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Eric is a partner in the private client and tax team and focuses on international corporate tax.

Eric leads our Tokyo office and focuses on international corporate and individual taxation. He also leads our international corporate tax practice in the Asia-Pacific region and serves as the Japan tax practice leader.

His practice involves advising clients on a broad range of international tax planning and corporate tax advisory matters including investment funds, M&A, cross-border transactions, real estate investments and technology matters. He specializes in structuring investment funds focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, and has significant experience in structuring funds using a Singapore treaty platform to invest into the Asia Pacific region. Eric has advised clients in over $50 billion of international corporate, real estate and private equity transactions.

In addition, he regularly advises ultra high-net-worth individuals on Japan income and inheritance tax planning and is particularly knowledgeable in the taxation of and use of foreign trusts in regards to Japan.

Eric is qualified as a foreign licensed lawyer in Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom. He is also licensed as a CPA in Illinois and Hawaii (not in public practice), and is an Singapore Accredited Tax Adviser on Income Tax.

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