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Sang Woo Lee

+82 2 3703 1571 swlee1@kimchang.com View profile

Work Department

Tax Audit & Tax Dispute Resolution; Tax Litigation; Tax; Finance & PEF Tax; Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense; Administrative & Public Law Litigation; Litigation; Corporate Governance & Shareholder Disputes

Career

Sang Woo Lee is an attorney in the firm’s Litigation Practice and Tax Audits & Tax Dispute Resolution Practice.

Mr. Lee joined Kim & Chang in 2006, after ten years of distinguished service with the National Tax Service (NTS), where he served as a deputy director for Division of International Taxation as well as a director of Regional Tax Offices.

Mr. Lee also served in the judiciary for several years as a judge in District Court. During his tenure as a judge, he accumulated extensive experience in a wide range of administrative, tax and civil litigation, and criminal cases.

Reflecting his varied experience as a judge and a senior officer in a tax agency and his expertise as a CPA, Mr. Lee has a broad practice in administrative, civil and tax dispute at the firm. In the area of litigation practice, Mr. Lee has specialized in administrative litigation, tax and customs disputes, and professional liability issues. He regularly represents companies before the Courts and the National Tax Tribunal.

Languages

Korean, English and Japanese

Memberships

Admitted to bar, Korea, 2003
Certified Public Accountant, Korea, 1997; USA, 1998

Education

Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (S.J.D. candidate, Tax Law, 2010)
Graduate School of Law, Chung-Ang University (LL.M., 2004)
Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2003)
Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University (M.A., 1993)
College of Business Administration, Seoul National University (B.S., 1991)