About Seongjun Joo

Seongjun Joo is a partner leading the customs team within the tax practice group at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Mr Joo’s practice primarily focuses on matters involving customs law, including free trade agreements, foreign exchange issues, cryptocurrency, HS classification and origin verifications. Mr Joo has extensive experience in representing corporate clients before the Korean Customs Service, customs offices, the Tax Tribunal and the courts regarding customs-related matters. Mr Joo earned an LLB from Korea University, was admitted to the Korean Bar and completed the 34th Judicial Research and Training Institute course. He served as a commissioner of the National Tax Examination Committee of the National Tax Service Seodaemun District Tax Office, legal adviser at the Incheon Main Customs, commissioner of the Tariff Examination Committee of the Suwon Customs, commissioner of the Country of Origin Examination Committee of the Incheon Main Customs, and legal adviser at the Korea Tourism Organization, and currently serves as a commissioner of the Tariff Examination Committee of the Cheonan Customs, the member of the Customs Division of the Planning and Finance Government Tax Development Deliberation Committee under the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF).