Sabrina Hsin Hua Lee

Sabrina Lee is an arbitrator of international and domestic commercial disputes. She is admitted to practice law in New York.

Sabrina has nearly 15 years of experience in international arbitration and US litigation. Prior to establishing her practice as an arbitrator, Sabrina was Counsel in the International Arbitration group at WilmerHale LLP in New York and London for eight years. Prior to that, she was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York and London, practicing US litigation.

Sabrina has experience with complex disputes in many different industries, including energy, financial services and consumer disputes. She has particular expertise handling matters involving complex damages issues: in addition to leading the damages phase in several large arbitrations, including preparing and cross examining damages experts, she holds an undergraduate degree in economics (with a focus on statistics) from Stanford University, and she further developed her quantitative skills as an analyst at Analysis Group, an economic consulting firm.

Sabrina regularly speaks and writes about arbitration. She is a lecturer in international arbitration at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and co-author of the chapter on United States arbitration law in the International Arbitration Review.

Sabrina is a member of the AAA's Roster of Arbitrators. She is also a member of the USCIB's Southeast Regional Subcommittee.

Representative Experience

• Represented Asian oil and gas company in an ICC arbitration relating to a production sharing contract

• Represented American and Chinese technology companies in an ICC arbitration relating to a licensing dispute

• Represented Asian manufacturer in an ICC arbitration relating to a long-term supply agreement

• Represented natural gas company in a gas price review arbitration under the ICC Rules

• Represented several multinational companies in an ICDR arbitration relating to a licensing dispute

• Represented a government in the Middle East in an LCIA arbitration relating to a contract for the development of a gas field

• Advised Japanese subsidiary of a multinational company on potential litigation exposure in the Japanese financial sector

• Represented English manufacturer in US federal court in a dispute relating to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico

• Represented financial services company in a US litigation concerning alleged false and misleading statements contained in the offering documents for residential mortgage-backed securities

• Represented financial services company in a US litigation relating to municipal bond offerings

• Represented financial services company in a US litigation concerning alleged defaults under the credit agreement for a revolving credit facility

Publications

• Co-author (with James Carter) of the United States chapter in the International Arbitration Review, 2017-2021

• Asia: The New Battleground for Gas Price Reviews?, Commercial Dispute Resolution, June 14, 2018

• Arbitrating Chinese Disputes Abroad: A Changing Tide?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, April 7, 2016

• The Emergency Arbitrator Procedures Under the New HKIAC Rules, Asian Dispute Review, October 2013

Teaching and Speaking Engagements

• Lecturer in international arbitration, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2021-2022

• Speaker at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association's 5^th Arbitration Day, Osaka, Japan, November 13-14, 2019

• Lecture at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development (CFRED), Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 7, 2019

• Presentation on Oil and Gas Arbitration to the International Arbitration and International Law Committees of the New York City Bar Association, January 2019

• Guest lectured on damages issues at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2018-2019

• Speaker at Cambridge Arbitration Day: Young Arbitration Practitioner’s Meeting, Cambridge, March 13, 2015

• Guest lecture on international arbitration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 2013

Education

• J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2008

• B.A. in Economics and International Relations, Stanford University, 2004 (with honors)