Internationl Trade, Letter of Credit Consultancy and Expert Witness Experiences of T.O. Lee.

T.O. Lee FAE, MCIArb, MITD

Mr. T. O. Lee has over 30 years experience in international trade, accumulating a wealth of knowledge in settling international trade disputes related to letters of credit, international trade frauds and cargo insurance claims. He constantly tracks the new techniques in prevention of international commercial frauds, risk management and ISO9000, keeping abreast with new development in letter of credit, transport, cargo insurance, mediation and arbitration. Before establishing the first such one-stop comprehensive consulting services in Hong Kong and Canada, he was a director and general manager in a division of Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong and the Group's advisor and trainer in letter of credit during 1982-1992.

He is a member of the UCP 500 Revision (UCP 600) Consulting Group and a letter of credit expert appointed by ICC DOCDEX to adjudicate on letter of credit disputes submitted to ICC for resolution. He is invited by ICC to comment on the drafts of banking and trading rules, such as the UCP 500 Position Papers, URC 522, URR 525, DOCDEX, ISP98, eUCP, Transferable Credits & UCP 500, Waiver, ISBP and Official Opinions of ICC Banking Commission. He is rated as one of the nine best letter of credit specialists in the world in a recent global survey by L/C Views of USA. He is actively involved in ICC Commercial Crime Bureau and is a representative of Canada in ICC E-Business, IT & Telecoms Commission (GUIDEC II), the ICC Commercial Law and Practice Commission (Incoterms 2000), the ICC Arbitration Commission. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the ICC Publication "Documentary Credits Insight" (1994-1999), a Technical Adviser of "L/C Monitor" in Canada and "L/C Views" Electronic magazine in the USA. Mr. Lee is a member of the Canadian Working Party on the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. Being an Accredited Arbitrator nominated by the International Center for Letters of Credit Arbitration, Inc. USA, he is also a Fellow and an Accredited Expert (Letter of Credit) of the Academy of Experts, Gray's Inn, England, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, England, a Member of the United Nations International Multimodal Transportation Association, Geneva and a Member of the Institute of Training and Development, England.

He was a columnist in the Lloyd's of London Press "Maritime Asia/Intermodal Asia" magazine during the period of June 1993 to March 1995. He has been contributing since August 1993, a Friday column in the "Hong Kong Economic Journal". He is a co-author with Eric Ellen in ICC Publication No. 548 "Special Report on China Trade - The Risk Factor". He chairs public seminars in the USA, Canada, Europe, China, Hong Kong, ASEAN and Middle East Countries, providing in-house training and consultancy services to Fortune 500 corporations and banks globally. His professional workshops are known for the 4 "i's" - interesting, insightful, inspiring and interactive. He also provides expert witness services to international legal firms in letter of credit litigations.

	Mr. T. O. Lee has over 30 years experience in international trade, accumulating a wealth of knowledge in settling international trade disputes related to letters of credit, international trade frauds and cargo insurance claims. He constantly tracks the new techniques in prevention of international commercial frauds, risk management and ISO9000, keeping abreast with new development in letter of credit, transport, cargo insurance, mediation and arbitration. Before establishing the first such one-stop comprehensive consulting services in Hong Kong and Canada, he was a director and general manager in a division of Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong and the Group's advisor and trainer in letter of credit during 1982-1992.
	He is a member of the UCP 500 Revision (UCP 600) Consulting Group and a letter of credit expert appointed by ICC DOCDEX to adjudicate on letter of credit disputes submitted to ICC for resolution. He is invited by ICC to comment on the drafts of banking and trading rules, such as the UCP 500 Position Papers, URC 522, URR 525, DOCDEX, ISP98, eUCP, Transferable Credits & UCP 500, Waiver, ISBP and Official Opinions of ICC Banking Commission. He is rated as one of the nine best letter of credit specialists in the world in a recent global survey by L/C Views of USA. He is actively involved in ICC Commercial Crime Bureau and is a representative of Canada in ICC E-Business, IT & Telecoms Commission (GUIDEC II), the ICC Commercial Law and Practice Commission (Incoterms 2000), the ICC Arbitration Commission. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the ICC Publication "Documentary Credits Insight" (1994-1999), a Technical Adviser of "L/C Monitor" in Canada and "L/C Views" Electronic magazine in the USA. Mr. Lee is a member of the Canadian Working Party on the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. Being an Accredited Arbitrator nominated by the International Center for Letters of Credit Arbitration, Inc. USA, he is also a Fellow and an Accredited Expert (Letter of Credit) of the Academy of Experts, Gray's Inn, England, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, England, a Member of the United Nations International Multimodal Transportation Association, Geneva and a Member of the Institute of Training and Development, England.
	He was a columnist in the Lloyd's of London Press "Maritime Asia/Intermodal Asia" magazine during the period of June 1993 to March 1995. He has been contributing since August 1993, a Friday column in the "Hong Kong Economic Journal". He is a co-author with Eric Ellen in ICC Publication No. 548 "Special Report on China Trade - The Risk Factor". He chairs public seminars in the USA, Canada, Europe, China, Hong Kong, ASEAN and Middle East Countries, providing in-house training and consultancy services to Fortune 500 corporations and banks globally. His professional workshops are known for the 4 "i's" - interesting, insightful, inspiring and interactive. He also provides expert witness services to international legal firms in letter of credit litigations.