Makoto Sakai

Practice Areas

M&A, tax, Private Client / Wealth Management

Career

- with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Los Angeles (2009-2010)

- Review Officer (International Examination), Review Division (Large Enterprise Examination Department), Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau (2011-2013)

Professional Memberships

Admitted in Japan, 2004; New York, 2010. Daini-Tokyo Bar Association; Registered as Licensed Tax Accountant, 2015.

Publications

“Q&A Anti-Tax Haven Rules in Practice” Zeimu Keiri Kyokai, 2019; "The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2023-Japan Chapter” The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2023, 2023; "Comprehensive Analysis of M& A Laws of Japan, 2nd edition" Yuhikaku Publishing, 2022.

Personal

Graduated from the University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2003); Cornell University Law School (LL.M., 2009).