Keitaro Uzawa

Of Counsel

About

Areas of FocusLife Sciences Media, Sport and Entertainment Corporate Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations Mergers and Acquisitions Tax

Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law admitted with the Supreme Court of New YorkBengoshi registered with the Tokyo Bar AssociationsZeirishi registered with Japan Federation of Certified Public Tax Accountants' Associations

EXPERIENCE

Representing various Japanese multinational manufacturers in their bilateral APAs and MAP cases with various countries, including US, Canada and Thailand, and providing broad Japanese law/tax advice in connection therewith.
Advising a multinational manufacturer of scales and analytical instruments in connection with defense documentation upon their transfer pricing model restructuring.
Providing advice on international tax restructuring and transfer pricing analysis, including benchmarking and modelling of various transactions, to a global semiconductor manufacturer.
Providing Japanese tax and transfer pricing advice on converting their Japan subsidiary into a limited risk distributor for a Swedish wood product company.
Representing a Japanese subsidiary of a US based multinational e commerce service provider with respect to the tax dispute pending at the National Tax Tribunal.
Defending offshore mobile telecommunication service providers from Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in connection with their Japanese consumption tax refund claims.
Representing a global medical device manufacturer in its tax audit by and the agreement with Tokyo Customs with respect to the customs valuation on imported goods.
Advising a US-based online platformer with respect to their legal and regulatory issues for their Japan Business.
Representing a Japanese subsidiary of an Indian IT company with respect to the litigation brought by the former president.
Representing a US-based computer software company with respect to the copyright infringement litigation against a Japanese medical device manufacturer.
Advising a Japanese solar energy EPC company with respect to the commercial litigation in Texas, US brought by the supplier.
Representing a global rental office service provider in the acquisition of a local rental office service provider.
Representing a Japanese electronic device manufacturer in the asset acquisition in the US from a global semiconductor manufacture.
Representing a global semiconductor manufacturer in the acquisition of a part of semiconductor business from Japanese multinational electronics corporation through a joint venture.
Advising an international gemmological grading institute with regard to its Japan operations, including tax issues associated with educational institutes and non-profit entities operating in Japan.