Lee, Chang Hee
Professor of Law
Seoul National Univ. College of Law

Prof. Lee, Chang Hee, LL.M. (Harvard) S.J.D. (Harvard), is Professor of Law (Taxation) at Seoul National University. He was also Visiting Professor of Law for the New York University School of Law (2006-2007); the Harvard Law School (2005-2006); and the University of Tokyo (2001-2002). He was former Professor of Taxation in Dongguk University, Seoul (1995-1997). He completed his LL.B. in the Seoul National University, College of Law. He is a member of the New York Bar (1992), and a Certified Public Accountant (1982).

Prof. Lee has published extensively on taxation issues, in Korean, English, and Japanese. His works include: Korean Law: What and How to Teach, in Korean Law and Globalization (2006); Impact of E-Commerce on Allocation of Tax Revenue between Developed and Developing Countries (1999, updated 2004); Law and Taxation of Corporate Merger and Division in Korea (2003), among others. Japanese publications include: Rise and Decline of the Realization Principle in Market and Organization (2005); Analytical Frame of Tax Policy (2002); and Amendment to the Korea-Japan Tax Treaty (1997). Before entering the academy, he worked as an associate for Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, D.C. (1994-1995) and the Law Offices of Min, Sohn & Kim, Seoul (1985-1990).

He is currently Member of the Tax System Development Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Korea. He was member of the Estate and Gift Tax Reform Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Korea from 2003-2004; Member of the Supervisory Committee, Securities and Futures Commission (1998-2000, 2002-2005); He was recently awarded the Presidential Medal (geunjeong pojang) in 2007 for excellent merits in public service.