Senior Foreign Attorney
TEL |
+82-2-6386-6627 |
E-MAIL |
tom.kwon@leeko.com |
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Tom KWON律师主要从事投资基金及韩国境内外企业的各种税务咨询服务。在税务相关领域,Tom KWON律师主要从事外商投资及境外投资收购结构、国际交易结构及境外基金结构的设计与调整,以及并购相关税收业务。除此之外,Tom KWON律师同样也在投资者保护相关税务纠纷案件中提供税务咨询。
Tom KWON律师在韩国及美国拥有12年以上的国际税收相关服务经验,在加入广场律师事务所之前,Tom KWON律师曾担任德勤并购税务团队理事,参与2008年以后韩国境内外私募基金在韩国的大规模并购交易(代理买方或卖方)。此外,Tom KWON律师还在纽约当地律所处理过诸多企业诉讼相关业务,在会计师事务所进行过资产管理及基金业务。
Tom KWON律师于2009年至2016年期间担任IBFD Permanent Establishment database韩国部的首席作者及编辑人员。
另外,Tom KWON律师就韩国税收相关主题进行过多次讲演并发表了多数论文。
学历
1994 |
U. Penn Law School J.D. |
1990 |
Columbia University (College) B.A. |
经历
2016-至今 |
韩国广场律师事务所(Lee&Ko) |
2008–2016 |
Deloitte Anjin LLC |
2004-2008 |
Deloitte Tax LLP |
2003-2004 |
PwC |
1999-2003 |
Ernst & Young LLP |
1994-1996 |
Sacks Montgomery P.C |
主要业务方向
国际税收 |
企业并购 |
不动产 |
税务咨询及树立税务战略 |
金融税务 |
权威解释及立法咨询 |
境外投资 |
私募投资 |
金融 |
税务稽查应对及税务诊断 |
税务审查ㆍ判决 |
资格/会员
美国纽约州注册会计师(1999) |
美国纽约州律师(1995) |
语言
主要业绩
- Representing Biogen, Inc. on the sale of its interest in Samsung Bioepis, a biosimilar JV, to Samsung Biologics.
- Advised a United Arab Emirates state-owned holding company with respect to its investment in Korean real property.
- Representing LG Household & Health Care with respect to claim for tax refund of withholding tax on the purchase of Johnson & Johnson Inc.'s oral care business in North America and Europe.
- Represented Office Depot Inc. with respect the tax audit on the sale of its Korean subsidiary to Excelsior Capital Asia
- Represented Gate Energy on the tax audit related to its supply of engineering services to Hyundai Heavy Industries and Samsung Heavy Industries.
- Represented Shinhan Financial Group on the application for refund of withholding tax in the U.S.
- Advised AIG with respect to its tax insurance product related to the IPO sale of Hyundai Rotem shares by Morgan Stanley Private Equity.
- Represented SK E&C, a large Korean construction engineering company, with respect to sale of its partnership interest in a U.S. joint venture to Korea Midland Power Co.
- Represented France-based Saint-Gobain, on the carve-out, spin-off and sale of its commercial glass business to Glenwood, a Korean private equity firm.
- Represented BPEA Real Estate on the establishment of a Korean real estate fund.
- Advised PAG real estate fund in relation to the tax issues related on the sale of large commercial building in Seoul.
- Represented Headland Capital Partners in relation to application for refund of capital gains tax from its divestment from Youngtoys, Inc. and SK Shipping Co.
获奖经历
2024 |
Recognized as “Highly Regarded” Lawyer in General corporate tax by International Tax Review (ITR) World Tax 2025 edition |
著作/发表
- Tax Considerations of Pre-deal Restructuring: Adding Value to Your Strategy (Deloitte M&A Tax Briefs, 31 May 2016)
- Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance releases the long-awaited ruling regarding the application of tax treaty benefits to PEF (Deloitte Tax Alert, January 2016)
- Korea: VAT to apply to digital services provided by foreign service providers (Deloitte World Tax Advisor, 15 June 2015)