Mr. Namkyu Kang started his law practice at Yulchon LLC in 2005 as an associate in Yulchon’s Tax Group and eventually became a partner there. In 2017 he founded the GAON LAW GROUP.

Mr. Kang is especially renowned for his very successful client representations in tax dispute matters, both in administrative appeals as well as in litigation before the courts. Representative tax appeal cases include a Tax Tribunal case for Samsung Electronics MCP / DDP, a Tax Tribunal case on eBay-Gmarket discount coupon value-added tax, an appeal on the imposition of additional taxes despite the reduced/exempt tax ruling for high-tech status for Hyundai Motor Company, a pre-assessment review of corporate tax on STX Heavy Industries, a Tax Tribunal case of LG Chem transfer pricing taxation, and a Mastercard royalty withholding tax audit and tax appeal case. The litigation cases that he won ran the spectrum of tax issues, including a Samsung SDS bonds with warrant gift tax case, a case of securities transaction tax for City Group’s acquisition of Hanmi Bank’s DR, an Aekyung Group owner family’s local tax case, Shinhan Bank and Korea Exchange Bank’s JPY swap deposit cases, Kookmin Bank and others’ education tax cases, a Tower Palace capital gain tax case, and a gold bullion value-added tax case. In particular, Mr. Kang has an impressive roster of tax cases he won before the Supreme Court of Korea: in 2014, Mr. Kang won a leading case concerning comprehensive gift through a profitable corporation; from 2015 through 2016, he won four cases that the clients had lost at the administrative court and appellate court levels (two international tax cases, one value-added tax case and another inheritance and gift tax case), consecutively getting each of the four cases reversed and remanded by the Supreme Court.

In addition to his experience in dispute resolution, Mr. Kang has provided tax-related legal advice on a wide range of areas, including requests for rulings, tax planning and other tax matters. He also holds expertise in personal international tax issues based on his work experience in the U.S. Mr. Kang is a leader in the tax legal industry for his active participation in various academic and tax policy think tanks and associations.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Kang is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.