Tax

Given the size and strength of our Tax Practice, we have acquired extensive experience in all industries and working in every tax discipline, including specifically:

• Transaction tax matters
• International tax planning, analysis and implementation of business restructuring, including international mergers and acquisitions, anti-deferral regimes, foreign tax credits, transfer pricing, permanent establishments, tax treaties and OECD standards
• Obtaining administrative tax rulings, and government interactions related to legislative and regulatory activities
• All types of entities
• Domestic and cross-border private equity funds and hedge funds
• Corporate finance, recapitalizations, leasing, insurance, funding and other financial transactions
• High-net-worth and individual private client tax matters, such as the individual income tax, estate planning, estate tax and gift tax 
• Tax consulting related to VAT
• Tax controversy and dispute resolution in all Korean forums, including managing tax audits, advocacy during administrative review in RATI (Review of Adequacy of Tax Imposition) and the Korean Tax Tribunal
• Bilateral tax matters between Korea and foreign jurisdictions, such as Advance Pricing Agreements or the Mutual Agreement Process of income tax treaties 
• Tax litigation at all levels of litigation in the Korean court system (accounting firms cannot litigate), including litigation by our lawyers in the District Courts, High Courts (appellate courts) and the Korean Supreme Court