Eric Roose

Practice Areas

Eric leads our Tokyo office and also our international corporate tax practice in the Asia-Pacific region from our Singapore office.

His practice involves advising clients on a broad range of international tax planning and corporate tax advisory matters including investment funds, M&A, cross-border transactions, real estate investments, data centres, renewable energy projects and technology matters. He specializes in structuring investment funds focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, and has significant experience in structuring funds to invest into the Asia Pacific region. Eric has advised clients in over $60 billion of international corporate, real estate and private equity transactions.

In addition, he regularly advises ultra high-net-worth individuals on Japan income and inheritance tax planning and is particularly knowledgeable in the taxation of and use of foreign trusts in regard to Japan.

His clients include leading global investment funds sponsors, investors, MNCs, technology companies, enterpreneurs and ultra high-net-worth individuals.

Having worked in Asia for over 25 years, he is well-versed in the taxation of cross-border transactions involving the US, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, New Zealand and China.

Eric graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois, College of Law, where he ranked first in his class. Eric is qualified as a foreign licensed lawyer in Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom, and is a Singapore Accredited Tax Adviser. Eric is also licensed as a CPA in Illinois and Hawaii.