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Kyu Dong Kim

Kyu Dong Kim

Yulchon, South Korea

Work Department

International Tax, Asset Management, Tax, Real Estate Advisory(Real Estate Transactions, Real Estate Finance), Transfer Pricing

Position

Tax Partner (Co-Head of International Tax Team)

Career

Kyu Dong Kim is a Senior C.P.A. at Yulchon who primarily focuses on international tax matters. He is a senior tax partner and serves as a co-leader of Yulchon’s international tax practice. Before joining Yulchon, Mr. Kim worked at Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2000 to 2005, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP London as a senior manager from 2005 to 2008, and Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers as a director from 2008 to 2011. He has built up extensive knowledge and experience dealing with the challenging tax issues of multi-national corporations’ cross border transactions and their Korean operations, in particular foreign information, communication, technology companies and financial services companies. Also, he has specialized in structuring overseas funds investing in Korea and Korean companies investing overseas. He is a director of the Korean branch of International Fiscal Association and serves as a member (tax advisor) of the two investment committees of National Pension Fund.

2012-present  Senior C.P.A., Yulchon LLC 2017-present  Committee for Alternative Investment, National Pension 2015-present  Committee for Overseas Management Company Selection, National Pension 2008-2012  Director, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers 2005-2008  Sr. Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP London Office 2000-2005  Manager, Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers

Languages

Korean, English

Memberships

2000  Certified Public Accountant, Delaware 

Education

1999  Hanyang University, Mathematics, B.A.

Personal

2021-2024  Top-ranked (Band 1) Tax Consultant, Chambers AP 2019-2024  Leading Individual, Tax, Legal 500 2019-2020  Leading Lawyer, Tax: Consultants, Consultants, Chambers AP

Mentions

South Korea

Tax: local firms

Leading partner