Young Uk Park is a partner of the Tax & Customs Group. He works primarily in the areas of M&A related taxes, real estate taxes, international taxes and other corporate-related tax matters. Clients whom he has successfully represented as leading counsel in tax and corporate transactions include, among others, Samsung Group, SK Group, CJ Group, LG Electronics, AIG, Lotte Shopping, Posco, LG Phillips LCD, Korean Airlines, Seoul National University, and the National Tax Service.
Mr. Park was admitted as a Certified Public Accountant in 1993. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2002, he worked at Samil Accounting Corporation (PWC, 1993-1994), and Youngwha Accounting Corporation (E&Y, 1994-1997).
Mr. Park was admitted to the Korean Bar in 1999. He received a B.A. in Economics from Seoul National University, and an LLM from the University of Washington (Seattle) School of Law (LL.M in Taxation, 2009). From 2000 to 2002, he completed his legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea.