Tax Advice and Planning

Successful tax planning to secure high-quality tax results and eliminate future tax risks by avoiding unexpected adverse tax consequences is now widely regarded as essential for management when engaging in any commercial transaction. Our tax lawyers have strong credentials and a wealth of experience in providing tax planning services that achieve optimal tax results for our clients, and are able to minimize any future tax risks through identifying the pitfalls frequently seen in practice, based upon our experience in tax disputes, with respect to any type of domestic or cross-border transaction that our firm handles, particularly those involving M&As, reorganization transactions, capital market transactions such as issuance of securities, among others, investment in real property and financial assets.

We not only provide legal advice through written opinions and other means on interpretation of tax laws and regulations based upon thorough research and our extensive practical experience in tax matters, but also, when appropriate in terms of the nature of the matter, frequently liaise with officials within the Japanese tax authority, utilizing the strength of our firm’s resource of tax professionals, with a view to obtaining greater certainty in respect of the enforcement of tax laws.