Tax: Bengoshi | Asia-Pacific

Atsushi Oishi is a highly respected taxation expert with a broad offering spanning transactional and regulatory work, including transfer pricing and audit matters, with additional expertise in tax disputes.

Eiichiro Nakatani is widely renowned as a seasoned tax practitioner. He regularly caters to the cross-border structural and transactional needs of sophisticated multinational corporates.

"He always sincerely consults with the client's point of view, and his attitude makes me feel his belief and sense of mission. In addition, he is highly regarded as an excellent lawyer who has extremely high legal interpretation skills and can respond with a sense of speed."

Yushi Hegawa is widely reputed to be a skilful disputes lawyer and is often called upon for high-stakes tax litigation. He also advises on the tax aspects of cross-border M&A deals.

Koji Fujita is a prominent figure in the tax field and specialises in transactional tax matters, as well as general business structuring. He is an expert in cross-border matters and also advises on policy and regulatory questions.

"A very competent and experienced tax lawyer with passion and integrity. His deep understanding of microeconomic theory provides a unique perspective to the work he performs. This is particularly a strong point in the area of transfer pricing given the importance of economic analysis in it."

"I am always grateful to be his client because of the depth of understanding of his clients' issues and the quality advice he always gives us."

Hidehiro Utsumi is co-head of TMI Associates' tax practice. He serves a diverse clientele spanning high net worth individuals and CEOs, corporates and both international and Japanese financial services clients in relation to both contentious and advisory tax matters.

Hideyuki Yamamoto is known as a specialist litigator and is respected in the market for his handling of tax disputes. His recent activity involves representing clients in transfer pricing litigation.

"He is an excellent tax lawyer who has not only technical knowledge of taxation, but also communication skills with customers and practical response skills."

"We highly appreciate that the responses are very quick and that he responds in line with our wishes as much as possible."

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.

Nobuaki Iwashina of TMI Associates is capable of handling a range of mandates, including litigation involving tax assessments and advice on structuring transactions.

Takashi Saida is noted as an experienced tax adviser on an array of transactions and disputes, with recent work spanning tax advice in relation to real estate projects and complex M&A.

"He is an extremely sharp lawyer and able to demonstrate excellent intuition when facing difficult issues. In addition, he has a warm personality and a very cautious character, making him a well-rounded professional in his field."

Hiroshi Oyama is commended by clients for his ability to calibrate advice based on his experience as a former secondee of the Japanese tax bureau. His practice ranges from audit and transfer pricing advice to tax planning and litigation.

Keitaro Uzawa is an of counsel at DLA Piper's Tokyo office who is adept at advising international corporates on the tax aspects of their Japanese transactions, as well as on JCT issues and transfer pricing.

Koichiro Yoshimura is an up-and-coming practitioner in Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu's tax practice. He regularly advises on a variety of tax issues involving global transactions, as well as tax litigation before Tokyo District Court.