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Shin & Kim
23TH FLOOR, D-TOWER (D2)
17 JONGNO 3-GIL, JONGNO-GU
SEOUL 03155
South Korea

Work Department

General Tax Consulting, Tax Disputes, International Tax, Tax Audit Defense

Position

Senior Partner

Career

  • 2022-Present: Shin & Kim LLC
  • 2004-2022: Kim & Chang
  • 2004: Visiting Attorney, Fox Rothschild
  • 2001: Judge, Seoul District Court
  • 1998:-2001: Judge, Tongyeong Branch, Changwon District Court
  • 1996-1998: Judge, Eastern Branch, Seoul District Court
  • 1994-1996: Judge, Incheon District Court
  • 1991-1994: Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
  • 1989-1991: Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
  • 1987: Passed the 31st Higher Civil Service Examination
Activities
  • 2024-Present: Customs Judge, Korea Customs Service
  • 2023-2024: Chairman, International Fiscal Association Korea
  • 2022-Present: Member, Tax Development Deliberation Committee, Ministry of Strategy and Finance
  • 2022: Chairman, Tax Law Association
  • 2020-2021: Chief Editor, Tax Law Review, Tax Law Association
  • 2019-Present: Member, Advisory Committee, Korea Institute of Local Finance
  • 2019-2022: Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University, School of Law
  • 2019-2021: Member, Committee on Development of Local Tax, Ministry of Interior and Safety
  • 2019-2021: Chief Training Officer, Lawyer Training Institute, Korean Bar Association
  • 2019-2021: Chairman, Korea Local Tax Association
  • 2019-2020: Member, Committee on Development Tax System, Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • 2019-Present: LAWnB-ONJU Customs Law Lead Author
  • 2019-Present: Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
  • 2018-Present: Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Science in Taxation, University of Seoul
  • 2014-Present: Chief Training Officer, Tax Training Institute, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2013-2019: Auditor, Korea Local Tax Association
  • 2013-2017: Member, National Tax Ruling Committee, Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • 2013-2016: Member, Committee on Development Tax System, Ministry of Economy and Finance
  • 2012-2019: Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Law, Korea University
  • 2012-2017: Vice President, Korea Research Society for Customs
  • 2012-2016: Legal Advisor, Tax and Customs Office, Ministry of Strategy and Finance
  • 2012: MOJ Committee on Judicial Examination
  • 2011-Present: LAWnB-ONJU Adjustment of International Taxes Act Lead Author
  • 2011-Present: Member, NYU Tax Practice Council
  • 2010-2013: Tax Training Institute Professor, Seoul Bar Association
  • 2010-Present: Member, Tax Committee, Korean Bar Association
  • 2009-Present: Vice Chairman, Standing Director, International Fiscal Association Korea
  • 2009-Present: Vice Chairman, Standing Director, Korean Academic Society of Taxation
  • 2009-2011: Lecturer, Graduate School of Science in Taxation, University of Seoul
  • 2007-2009: Member, National Tax Review Committee, Jungbu Regional Office, National Tax Service
  • 2007-2014: Judicial Research & Training Institute Lecturer
  • 2007: MOJ Committee on Judicial Examination
  • 2006-2021: Vice Chairman, Standing Director, Tax Law Association of Korea
  • 2006-2010: Member, International Tax Law Improvement Committee, National Tax Service
  • 2006-2010: Member, Self Evaluation Committee, National Tax Service
  • 2005-2018: Lecturer, Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

  • Korean Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • America Institute of Certified Public Accountants [2004]

Education

  • 2005: Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law (Ph.D.)
  • 2004: Columbia Law School (Visiting Research Fellow)
  • 2003: New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation)
  • 2002: Harvard Law School (International Tax Program)
  • 1995: Yonsei University, Graduate School of Business Administration (MBA)
  • 1994: Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
  • 1988: Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)

Lawyer Rankings

South Korea > Tax: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Je-Heum Baik – Shin & Kim

Shin & Kim’s ‘highly reputable’ full-service tax practice has ‘extensive international experience’, advising on a wide range of tax consulting mandates, cross-border transactions, and business planning and modelling strategies. Team head Je Heum Baik is highly experienced in contentious tax work, handling corporate tax litigation and tribunals for major domestic and international financial clients. Hyeon-Jin Kim leads the advisory and investigatory side of the practice, while international tax attorney Sun Young (Sunny) Kim handles financial and strategic, and inbound and outbound transactions for major international clients. Since publication, the team welcomed Jung Yeol Lee who joined from Yoon & Yang LLC.