South Korean Big Six firm Yulchon has continued its recent expansion by poaching four seasoned M&A partners from Yoon & Yang. The quartet includes Sung-Jin Kim, the former head of the M&A practice at Yoon & Yang, along with Kayoung Kim, Hyerim Kang, and Junghwan Lee.
While Korea s first law on cryptocurrency, Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users, is scheduled for implementation this July, the nation still trails behind global powers in providing legal frameworks for the advancement of the virtual asset industry, intellectual property (IP) lawyers from a major law firm say.
Kyu Dong is a partner primarily focusing on international tax matters who co-leads Yulchon’s international tax team.He has more than 24 years of tax experience and extensive knowledge of all cross-border tax matters, including transfer pricing issues, with a particular focus on information and communication technology clients and structuring overseas fund investments into South Korea, as well as overseas investments of South Korean companies.Before joining Yulchon, Kyu Dong worked with PwC in London and Seoul. He is an active member of the South Korean branch of the International Fiscal Association and a member of two investment committees of the National Pension Fund.
Competition is heating up among major law firms in Korea to take the lead in the market for legal services offered to Korean companies interested in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, according to industry officials, Thursday.
Seoul-headquartered law firm Yulchon has welcomed Sang Mook Kang, a former senior prosecutor with the Busan District Prosecutor’s Office, as a partner.