Jun, Hwanjin
Hwanjin Jun is a tax lawyer with particular expertise in inheritance and gift tax matters, family business succession, and tax appeals. He graduated from the College of Law at Seoul National University and completed his master’s coursework at the same institution, after which he obtained his LL.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in the United States.
Introduction
Hwanjin Jun is a Partner and a member of the Inheritance and Gift Tax / Family Business Succession Team at Yulchon LLC. He advises clients on a broad range of tax matters, including inheritance and gift tax planning and family business succession strategies. Mr. Jun also advises and represents clients in tax appeals and litigation, and provides comprehensive tax consulting and tax audit defense services.
- 2016 Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M.
- 2010 Seoul National University School of Law, LL.M. (Coursework Completed)
- 2008 Judicial Research and Training Institute (37th Class)
- 2005 Seoul National University, College of Law, LL.B.
- 2025-present Yulchon LLC
- 2022-2025 Kim & Chang
- 2016-2017 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington D.C. Office
- 2011-2022 Yulchon LLC
- 2008-2011 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
- 2017 Admitted to Bar , New York
- 2011 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
Korean, English
Representative Matters
- [Tax]
- 2025 Successfully obtained a tax ruling on deemed dividends arising from a foreign corporation merger
- 2025 Successfully represented a virtual asset exchange in litigation seeking the cancellation of an “other income” tax assessment
- 2024 Successfully represented a multinational enterprise in seeking the cancellation of a permanent establishment-related VAT assessment
- 2023 Successfully obtained a tax ruling on the deferral of capital gains tax on a contribution in-kind
- 2020 Secured an acquittal in a tax criminal case arising from alleged collusion, and successfully represented the client in litigation seeking the cancellation of a corporate tax assessment
- 2019 Successfully represented a client in litigation seeking the cancellation of a corporate tax assessment relating to a refund guarantee for a shipbuilding contract
- 2017 Successfully represented a client in litigation seeking the cancellation a gift tax assessment issued under the deemed gift rules for nominee trust arrangements
- 2015 Obtained a landmark Supreme Court decision recognizing that the loss of realizability of dividend income following a dividend resolution constitutes grounds for a subsequent tax refund claim
- 2015 Obtained a Supreme Court decision recognizing that an audit conducted by a superior administrative authority constitutes an impermissible duplicate tax audit
Awards/Recognition
- 2022 Rising Stars, Tax, Legal Times
Speech/Presentation
- 2014 Individual Income Tax Act / Inheritance and Gift Tax Act, Tax Case Law Trends and Reassessment, Korean Tax Law Association
- 2013 The Hidden Punitive Function of Taxation and Its Constitutional Limits, Korean Tax Law Association
