Eunhong Lee

  • Senior CPA
  • T. +82-2-3404-0575
  • F. +82-2-3404-7687
  • E. eunhong.lee@bkl.co.kr

Overview

After passing the 42nd CPA Examination, Eunhong Lee worked for Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers for six years, where Mr. Lee performed accounting audits for, and provided accounting and tax advice to, foreign invested companies. In particular, he has abundant experience in the areas of international accounting standards and international tax. Since joining Bae, Kim & Lee LLC in January 2014, he has focused his practice on corporate accounting and tax matters, responding to tax audits, and tax appeals, such as a request for examination to the National Tax Service, and a request for trial to the Tax Tribunal with a particular focus on advising on foreign investment structure and tax matters concerning corporate reorganizations, such as mergers and divisions. He obtained a B.A. in Business Administration from Hanyang University and completed an education program at University of California San Diego in 2020.

Representative Experience

2014-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2011-2014 Tax Division III, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers
2007-2011 Assurance Division II, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers

Representative Matters

Advised KT&G's subsidiary on tax matters concerning governance structure change; conducted a tax health check-up regarding Dongbu CNI's merger and division; conducted a tax health check-up for NongHyup Property & Casualty insurance; and reviewed transfer of shares between subsidiaries of multiple domestic company groups and their reorganization plans
Advised Korea Gas Corporation on tax matters concerning its investment structure of Iraq project; Korea Electric Power Corporation on the reorganization plan for overseas coal thermal power and wind power projects and restructurings of overseas projects
Advised on tax matters concerning foreign alternative investments on more than 100 occasions
Represented Woori Card, GS Caltex, Incheon Transit Corporation, It's Skin, etc. in requesting correction and trial
Represented Korea Exchange Bank, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea National Oil Corporation, UnionPay International, etc. in requesting the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Economy and Finance for authoritative interpretations
Advised KT&G's subsidiary on tax matters concerning governance structure change; conducted a tax health check-up regarding Dongbu CNI's merger and division; conducted a tax health check-up for NongHyup Property & Casualty insurance; and reviewed transfer of shares between subsidiaries of multiple domestic company groups and their reorganization plans
Advised Korea Gas Corporation on tax matters concerning its investment structure of Iraq project; Korea Electric Power Corporation on the reorganization plan for overseas coal thermal power and wind power projects and restructurings of overseas projects
Advised on tax matters concerning foreign alternative investments on more than 100 occasions
Represented Woori Card, GS Caltex, Incheon Transit Corporation, It's Skin, etc. in requesting correction and trial
Represented Korea Exchange Bank, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea National Oil Corporation, UnionPay International, etc. in requesting the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Economy and Finance for authoritative interpretations
Represented a Korean company in connection with the investigations into the dumping of Chinese glass products and Finland printing paper

Education

2007 Hanyang University (B.A.)

Selected Activities

Publications
Tax Law Issues IV: Tax Treatment Methods in Relation to Debt-Equity Swap of Overseas Subsidiary (Co-author, Kyungin Publishing, 2020)

Qualifications

2008 Korea