Practice Areas

M&A / General Corporate
Cross-border Transaction
Startup / Innovation
Litigation / Dispute Resolution
Taxation

Education and Experience

Osaka University, School of Law (LL.B., 2005)
Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, 2015)
Harvard University, Kennedy School (Comparative Policy Program, 2015)
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Foley & Lardner LLP (United States), Visiting Attorney, 2015
Nishith Desai Associates (Singapore), Visiting Attorney, 2016
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (Singapore), Visiting Attorney, 2016

Professional Activities

Supreme Court of Japan, Legal Training and Research Institute, 2006-2007
Japan Tax Jurisprudence, 2013-Present
Uniform CPA Exam, Subject Passed (REG), 2014
JETRO, Cross-border Transaction Counsel, 2018-2019
Independent Director, Listed Company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), 2020 - 2021
Doshisha University Law School, Lecturer (International Tax Law), 2022-2023
Advisor, Nihonbashi Opera Association, 2023-Present

Publications

“Easy-to-understand Guide to Corporate Law,” Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing (Revised, 2020)
“Q&A in Solutions to Business Problems,” Shinnippon-Hoki Publishing (Revised, 2020)
"Cross-border Business Support; Singapore and Asia," Business Law Journal, August 2016
"Tax Governance as Corporate Social Responsibility," Business Law Journal, August 2017

Seminars

Past Seminars

• “Introduction to International Inheritance,” May 22, 2024

• “Investment-in and Alliance-with Startups,”sponsored by JSDA, July 14, 2020

• “Nuts and Bolts of Cross-border Transaction,” May 16, 2019

• “English Language Contracts (Advance),” March 6 and 13, 2019

• “Legal Workshop for International Business,” sponsored by JETRO, February 27, 2019

• “English Language Contracts (Basic),” December 10 and 12, 2018

• “Practice for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation),” April 24, 2018

• “Nuts and Bolts of English Language Contracts,”sponsored by JETRO, March 1, 2018

• “Virtual Currency: Laws and Practice,” February 15, 2018

• “Impact of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation),” November 14, 2017

• “Singapore Law Seminar,” March 15, 2017

• “Nuts and Bolts of English Language Contracts,” sponsored by JETRO, January 25, 2017

Awards / Honors Banner

The Best Lawyers in Japan 2025, International Business Transactions

Bar Admissions

Japan, 2007
New York, 2016

Languages

Japanese & English