Yong Whan Choi

Practice Areas

Yong Whan Choi is the Co-Head of Yulchon’s International Tax Team and a Partner of the Japan Team. Mr. Choi obtained his LL.M. specializing in International Tax Studies from New York University and his Ph.D. from Yonsei University. Having also worked at a Japanese law firm while on secondment, Mr. Choi has extensive experience in advising multinational corporations on their tax issues in the U.S. and Japan.

In particular, Mr. Choi has successfully advised numerous multinational corporations in not only the traditional industries such as the semiconductor, automobile and chemical industries, but also the platform and ICT industries (e.g., cloud, e-commerce), in relation to transfer pricing, permanent establishment, beneficial ownership, withholding tax, and restructuring issues, and also successfully represented these corporations before the Tax Tribunal and the Korean courts.

In addition, Mr. Choi has advised various foreign investment funds and domestic corporations in cross-border transactions and further represented them before the Tax Tribunal and the Korean courts. As a member of Yulchon’s Japan Team, Mr. Choi advised both Japanese and domestic corporations with regard to numerous in- and out-bound transactions.

Personal

Education

2019 Yonsei University, program in Law, Ph.D. in Law

2015 New York University School of Law, International taxation, LL.M.

2007 Judicial Research and Training Institute, the Supreme Court of Korea

2007 Yonsei University, LL.B.

2003 Yonsei University, M.A.

Experience

2010-Present Partner, Yulchon LLC

2017-Present Advisor, OECD BEPS Support Center

2023-Present Member of the Foreign Asset Management Committee, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

2019-Present Member of the Tax Advisory Committee, Seoul Japan Club

2015-2016 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan

2007-2009 Government Attorney, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office