T. O. Lee
Letter of Credit Expert
T. O. Lee Consultants Ltd.
Address:
Suite 825, 138 Bonis Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M1T 3V9
Canada
Web: www.tolee.com
Email: experts@tolee.com
Telephone: 416 298 5881
Facsimile: 416 292 5535
CURRICULUM VITAE OF T. O. LEE MAE MCIArb MITD
Mr. Lee is erected as one of the ten best letter of credit experts in a global survey by "L/C Views" electronic magazine in November 2005. He is a DOCDEX Letter of Credit Expert appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Headquarters in Paris since 1997 to adjudicate letter of credit disputes submitted to ICC International Centre for Expertise, Paris. He was 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, ISP 98, eUCP, Transferable Credits & UCP 500, Discrepant Documents, Waiver and Notice, International Standard Banking Practice (ISBP 645) and ICC Banking Commission Official Opinions. He is appointed by ICC Paris in 2003 as a Member of the UCP 600 Consulting Group to give advices and opinions on revised Articles prepared by the UCP 600 Drafting Group. He is actively involved in ICC Commercial Crime Bureau and is a representative of Canada in ICC Electronic Commerce Project (ECP), the ICC Commercial Trade Practice (Incoterms 2000) and Arbitration. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the ICC Publication "Documentary Credits Insight" (1994 -1999) and a Technical Adviser of "L/C Monitor" in Canada and "L/C Views" in USA. Mr. Lee is a member of the Canadian Working Party on the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice administered by the Canadian Bankers Association. Being an Accredited Arbitrator nominated by the International Center for Letters of Credit Arbitration, Inc. USA, he is also an Accredited Expert of the Academy of Experts, Gray’s Inn, London, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Gray's Inn, London, 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 (1993 - 1995). He has been contributing since 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 China, Hong Kong, Taipei, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, USA and Canada, 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.