Makoto Sakai
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Tax: Bengoshi
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About
Provided by Makoto Sakai
Practice Areas
M&A, tax, Private Client / Wealth Management
Career
- with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles (2009-2010)
- Review Officer (International Examination), Review Division (Large Enterprise Examination Department), Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau (2011-2013)
Professional Memberships
Admitted in Japan, 2004; New York, 2010. Daini-Tokyo Bar Association; Registered as Licensed Tax Accountant, 2015.
Publications
“Q&A Anti-Tax Haven Rules in Practice” Zeimu Keiri Kyokai, 2019; "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2023-Japan Chapter” The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2023, 2023; "Comprehensive Analysis of M& A Laws of Japan, 2nd edition" Yuhikaku Publishing, 2022.
Personal
Graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2003); Cornell University Law School (LL.M., 2009).
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Makoto Sakai handles a broad range of tax mandates, including defending audits and challenging assessments by the National Tax Agency, in addition to a variety of contentious tax mandates. He also advises on the taxation elements of large-scale M&A deals.
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Makoto was very familiar with international taxation. It was complex work but he handled it very professionally."
"Makoto was very familiar with international taxation. It was complex work but he handled it very professionally."
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