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Choi, Wan
Introduction
Wan Choi is a partner of Tax Practice at Yulchon. Mr. Choi earned his B.A. in business administration from Seoul National University and qualified as certified accountant in 2006. He passed the first bar exam after completing J.D. program Seoul University School of Law. He served as accountant at Samil PwC. Currently, he is practicing in the areas of finance, real estate, and local tax handling various tax litigations and providing legal advice.
- 2012 Seoul National University School of Law, J.D.
- 2003 Seoul National University, Business Administration, B.A.
- 2012-present Partner, Yulchon LLC
- 2006-2009 Samil Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- 2012 Admitted to Bar , Republic of Korea
- 2006 Certified Public Accountant , Republic of Korea
Korean, English
Representative Matters
- 2019 Successfully represented a client seeking cancellation of designating the grantor of stock trust as secondary person liable for tax payment
- 2019 Successfully represented four commercial banks seeking cancellation of corporate income withholding tax assessment on Refund Guarantees
- 2018 Successfully represented an American Project Management company in a an action for revocation of VAT imposition in connection with SOFA
- 2017 Successfully represented 2 appraisal firms in an action for revocation of designation as an appraisal institution whose appraisal of market price is not approved
- 2017 Successfully represented S Capital in an action for revocation of withholding tax imposition on corporate tax for interest income of a specialized credit finance firm
- 2017 Successfully represented affiliates of S Financial Group in an action for revocation regarding inclusion as deductible expenses of corporate tax on the differences after exercise of stock options that the parent company granted to officers and employees of its subsidiary
- 2017 Reviewed tax issues in connection with improvement projects conducted by a real estate trust firm
- 2016 Successfully represented Company K in an action for revocation of corporate tax imposition for a merger
- 2016 Successfully represented a trust company A in an action for revocation of acquisition tax imposition in connection with acquisition tax relief for logistics business by a trust real estate firm
- 2016 Successfully represented 2 commercial banks in an action for revocation of withholding tax on dividend income from gold banking
News/Publications
“Korean Court Allows Will-Substitute Trust to Avoid Mandatory Inheritance Rules,” Tax Notes International, Volume 99 Number 13(2020)
