Takashi Tezuka

Associate

03-6888-1166
03-6888-3166

Practice

Taxation matters as well as Litigation, Corporate Risk Management and Compliance, International Trade Law and Customs Act, Administrative and Local Government related matters.

Practice Groups

・Corporate Transaction Group
・Litigation Practice Group
・Intellectual Property Law Group
・Competition Law Group
・Tax Law Group

Publications/Lectures

Publications
・	"Japan Tax Reform Includes the Possible Introduction of a New International Taxation Regime Called "Excessive Interest Payment Taxation"," (Practical International Tax Strategies, Volume 12 Number 12, December 2011)
・	Frontiers of Transfer Pricing (Yuhikaku, 2011) (co-author)
・	"Japanese Catch-All Anti-Avoidance Rules & the Potential Impact on Corporate Reorganizations," (Practical International Tax Strategies, Volume 12 Number 6, June 2011) (co-author)
・	"The Amendment to Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, stricter compliance with customer identification," (Ginkgo Jitsumu, August 2011) (co-author)
・	"Case note on the supreme court case in which the supreme court ruled in favor of the taxpayer that the heir is a resident of Japan based on the facts and circumstances of the case," (Business Homu, June 2011)
・	"Japan to amend Transfer Pricing Regime-Restrictions on Government Use of Secret Comparables; Changes End Priority of Transitional Methods," (Practical International Tax Strategies, Volume 15 Number 5, March 2011) (co-author)
・	"Japan's Proposed 2011 Tax Reform: Significant Impact Expected on Transfer Pricing," (Practical Asian Tax Strategies, Volume 12 Number 2, February 2011) (co-author)
・	Q&A International and Domestic Taxation of Intellectual Property Transaction (Chuo Keizai-sha, 2010)
・	"Responding Effectively to Tax Audit and Disputes, and Classification of Damage Compensation from Tax Perspective," (Business Homu, November 2010) (co-author)
・	"Avoid Unexpected Tax Risk-Issues and Counter Measures in Advancing into Asian Countries," (Business Homu, October 2010) (co-author)
・	"Various Types of Civil Actions - Administrative Litigation," (in "Civil Procedure in Japan" Ch. 9) (Juris Publishing, March 2010)
・	"Tax Treatment for Spin-Offs Under Japan's Revised Revitalization Law," (Tax Notes International, September 2003) (co-author)
Lectures
・	"Introduction to Transfer Pricing Taxation - Failure of Mutual Agreement Procedure applied for by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company," lectured at a seminar organized by the Committee on Improvement of Legal Services, Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association (December 2011)
・	"Taxation of group companies regime newly enacted in 2010," lectured at a seminar organized by the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (November 2010)
・	"Taxation of group companies regime newly enacted in 2010," lectured lectured at a seminar organized by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (November 2010)
・	"Tax Practice in Asian countries and International Taxation in Japan~Focusing on China and India~," lectured at a seminar organized by Financial Management Forums, Inc. (October 2010)
・	"One point lesson on the new tax system regarding group companies," lectured at a seminar organized by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (September 2010)
Comments
・	"UPDATE 2-Japan court approves plan for failed lender Takefuji," (Reuters.com (July 22, 2011))

Education

The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1996); graduate study, Harvard Law School (International Tax Program, 2000); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2001-2002.

Professional Admissions

・New York (2000)
・Japan (2002)

Professional and Academic Associations

・Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
・New York State Bar Association
・Served for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (1996-2001)
・Adjunct Lecturer, Kyushu University Graduate School of Law (2008-present)

Languages

・ Japanese (first language)
・ English