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Heechul KIM Attorney

T.+82-2-3703-5863 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092
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Heechul KIM Attorney

Heechul KIMAttorney

T.+82-2-3703-5863 F.+82-2-737-9091/9092 E.heechul.kim@kimchang.com

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Heechul Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He specializes in tax litigation, tax, tax audit & tax dispute resolution, corporate investigations & white collar defense, and litigation based on the knowledge and trial expertise he acquired from his extensive experience in Korean courts. 

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served in the Korean judiciary for 15 years. He served as a judge at Seoul Administrative Court and Seoul High Court. He also dedicated his service as a research judge at the Supreme Court of Korea and a presiding judge at the Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court. During his tenure as a judge, he gained extensive experience in a wide range of tax, administrative, civil and criminal litigation. 

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Experience

Outside Director, HYUNDAI HT Co., Ltd. (2024-Present)

Outside Director, Samyang Optics Co., Ltd. (2023-Present)

Legal Counsel, Daegu Regional Tax Office (2022-Present)

Kim & Chang (2020-Present)

Presiding Judge, Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court (2019-2020) 

Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (2015-2019) 

Judge, Suwon District Court (2013-2015) 

Judge, Seoul High Court (2012-2013) 

Judge, Wonju Branch of Chuncheon District Court (2011-2012) 

Judge, Cheongju District Court (2009-2010) 

Judge, Seoul Administrative Court (2007-2009) 

Judge, Seoul Northern District Court (2005-2007) 

Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (2002-2005)

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Awards

  • Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Tax (Delinian, 2024)

Education

    George Washington University Law School (LL.M., 2011) 

    Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, 2004) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002) 

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 2000)

Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2002

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

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Heechul KIM
Attorney


T. +82-2-3703-5863      
F. +82-2-737-9091/9092      
  




Heechul Kim is an attorney at Kim & Chang. He specializes in tax litigation, tax, tax audit & tax dispute resolution, corporate investigations & white collar defense, and litigation based on the knowledge and trial expertise he acquired from his extensive experience in Korean courts. 

Prior to joining Kim & Chang, Mr. Kim served in the Korean judiciary for 15 years. He served as a judge at Seoul Administrative Court and Seoul High Court. He also dedicated his service as a research judge at the Supreme Court of Korea and a presiding judge at the Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court. During his tenure as a judge, he gained extensive experience in a wide range of tax, administrative, civil and criminal litigation. 






    Outside Director, HYUNDAI HT Co., Ltd. (2024-Present)

    Outside Director, Samyang Optics Co., Ltd. (2023-Present)

    Legal Counsel, Daegu Regional Tax Office (2022-Present)

    Kim & Chang (2020-Present)

    Presiding Judge, Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Court (2019-2020) 

    Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (2015-2019) 

    Judge, Suwon District Court (2013-2015) 

    Judge, Seoul High Court (2012-2013) 

    Judge, Wonju Branch of Chuncheon District Court (2011-2012) 

    Judge, Cheongju District Court (2009-2010) 

    Judge, Seoul Administrative Court (2007-2009) 

    Judge, Seoul Northern District Court (2005-2007) 

    Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army (2002-2005)






Awards

  •   Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Tax (Delinian, 2024)





Education

    George Washington University Law School (LL.M., 2011) 

    Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (Completed Coursework, 2004) 

    Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2002) 

    College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B., 2000)


Qualifications

    Admitted to bar, Korea, 2002


Languages
  •    Korean, English and Japanese





Tax Litigation ,  Tax ,  Tax Audit & Tax Dispute Resolution ,  Mergers & Acquisitions Tax ,  Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense