Experience

Atsumi & Sakai

• Japan
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Dec 2010 - Present

  Responsible for sourcing and handling a wide variety of corporate transactions such as M&As, subsidiary dispostion, real estate transactions, etc. Responsible for all incoming tax work. Responsible for sourcing and handling a wide variety of corporate transactions such as M&As, subsidiary dispostion, real estate transactions, etc. Responsible for all incoming tax work.



Baker McKenzie

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Mar 2008 - Nov 2010

  Handled all kinds of tax issues as member of a stand-alone tax practice team; frequently assited other practice teams on various corporate and financial transactions from both legal and tax perspectives Handled all kinds of tax issues as member of a stand-alone tax practice team; frequently assited other practice teams on various corporate and financial transactions from both legal and tax perspectives



Mizuho

• Japan
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  - Vice President at the Investment Banking Products Group- Worked as an investment banker responsible for developing and marketing financial products/solutions - Vice President at the Investment Banking Products Group- Worked as an investment banker responsible for developing and marketing financial products/solutions



Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

• Japan
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 2000 - Aug 2007

  Worked in a variety of fields, especially M&As, general corporate, taxation, private equity investments, structured finance, and banking/financial regulations.Representative projects include:- Assisted a major Japanese investment bank with 54 Billion Yen IPO transaction listing a major communication company in April 2001 (global placement in European and the US markets). - Assisted Japanese "mega" banks with various offshore structured finance transactions, including 1.5 Trillion Yen asset backed commercial paper issue by Cayman SPC in March 2002, rated P-1 by Moody’s.- Advised a US-based major investment bank in a 4.7 Trillion Yen merger transaction in July 2002 between two major Japanese insurance companies.- Assisted a Japanese "mega" bank with 250 Billion Yen loan transaction in March 2003.- Represented a trust bank in litigation against a trust beneficiary regarding the fiduciary duty of the trustee in relation to a securitization transaction.- Represented a government division to claim tax refunds to foreign tax authorities (mainly the US and UK authorities) based on sovereign immunity.- Represented a foreign government offering Yen denominated sovereign bonds in Japan.