People
Jae Hee Suh
Biography
Jae Hee Suh (서재희) specialises in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration (or Investor-State Dispute Settlement/ISDS).
Jae Hee has represented States and private clients in various sectors for arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, and LCIA Rules. Jae Hee has also advised on the enforcement of, and challenges against, arbitral awards in a variety of jurisdictions.
Jae Hee is a native Korean speaker and studied law at Oxford University as a STX Corporation (STX장학재단) scholar, graduating with First Class Honours, the Field Fisher Prize and the Hogan Lovells Prize. She went on to obtain the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong, where she received the Woo Po Shing Medal and the Hou De Charitable Foundation Scholarship.
Jae Hee is ranked as “Up and Coming” in the area of investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration in South Korea by Chambers Asia Pacific 2026, as well as a “Spotlight Table” in South Korea for Dispute Resolution: International Firms by Chambers Global 2026. Chambers included a client commentary that Jae Hee is “an extremely bright and intelligent lawyer. She is very precise on legal points and meticulous in fact findings. Ms Suh is also pleasant to work with.” She “is super organised and has client satisfaction in mind. She manages cases in a careful and considerate way.”
Jae Hee is also ranked as a “Leading Associate” for international arbitration in Singapore by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2026, which includes client commentary that she “is very strong case manager, she is strategic, organised and hardworking.”
Jae Hee is also listed as a “Global Elite Thought Leader” and a “Future Leader” in the field of arbitration in the 2026 edition of Lexology (formally Who's Who Legal), and was named as a “Rising Star” in Singapore by Asian Legal Business in 2023, which recognises outstanding next-generation lawyers.
Practice areas
- International arbitration
Selected experience
- Republic of Korea in relation to investment treaty claims brought by Malaysian and Chinese investors under the Korea-Malaysia Bilateral Investment Treaty and the Korea-China Bilateral Investment Treaty, respectively.
- Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC) in an investment treaty claim under the ICSID rules against Nigeria, regarding KNOC’s investments in the energy sector.
- A Korean manufacturer in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration against its joint venture partner relating to distribution of its products in a foreign market.
- A major Japanese car manufacturer in a Singapore-seated investment treaty arbitration against a South Asian State under the 2013 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The case was settled after the company’s success in the jurisdictional phase. Our role also included advising on the Singapore court proceedings relating to the State’s challenge against a decision in our client’s favour.
- A Mauritian investment fund on a Singapore-seated ICC arbitration and related Singaporean and Indian proceedings regarding its exit from a real estate investment in India. Our client was awarded all the sums requested and our role included successfully defending against the counterparty’s application to set aside a merits award in the client’s favour before the Singapore court proceedings.
- A Chinese company on HKIAC claims commenced under a guarantee agreement, including in successfully obtaining security for costs that led to the discontinuance of the claims.
- A major Korean contractor on a USD100m+, Singapore-seated arbitration concerning the construction of a gas-fired power plant in Southeast Asia.
- A major Korean company in a dispute with a State-owned entity in a Southeast Asian State in the energy sector.
- A Korean energy major in a dispute with a State-owned entity in the Middle East.
- An oil & gas major in a Singapore-seated SIAC arbitration against its joint venture partner relating to exploration activities in an offshore field in a Southeast Asian State.
Education
- B.A. (First Class Honours), Law/Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 2012
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, The University of Hong Kong, 2013
Admissions
- Admitted as solicitor, Hong Kong, 2016
Languages
- English
- Korean