YOON&YANG
Hoanku Lee Partner
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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.

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∼)