Profile
Experience
Legal Counsel, Seoul Agro-Fisheries & Food Corporation (2024.4.-2025.12.)
Academic Affairs Director, International Fiscal Association (IFA) Korea (2023-2025)
Co-Writer of Adjustment of International Taxes Act, Corporate Income Tax Act, Income Tax Act and Customs Act Section, LAWnB OnJu Korea (2020-Present)
Executive Director, Korea Local Tax Association (2020-2025)
President, Korea Branch of Young IFA Network (2018-2019)
Director, Tax Law Association of Korea (2017-2021, 2024-Present)
Kim & Chang (2010-Present)
Baker Tilly Sungto (2007)
Accounting Officer, Republic of Korea Air Force (2002-2005)
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Awards
- Future star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Tax (Legal Benchmarking Group, 2026)
- Future Star, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific: Tax (Delinian, 2023-2025)
- Awarded a tax thesis prize - “The Meaning of ‘own’ under the Article of ROK-US Tax Treaty Regarding Withholding Tax Rate on the Inter-Company Dividends” (2016, Tax Law Association of Korea)
Education
UC Berkeley School of Law (LL.M., 2017)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2010)
College of Business Administration, Seoul National University (B.A., 2002)
Passed the 36th Certified Public Accountant Examination (2001)
Qualifications
Admitted to bar, Korea, 2010
Certified Public Accountant, Korea, 2007
Languages
Korean and English
Insights
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Recognitions
Ranked Band 1 in Private Wealth Law – Chambers High Net Worth 2026
2026.07.24 -
Recognitions
Recognized as Leading Law Firm in All 11 Practice Areas – Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2026
2026.05.06 -
Newsletters
Supreme Court Decision on the Tax Deductibility of Disability Employment Levy
2026.03.12 -
Newsletters
En Banc Supreme Court Rules that Royalties Paid for "Use" of Technology Patented Only Outside Korea Are Now Taxable in Korea, Overturning Decades of Precedent
2025.10.17 -
Recognitions
“Tier 1” in All Ten Practice Areas – Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2025
2025.05.07 -
Recognitions
“Tier 1” in All Ten Practice Areas – Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2024
2024.05.08
