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Provided by Kyum Lee

France

Practice Areas

Partner focusing on complex commercial, mergers and acquisitions, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust disputes. He also handles arbitration and white-collar criminal matters. He represents clients in diverse industries, including banks and financial institutions, media companies and industrial firms.

He has extensive experience of French pre-action discovery measures (article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code).

Career

Kyum joined BDGS Associés as partner in 2018 from Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

Professional Memberships

Former “Secrétaire de la Conférence” (the Paris Bar’s renowned moot court contest). Member of: ICC France, "Association Française de l’Arbitrage" (French Association for Arbitration), "Droit et Procédure" (Law and Procedure), "Droit et Commerce" (Law and Business), and “Paris Place de Droit” (Paris City of Law).

Publications

Co-author of the French contract law textbook Lamy Droit du Contrat directed by Prof. Bertrand Fages (Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne). Recent publications include “Pre-action discovery measures: request founded on article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code and interruption of the prescription for the substantive claim”, JCP E 2021, 1195 (with Florian Dessault) and “Pre-action discovery measures: territorial competence to receive a request based on article 145 of the French Civil Procedure Code”, RLDC 2021 6887.

Personal

Paris Bar (2006)

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (2005)

Master’s Degree in Contract and Property Law from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (2003)

Languages Spoken

French and English

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Corporate/Commercial Litigation: Elite - France

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Individual Editorial

Kyum Lee is sought after for his expertise in shareholders' disputes and provides additional experience in insolvency proceedings.

Editorial individuel

Kyum Lee a une réputation établie en matière de litiges entre actionnaires et apporte une expérience supplémentaire dans les procédures d’insolvabilité.

Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Kyum Lee

Global Practice Guide
Kyum Lee
Claire Gonzalez
Florian Dessault
Hannah Cobbett
Authored by
Kyum Lee, Claire Gonzalez, Florian Dessault, Hannah Cobbett
Article • Jul 2025

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