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Hoanku Lee
Partner

- TEL 82 2 6003 7006
- FAX 82 2 6003 7017
- E-MAIL hklee@hwawoo.com
Biography
Hoanku Lee is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice area is tax.
Mr. Lee is a tax specialist who has built experience in tax advisory and tax litigation, particularly in international taxation, tax advisory related to finance, and regular automatic exchange of financial information (FATCA/CRS/CARF) for financial institutions, as well as tasks related to the reporting system for foreign financial accounts.
Mr. Lee is a tax specialist who has built experience in tax advisory and tax litigation, particularly in international taxation, tax advisory related to finance, and regular automatic exchange of financial information (FATCA/CRS/CARF) for financial institutions, as well as tasks related to the reporting system for foreign financial accounts.
Experience
- 2025-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2008-25 Lee & Ko LLC
- 2011-12 Taxpayer Advocacy Committee, NTS Jungbu District Office
Education
- 2015 UCLA School of Law, LL.M.
- 2008 Judicial Research & Training Institute
- 2002 University of Seoul, Graduate School of Law (LL.M. course completion)
- 1999 Korea University, LL.B.
Representative Matters
[International Taxation]
- Represented M Corporation in a lawsuit to cancel the withholding corporate tax on royalty income related to trademarks of U.S. company M
- Represented companies I, P, N, and T in a lawsuit to cancel the withholding corporate tax on royalty income related to patents for U.S. companies I, P, N, and T
- Represented H Corporation in a lawsuit to cancel the corporate tax assessment related to transfer pricing for Korean companies H, C, and D
- Represented S Corporation in a lawsuit to cancel the corporate tax assessment on its Korean branch
- Represented A Corporation in a dispute over corporate tax assessment related to the free use of trademarks for a foreign company
[Financial Taxation]
- Provided tax advisory on will substitute trusts and testamentary trusts for major domestic banks
- Represented in lawsuits and provided advisory on the distinction between interest and dividend income
- Provided advisory to key individual clients regarding overseas financial account reporting
- Advised on the establishment of FATCA/CRS compliance systems for domestic financial institutions
- Conducted research services on domestic implementation regulations related to FATCA and CRS for the Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Publications
[Books]
- Commentary on Trust Law, Third Edition, Lee & Ko LLC (Co-author , 2021)
[Academic Papers]
- A Comprehensive Analysis of Trusts and Related Tax Issues, Taxation Monthly (November 2017)
- Recent Developments on the Implementation of US FATCA in South Korea, International Tax Review, Legal Benchmarking Limitted (July 2014)
[Articles]
- Trust tax Column Series, Daily NTN (2021∼)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (2008)
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Korean and English