概要
Sangwook Lee graduated from Korea University with a degree in Political Science and International Relations (with a dual major in Economics) and from Korea University Law School (6th class). He was admitted to the 6th Korean Bar in 2017, he completed the coursework for a Ph.D. program in administrative law at Korea University Graduate School. He then served as a public-service advocate at the State Litigation Division of the Ministry of Justice and the Daejeon High Prosecutors' Office. Since 2020, he has been practicing as an attorney at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC, primarily handling tax cases, including tax-related civil and criminal litigation, as well as tax-related administrative and constitutional cases.
Related Practices
経歴
2020-現在
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2017-2020
Judge Advocate for Public Service, Ministry of Justice
主な案件実績
Represented a number of financial institutions in tax litigation defending against large-scale taxation related to accounts held under a third party's name
Represented in tax litigation defending against gift tax assessment under the comprehensive taxation principle (obtained a favorable ruling after the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case)
Represented major shareholders and their family members of a mid-sized company before a tax tribunal concerning gift tax (successfully defending against the entire tax assessment)
Represented the Republic of Korea in large-scale tax and civil litigation against a foreign hedge fund
Represented a real estate developer in defending against property tax and comprehensive real estate tax assessments during project financing (PF) (via objection procedures)
Tax Litigation
Represented a number of financial institutions in tax litigation defending against large-scale taxation related to accounts held under a third party's name
Represented in tax litigation defending against gift tax assessment under the comprehensive taxation principle (obtained a favorable ruling after the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the case)
Represented a telecommunications company in tax litigation regarding value-added tax (VAT)
Represented major shareholders and their family members of a mid-sized company before a tax tribunal concerning gift tax (successfully defending against the entire tax assessment)
Represented major shareholders and their family members of a mid-sized company before a tax tribunal concerning dividend income tax (successfully defending the entire tax assessment)
Represented the Republic of Korea in large-scale tax and civil litigation against a foreign hedge fund
Represented a number of credit card companies in education tax litigation
Represented a media owner's family in gift tax litigation
Represented a large corporate group in litigation regarding gift tax assessed on its non-profit corporation
Represented a non-profit corporation in VAT litigation
Represented a major domestic accounting firm in civil litigation regarding tax agent services
Local Taxes and Comprehensive Real Estate Tax
Represented in a constitutional petition case regarding the comprehensive real estate tax
Represented a real estate developer in defending against property tax and comprehensive real estate tax assessments during project financing (PF) (via objection procedures)
Represented a number of local housing associations in litigation regarding comprehensive real estate tax
Represented a major domestic shipbuilder in litigation regarding local resource and facility tax
Tax Audits
Responded to a tax audit on a real estate developer
Responded to a tax audit on a renowned private tutor
Responded to a tax fraud investigation into a startup (defended against criminal charges)
Authoritative Interpretation and Legislative Amendments
Provided legislative consulting for a public institution regarding the amendment of post-management regulations on donations under the Inheritance and Gift Tax Act
Provided legislative consulting for public interest organizations on tax policies related to non-profit corporations (local taxes, VAT, etc.), as well as on responding to the National Assembly
Tax Reassessment Claims
Represented an affiliate of a large corporate group in a VAT reassessment claim
Represented a defense company's major shareholders and their family members in a claim for an inheritance tax reassessment
学歴
2017
Korea University School of Law (J.D.)
2014
Korea University (B.A.)
主な活動
受賞
Citation for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to National Litigation and Constitutional Litigation (Minister of Justice, 2019)
資格
2017
Korea
