Yong Whan Choi

Practice Areas

Yong Whan Choi is the co-head of Yulchon’s international tax practice and a partner of the Japan Team. Mr. Choi obtained his LL.M. specializing in International Tax Studies from New York University and his Ph.D. from Yonsei University. Having also worked at a Japanese law firm while on secondment, Mr. Choi has extensive experience in advising multinational corporations on their tax issues in the U.S. and Japan.

In particular, Mr. Choi has successfully advised numerous multinational corporations in the ICT and semiconductor industry on issues such as transfer pricing, permanent establishment, beneficial ownership and restructuring, and has further successfully represented these corporations before the Tax Tribunal and the Korean courts. In addition, Mr. Choi has advised various foreign investment funds and domestic corporations in cross-border transactions and further represented them before the Tax Tribunal and the Korean courts. As a member of Yulchon’s Japan Team, Mr. Choi advised both Japanese and domestic corporations with regard to numerous in- and out-bound transactions.

Personal

2019 Yonsei University, program in Law, Ph.D. in Law

2015 New York University School of Law, International taxation, LL.M.

2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

2007 Yonsei University, LL.B.

2003 Yonsei University, M.A.

Experience

2010-present Partner, Yulchon LLC

2017~present Advisor, OECD BEPS Support Center

2015-2016 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan

2007-2009 Government Attorney, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office