Seok Hoon Kang

Career

Seok Hoon Kang is a Managing Partner of Yulchon who practices primarily in the areas of taxation, especially specialized in tax litigation. Prior to this leadership role, he served as the Head of Yulchon’s Tax Practice. Before joining Yulchon, he served as a judge at various courts for 17 years, including the Southern Branch of the Seoul District Court, the Seoul Civil District Court, the Andong Branch of the Daegu District Court, the Northern Branch of the Seoul District Court, and the Seoul High Court. He has been specializing his research in tax law research and analysis for four years as a research judge and a chief research judge at the Supreme Court of Korea. Furthermore, he was a lecturer in tax law at the Judicial Research and Training Institute for two years. For last three years, he has been giving lectures to judges specializing in taxation law. Mr. Kang received his LL.B. degree from Seoul National University and his LL.M. from Seoul National University and the Georgetown University Law School. He has authored many publications, including "Precedents and Interpretation Theory on Deemed Gift of Stock Registered Under a Third Party Nominee" (2006); "A Study on Disposition of Income and Alteration of Income Amount Notice" (2006); "Application of Denial of Unfair Transaction Rules to Unfair Merger after Stock Transfer: Judgment on Other Types of Granting Benefits"(2005); "Review of 2005 Corporate Income Tax Law Cases" (2006); and "Automobile Dispute between United States and Korea: Limits of Section 301 under the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System."

Personal

Education

1998 Georgetown University Law School, LL.M.

1990 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

1988 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law, LL.M.

1986 Seoul National University, LL.B.

Experience

2007-present Yulchon LLC

2024-Present President, International Fiscal Association Korea

2017-2022 Member, Committee on Assessment of Local Tax Established Rule, Ministry of the Interior and Safety

2016-2022 Member, Committee on Tax System Development, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2016-2022 Member, Committee on Imposts Review, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2013-2015 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Public Administration and Security

2013-2014 Lecturer, Tax Law program, Yonsei University

2010-2014 Legal Advisor, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2010-2013 Lecturer, Korea University Law School

2009-2016 Lecturer, Seoul National University

2009-2014 Member of the National Tax Law Review Board, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2009-2011 Vice President, Regional Tax Association

2009-2011 Member, Management Evaluation for Public Facilities, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2009-2011 Member, Review Committee for National Tax Appeals, Seoul Regional Tax Office

2009 Member, Task Force for Revising the Punishment of Tax Evaders Act, Ministry of Strategy and Finance

2008-2019 Lecturer, Graduate Tax Accounting Program, University of Seoul

2007-2019 Lecturer, Tax Law program, Judicial Research and Training Institute

2007-2014 Legal Interpreter, Office of Legislation

2007 Consultant, Regional Tax Law Restructuring Commission

2005 Director, District Court Section, Legal Research Department, Supreme Court of Korea

2003 Legal Researcher, Supreme Court of Korea

2002 Judge, Seoul High Court

1999 Judge, Seoul Northern District Court

1997 Judge, Seoul District Court of Civil Law

1994 Judge, Andong Branch of Daegu District Court

1992 Judge, Seoul District Court of Civil Law

1990 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court