Sarah Lee is a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group in Hong Kong. Her practice focuses on public international law and international arbitration. Ms. Lee regularly represents and advises corporations and sovereign States in investor-State and commercial disputes concerning a range of sectors, including the energy, mining, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and financial industries. She has acted in cases under major arbitral rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, and ICC, and in enforcement-related matters that involved East Asia, North & Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.   

Ms. Lee joined the firm’s New York office in 2016, prior to transferring to the Hong Kong office in 2025.

Ms. Lee currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and is the Co-Chair of the SVAMC’s Program Committee. She is a member of the HK45 Committee and Young ITA’s Regional Contributor for North America. She was on the Program Committee for the 2025 American Society of International Law (ASIL) Abroad Meeting and for the 2022 ASIL Annual Meeting. She was a teaching assistant and guest lectured for Mark W. Friedman’s International Arbitration course at Yale Law School in Fall 2022.

Ms. Lee received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2016, where she was an executive editor for the Harvard International Law Journal Online. She obtained a B.A. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 2013.

Ms. Lee is admitted to the New York Bar and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Hong Kong. She is a native speaker of French and Korean and has basic knowledge of Spanish and Mandarin.