading lawyer year after year, awarded by recognized legal publishers at home and abroad, such as Chambers, Legal500. She has been offering corporate litigation lectures to legal experts at Korea Bar Association, Seoul Bar Association, and is a widely-known and highly acclaimed lawyer in both theory and practice.

Professional Career
  • 2005-PresentShin & Kim LLC
  • 2003-2005Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
Professional Affiliations
  • 2023-PresentMember, Ethics Investigation Advisory Committee, National Assembly
  • 2021-PresentLecturer, Corporate Litigation, Korean Bar Association’s training program
  • 2014-PresentLecturer, Corporate Law Training Course, Seoul Bar Association
Key Experience
  • Represented client in a litigation on internet network usage fees between domestic telecommunications service provider and global OTT company
  • Represented client in a litigation and advised on the dispute between the shareholders of Ourhome
  • Represented client in a litigation and advised on the dispute between domestic conglomerates and foreign shareholders
  • Represented client in a litigation related to the employee transfer of top-tier tutors in private tutoring institutes
  • Represented client in a preliminary injunction lawsuit related to blocking company division of GM Korea
  • Represented client in a litigation related to the site of the Incheon Terminal Department Store
  • Represented client in a litigation related to a fire case of a large-scale logistics center
  • Represented client in civil and criminal lawsuits related to the collapse of the construction site of a large-scale logistics center
  • Represented major corporates in a litigation and advised on minority shareholder actions
  • Represented client in shareholder derivative lawsuits
  • Represented client in a litigation and advised on dispute over management rights of companies including Helixmith, Melfas, Unichem, D&A Link, Union Studio, Bithumb Korea, Asiana Airlines, Nuri Plan, Golden Bridge Asset Management, Korea Land Trust, and Leading Investment Securities
  • Represented client in criminal proceedings of white-collar cases
Education
  • 2012Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC (LL.M.)
  • 2003Hanyang University Graduate School of Law (LL.M. coursework completed)
  • 2000Hanyang University College of Law (LL.B.)
Qualifications
  • 2005Admitted to bar, Korea
Languages

Korean, English

Professional Activities
  • Corporate Governance, Korean Commercial Law Association, 2022 (Co-authored)
  • Practical Issues under the Preliminary Injunction for Suspension of the Performance of Director's duty and Appointment of Acting Director, Business Law Review, 2017. 3.
Professional Accolades

  • "Leading Individual" for Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Chambers Global/Chambers Asia, 2018-2025
  • "Next Generation Partner" for Dispute Resolution, Legal500, 2020-2025 / "Recommended Lawyer" for Dispute Resolution, Legal500, 2018
  • "Leading Lawyer" for Litigation, Legal Times, 2022-2024
  • "Best Lawyer" for Litigation, Hankyung Business, 2022, 2024
  • "Lawyer of the Year" for Corporate Dispute, Legal Times, 2018

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