DR & AJU LLC‘s tax practice group offers a comprehensive range of services covering local, national, and international tax, as well as customs. The team supports clients through all stages, from responding to tax investigations to handling criminal cases and tax litigation. Kyu Chul Lee, head of the tax practice group, brings valuable experience from his previous experience in the Korean judiciary, handling numerous tax litigation and advisory cases. Shin Hee Kim, head of the tax team, is renowned for leading significant corporate tax, inheritance, and gift tax litigation cases.

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Key clients

  • Head of Yeongdeungpo District Tax Office
  • KIC I&M

Work highlights

  • Represented a group of individuals and corporations who paid the comprehensive real estate tax in a class action seeking the revocation of the imposition of comprehensive real estate tax by claiming the unconstitutionality of the Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax Act.
  • Represented the head of tax authority in a case where the client imposed VAT on the interest income that KB Financial Group Inc. received from its subsidiary.
  • Represented an individual in a case where the tax authority imposed the tax two weeks before the expiration of the imposition limitation period whereas the client already transferred real estate in 2013 and reported and paid transfer income tax that same year.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kyu Chul Lee, Shin Hee Kim

Other key lawyers

Sang Yeon Cho, In Wook Hwang