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Lee & Ko Offices
HANJIN BUILDING
63 NAMDAEMUN-RO, JUNG-GU
SEOUL 04532
South Korea
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Sung Hyun Ryu
Work Department
Tax Litigation, Tax Appeal, International Tax, Tax Audit Defense and Pre-tax Audit Review, Criminal Tax Defense, Finance Tax, Regional · Local Tax, Tax Ruling and Legislative Consulting
Position
Partner
Career
2012-Present Lee & Ko
2022- Advisory Member of disciplinary committee, Korea Customs Service
2021- Senior Advisor, Seoul Regional National Tax Service
2020-2021 Advisory Member of the National Assembly Research Service (NARS)
2019- Commentator of Tax Cases, Daily NTN
2019- Director of the International Fiscal Association (IFA)
2016-2017 Commentator of Tax Cases, Law Times
2015- Director of the Finance &Tax Forum
2015-2019 Member of the Legislative Enactment Support Committee
2015 Advisory Member, Financial Services Commission
2014- Member of the Tax Committee, Korean Bar Association
2014-2015 Senior Advisor, Seoul Regional National Tax Service
2013-2015 Member of the Taxpayer Protection Committee, Gangnam Tax Office
2009-2012 Deputy Director, Seoul Regional National Tax Service
2007-2009 Hwang Mok Park
2006-2007 Military Judicial Officer, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office
2004-2006 Public Judicial Officer, Litigation
Languages
Korean and English
Education
2018 Duke University School of Law – LL.M
2006 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law
2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2002 Seoul National University College of Law (B.A.)
Lawyer Rankings
South Korea > Tax: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)With demonstrable expertise in contentious tax appeals and litigation, Lee & Ko’s market leading team represents major Korean retailers and companies, providing the full range of advisory and consulting service, and handling inbound and outbound investments and transactions. Ok Hyun Ma leads the team alongside Tom Kwon, with the latter advising on international tax planning, domestic and cross-border acquisition structuring, and a wide range of cross-border transactions. Litigation and disputes specialist Byeong Jun Son handles corporate income tax and value-added tax matters, while esteemed litigator Sung Hyun Ryu regularly presents cases to national tax appeal tribunals. Kyung Tae Kim is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Insurance: local firms
- Intellectual property: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Regulatory: compliance and investigations: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Tax: local firms