YOON&YANG
Hyun Soo Kim Certified Public Accountant
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Hyun Soo Kim is a certified public accountant at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice areas include international trade and tax.
After becoming a certified public accountant and licensed tax accountant in 1996, Mr. Kim passed the American Institute for Certified Public Accountant exam in 2000. Mr. Kim conducted auditing and due diligence at Deloitte Anjin LLC (current Ernst & Young Global Limited), and performed anti-dumping investigations, etc. as an investigator (deputy director) and participated at WTO meetings as a member of government delegation while working at the Korea Trade Commission under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (current Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy). Upon such experiences, he received an award from the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy in 2005 and was appointed as an integrity ombudsman of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in 2019. Between 2004 and 2018, he handled various trade remedy issues on behalf of leading domestic and foreign companies and provided advice on tax and accounting issues to global or domestic companies and non-profit organizations.

Experience

  • 2019-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2004-18 HMP Law
  • 2001-03 Investigator, Trade Service Commission, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
  • 1994-01 Deloitte Anjin LLC (current Ernst & Young Global Limited)

Education

  • 1995 Kyungpook National University, B.A. in Business Administration

Representative Matters

  • Represented Hyundai Heavy Industries in anti-dumping investigation of industrial robots from Japan
  • Represented Brazil IP in anti-dumping investigation of uncoated paper from Brazil
  • Represented a Japanese exporter in anti-dumping investigation of aluminum bottle cans
  • Represented an Indian exporter in anti-dumping investigation of stainless steel bars from India
  • Represented Malaysian and Indian exporters in anti-dumping investigation of POY from Malaysia and India
  • Represented Hankuk Paper in a WTO dispute regarding uncoated woodfree paper from Indonesia
  • Advised Samsung Medical Center, Asan Medical Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital and Korea Airports Corporation, etc. on tax issues
  • Advised on mergers and acquisitions for a card company, a Korean subsidiary of a French company, and a Korean subsidiary of a U.S. company, etc.
  • Handled accounting and financing issues for various clients, e.g. commercial feasibility evaluation of an international school, wind power generation business, and JV of a heavy industry company, evaluation of shares, and accounting of Hyundai Swiss Savings Bank, etc.
  • Handled a wide range of other corporate issues including liquidation of a Korean subsidiary of an Iceland company and a Korean subsidiary of a Japanese company, corporate rehabilitation, and accounting of proceeds from pre-sale of real estate, etc.

Publications

  • Study on New Supplier Review, Trade Remedy Review (Trade Service Commission) (2002)
  • Case Study on Industrial Damage Caused by Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duty Investigation on the Same Item , Trade Remedy Review (Trade Service Commission) (2004)
  • Study on Close of Anti-Dumping Investigations, Trade Remedy Review (Trade Service Commission) (2005)
  • Amendment of Antidumping-Related Parts in the Chair’s Text of WTO Rules, Trade Remedy Review (Trade Service Commission) (2008)