Hitomi Sakai

Practice Areas

International Inheritance and Estate Planning, Business Succession, Disputes related to Inheritances.

Labor and Employment.

Professional Memberships

The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (“TIAETL”), Academician

 Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners ("STEP"), TEP, Hong Kong Branch

 International Fiscal Association (“IFA”), Japan Branch

 Japan Association of the Law of Trust

 Hawaii Tax Institute (“HTI”), Advisory Board for US-Japan programme

 New York State Bar Association

 Daini Tokyo Bar Association & Japan Federation of Bar Association

Publications

 “Japan: Treatment of foreign organizations (including private foundations) and trusts in Japan” in Trusts & Trustees journal, Oxford University Press, May 2024;

 “Private Client Comparative Guide – Japan” (Mondaq; March 2024)

 “Country Comparative Guides-Japan: Private Client” (Legal 500, Comparative Guide, 2022)

 Legal practice for high net worth clients and inheritance tax in foreign countries (Specific Topic) (International Taxation, Zeimu Kenkyukai, 2022)

 “International Inheritance and Tax” (Liberty & Justice, Japan Federation of Bar Associations 2022)

 Practical Law Global Guide: “Private Client in Japan: overview” co-author (Thomson Reuters, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017)

 “Legal and Tax Practice for International Inheritance” (co-author, Zeimu Kenkyukai, 2020, 2014) (in Japanese)

 “A taxing estate” (Step Journal, STEP, May, 2020)

 “100 Rules for Asset Diversification (Not to lose your money!)" (co-author, Zaikei Shouhou-sha, 2019) (in Japanese)

 "Timeshare"-Exit Strategy for Offshore Assets" (in Tax Accountant Newsletter dated July 25, 2019 (vol. 1635), NP Tsushin-sha, 2019) (in Japanese)

 “Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2015/2016, Japan Chapter”, English, co-author (Practical Law Company, 2015)

Languages Spoken

English and Japanese

Awards