Serena Seo Yeon Lee

• Advising the defendant investment manager in High Court (Commercial Court) proceedings concerning a dispute relating to an investment fund.
• Advising a European aerospace company in a Swiss-seated arbitration concerning an aviation dispute.
• Successfully represented a public authority in an appeal before the Court of Appeal concerning a point of statutory construction (led by Nicholas Grundy KC).
• Represented an electricity company in a commercial arbitration (UNCITRAL) involving a dispute over contractual payment obligations in excess of £100m.
• Represented a multinational energy company in a commercial arbitration (UNCITRAL) involving a dispute over electricity tariff adjustments.
• Represented the claimant in a commercial arbitration (LCIA) between a supplier and purchaser of liquefied natural gas.
• Represented an energy company in a commercial arbitration (LCIA) against the regional government of a Middle Eastern state in relation to gas extraction projects.
• Represented an Eastern European state in an investment treaty arbitration (PCA) against an investor claimant involving the alleged expropriation of a factory and alleged losses of >USD $100m.
• Represented the investor claimant in an investment treaty arbitration (ICSID) against a Central Asian state involving a dispute over national transportation projects and alleged losses of >USD $150m.
• Represented the investor claimant in an investment treaty arbitration (ICSID) against a Middle Eastern state involving a dispute concerning the revocation of aviation licences.
• Represented the claimant in a commercial arbitration (ICC) between the shareholders of a group of private companies.
• Represented the claimant in a commercial arbitration (DIFC-LCIA) between the shareholders of a joint venture company.
• Represented the claimant in an investment treaty arbitration (ICSID) against a South American state concerning state actions taken against a brokerage company.
• Represented the claimant in a treaty-based PCA arbitration against an international organisation.
• Represented individuals for applications made to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files to revoke Red Notices (multiple cases).
• Advising on the operation of a multi-tiered dispute resolution provision for a dispute between energy companies.
• Advising on the construction of tax indemnity provisions in an M&A agreement.
• Advising on the construction of exclusion clauses for a prospective dispute between shipper and carrier companies.
• Advising on the merits of economic tort and breach of confidence claims for a prospective London-seated arbitration.
• Advising on prospective investment treaty claims against South American state arising out of changes in energy regulations.
• Advising on the construction and scope of competing jurisdiction clauses in multiple contracts between the same companies.
• Advising a state in relation to a potential treaty-based inter-state arbitration regarding MFN treaty provisions.
• Acting for a private equity claimant in a civil fraud dispute concerning misrepresentations made by former company directors (High Court).
• Acting for the claimant in a civil fraud dispute involving an alleged conspiracy between shareholders in a company (High Court).
• Acting for a claimant in a civil fraud dispute with parallel proceedings in a Middle Eastern state regarding airport duty free concessions (High Court).

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