Sung-Eun Stephan Kim > Dentons Lee > Seoul, South Korea > Lawyer Profile

Sung-Eun Stephan Kim

+82 2 2262 6065 [email protected]

Work Department

Mergers Acquisitions, Overseas Investment, Tax Litigation, Capital Markets, Customs Advice

Position

Senior Attorney (Admitted to New York and New Jersey Bars)

Career

Senior Attorney (admitted to New York and New Jersey Bars), Dentons Lee (formerly Lee International Law Office), 2014-present
Managing Partner, Tax, KPMG Korea, 2000-2004
Regional Tax Partner, KPMG Asia Pacific, 2004-2006
Lead foreign attorney, Sojong Partners, 1999-2000, 2006-2014

Languages

English, Korean

Memberships

New York State Bar
New Jersey Bar

Education

New York University, 1985, LL.M., Taxation

Georgetown University Law Center, 1981, JD, Honors, The Prentice-Hall Award in Taxation

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, 1975, BS, Economics

Personal

Sung-Eun Stephan Kim is a member of the Corporate, Real Estate, Tax and Customs practice groups.

Mr. Kim handles complex international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial arrangements, particularly those involving the US, the EU and Korea. He has advised in relation to acquisitions and disposals of both private and public companies, listings on KRX.

He also focuses on the corporate aspects of restructuring and distressed assets transactions and real estate deals, whether undertaken in the US, the UK or Korea.

Mr. Kim also advises international tax and customs issues that are related to international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and commercial arrangements.