Derains & Gharavi International

David Jisu Lee

Associate

Biography

NATIONALITY: Canadian
LANGUAGES: English, Korean and French
ADMISSION: Paris 
OFFICE: Paris

David is an associate at Derains & Gharavi, specialised in international arbitration. His areas of practice include international commercial disputes and investment arbitration. He has acted in proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC).

He obtained a Master in Economic Law from Sciences Po Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Sciences Po.

David is admitted to the Paris bar.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since November 2023 Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Jan.–June 2023 Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Jan.–June 2022 Trainee, Ordre des Avocats de Paris (Paris Bar Association) (Paris)
Aug. 2019-June 2020 Trainee, Banking & Finance and Corporate departments, Loyens & Loeff (Luxembourg)

EDUCATION

2022 CAPA – École du Barreau de Paris (EFB) (Paris Bar School), specialisation: Advanced Programme in Investment Arbitration (APIA)
2020 Master, Economic Law – specialisation in Global Governance studies, Sciences Po Law School (Paris)
2017 Bachelor (summa cum laude), Sciences Po (Paris)

Publications

« Sur une nouvelle action en responsabilité contre le Japon à propos de l’affaire des ‘femmes de réconfort’ », Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2024 n°3.

« Une action en responsabilité contre le Japon à propos de l’affaire des ‘femmes de réconfort’, sur le jugement du tribunal de Séoul-Centre du 8 janvier 2021 », Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 2021 n°2.

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