Lee & Ko

South Korea

Address:
63 Namdaemum-ro, Jung-gu
Seoul, 04532
South Korea

+8263866271





Key contacts:

Partner: Steve Kim
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Partner: Tom Kwon
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Quick facts:

Languages: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese
Practitioners (worldwide): 90
Total number of lawyers: 90
Other qualified practitioners: 70
Partners: 20


Following its establishment in 1977, Lee & Ko has become one of Korea’s premier full-service law firms, widely recognized for its leadership and outstanding success in every area of legal practice.
As has been confirmed in numerous reviews conducted by Korea’s major media outlets, as well as ratings produced by international law firm rating services, Lee & Ko enjoys one of the highest levels of client satisfaction and a particularly excellent reputation for the quality of the firm’s legal services. Among other things, Lee & Ko prides itself on its ability to provide clients with the following advantages.

At Lee & Ko, we know the extremely important role that tax advisors serve in helping our clients execute their commercial strategies and manage their business. In order to meet the increasingly challenging business environment, Lee & Ko’s Tax Group is comprised of Korea’s most renowned tax professionals, including former judges who specialized in tax controversies, seasoned Korean and international attorneys with a wide range of transactional experience, tax focused CPAs and high ranking former government tax officials with many years of experience in formulating tax policy and conducting numerous tax investigations. We are supported by senior advisors, including former government ministers/officers, former Supreme Court judges, former Commissioner of the National Tax Service and other high ranking officers from the National Tax Service, Customs Service and other governmental authorities, who have vast experience with regulatory tax issues and working with the government on drafting and revising tax legislation and regulations.

Corporate Tax Matters

  • Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)
  • Corporate taxes
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cryptocurrency taxation
  • Environmental tax matters
  • Financial services taxation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Restructuring
  • Technology taxation
  • Transactions
  • Value chains

Dispute Resolution

  • Arbitration
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Competition/antitrust cases
  • Controversy management
  • General dispute resolution
  • Litigation
  • Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAPs) / Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADRs)
  • Pre-litigation strategies
  • State aid disputes

Tax Advisory

  • International tax advisory
  • Tax consulting

Indirect Tax

  • Customs duties
  • Supply chain taxation
  • Value-Added Tax (VAT)

Transfer Pricing

  • Arbitration
  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Business model optimisation
  • Business restructuring
  • Competition/antitrust cases
  • Controversy management
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • Cross-border project management
  • Dispute resolution
  • Economic modelling
  • International tax planning
  • Intellectual property (IP) management
  • Litigation
  • TP policy design
  • TP risk management

Tom Kwon
International tax planning
tom.kwon@leeko.com
 
 
Steve Minhoo Kim
Audit defence
steve.kim@leeko.com

  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Food and beverage
  • Gaming
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical and life sciences
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications

Seongnam-si, South Korea

Techone Tower, 131 Bundangnaegok-ro, Bundang-Gu

T: +82-2-02-772–4000

 

Beijing, China

Room 1504, 15F, Radiance Building, No.6, 4th District Wangjing Dongyuan, Chaoyang District

T: +86-10-8478-5377

 

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

10 Floor, 3A - 3B Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1

T: +84-28-3827-3886