Jeremy Everett

  • Senior Foreign CPA
  • T. +82-2-3404-1258
  • F. +82-2-3404-7687
  • E. jeremy.everett@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Jeremy Everett has 31 years of international tax experience, including 10 years at Big 4 Accounting Firms, 10 years in-house as the global tax head of the Doosan Group and Korean tax head of the GE Group, and 11 years at Korea's top law firms.

Mr. Everett assists clients with tax and customs audit defense, transfer pricing (including MAP and APA cases), ACVA (the customs equivalent of an APA), tax dispute resolution (including Tax Tribunal and Court appeals), M&A, cross-border tax planning, tax ruling requests, government advocacy, and investment incentives (e.g., cash grant applications). He has broad industry experience, including healthcare/pharma, luxury goods, ICT, energy, real estate & private equity, manufacturing, and distribution.

Mr. Everett has served as Co-Chair of Amcham Korea's Tax Committee from 2004-2011 and again since 2023. He led Amcham's CFO Committee from 2015-2023 and has led the Indian Chamber of Commerce Speaker's Forum since 2016.

Representative Experience

2025-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2019-2025 Yulchon LLC
2013-2019 Kim & Chang
2011-2013 Global Tax Head, Doosan Group
2004-2011 Tax Head, GE Korea
1999-2004 Director, Deloitte Anjin Accounting Corporation
1996-1999 PwC
1994-1996 KPMG
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2023-Present Co-Chair, Taxation Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
2016-Present Chair, Speaker's Forum, Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea
2015-2023 Co-Chair, CFO Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
2004-2011 Co-Chair, Taxation Committee, American Chamber of Commerce in Korea

Representative Matters

Korean tax audit defense for global energy company
Korean tax ruling request for global energy company
Business restructuring for global manufacturing company
Tax audit defense for global luxury goods company
Tax structuring and issuance of opinion on beneficial ownership for global real estate fund
Korean tax audit defense for global energy company
Korean tax ruling request for global energy company
Business restructuring for global manufacturing company
Tax audit defense for global luxury goods company
Tax structuring and issuance of opinion on beneficial ownership for global real estate fund
APA and MAP cases for multiple global luxury goods companies
Special tax audit defense for global pharmaceutical company
Tax audit defense for major logistics company
Successful ACVA application for global ICT company
Tax Tribunal and court appeal for global luxury brand
Tax Structuring and due diligence on sale of Korean sub of global insurance company
Tax audit defense of global insurance company
MAP application and Tax Tribunal appeal for global pharmaceutical company
Tax structuring for global real estate fund investing in Korean hotels
Multiple Tax Tribunal and court appeals filed for global real estate fund
Tax planning on restructuring of global automotive company
Tax audit defense for five Class A commercial office buildings and hotel owned by consortium of foreign funds
Customs audit defense for global luxury goods company
Tax structuring & formation of JV for major U.S. based manufacturing company
Tax audit defense of global retail chain, including successful defense of management service fee deductions and royalty fees
MAP application and Tax Tribunal appeals for global manufacturing company
Tax planning and structuring in connection with acquisition of $2.5 billion in commercial real estate by a global fund

Education

1994 Brigham Young University (M.A., Accounting, Tax)
1992 Brigham Young University (B.A., Accounting, Korean)

Selected Activities

Publications
Transfer Pricing End-of Year Adjustments in Korea, Vol. 31 No. 7 (IBFD International Transfer Pricing Journal, 2024)
Global Practice Guides-Corporate Tax 2021-2022 South Korea (Chambers and Partners, 2021-2022)
Strategic Approaches to counter aggressive TP assessments in South Korea (Co-author, International Tax Review, 2021)
South Korea: Tax_The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides (Legal 500, 2020-2021)
Examining Transactional Tax in Korea with a Restructuring Boom on the Horizon (Co-author, International Tax Review, 2020)
World Tax-South Korea Chapter (International Tax Review, 2017-2018)
Activity
Transfer Pricing Focus on Korea (Transfer Pricing Law Group, 2024-2025)
Navigating Regulatory & Tax Challenges in Korea (Yulchon Private Seminar, 2024)
On-site Inspections & Dawn Raids: Trends & Tips from the Battlefront (Amcham, 2023)
APAs & MAPs: Effective Tools to Manage Transfer Pricing Disputes (Baker McKenzie Annual Asia Pacific Tax Conference, 2022)
Managing Permanent Establishment Risks from a Mobile Workforce (Baker McKenzie Annual Asia Pacific Tax Conference, 2022)
International Tax Dispute Cases in Asia Pacific Region (IFA Korea APAC Conference, 2021)
Recent Tax Audit Trends and TP disputes in Korea and Globally (IFA Korea Tax Conference, 2019)
Global Tariff Wars and Implications on Korean Business (ICCK Speaker's Forum, 2018)
The Asian In-house Tax Department: The New Demands and How to Manage them Successfully (Asia Tax Forum, International Tax Review, 2018)
Recent Korean tax developments in the pharmaceutical industry (French Chamber of Commerce, 2018)
Benchmarking Tax Administrations in the OECD (NTS Training Seminar, 2017-2018)

Qualifications

1996 Washington