Ryutaro’s practice focuses on international tax planning for Japanese multinational companies. Ryutaro advises Japanese companies on cross border tax planning which involves the development of tax-efficient capital structures, maximizing foreign tax credit positions, and managing the Japanese Controlled Foreign Corporation (CFC) rule and tax consolidation regime to reduce clients' effective tax rates. This requires expertise of both Japanese tax advice and advice in relation to the jurisdictions in which these companies operate. Ryutaro has also provided inheritance tax planning services to wealthy Japanese individuals. Recently, much of his work has also been related to outbound M&A. The balance of Ryutaro’s practice is approximately 70% Japanese law, and 30% foreign law. Prior to joining our firm, Ryutaro worked as a tax director of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Tokyo office from 1995 to 2006. In this role, he worked substantially with the Deloitte offices in the US, UK, Netherlands, China, Singapore and Thailand. Throughout his career he has achieved in developing and maintaining good client relationships in the finance, trading company, energy and manufacturing industries. Ryutaro has been invited to speak on international taxation and cross border private equity investment at events sponsored by, among others, the Association of Taxation Analysis. His publications include “Taxation of holding company” and “Taxation of e-commerce”. Ryutaro has been registered as a licensed Japanese Tax Attorney (Zeirishi) since 1995. *　"Partner" as referred to in this material represents a senior-level professional who would be responsible for case management in each practice area, and does not mean profit-sharing members of the partnership.