Nishimura & Asahi

Tax and finance practice

LPC Partner, Tokyo

Tsuyoshi Ito is a partner at Nishimura & Asahi LPC, and a member of our Tax team and Finance team. With over 20 years’ experience in a wide variety of practice areas, he has significant experience in tax counseling and tax controversies, and has represented major corporations in many tax disputes and tax lawsuits.

Tsuyoshi Ito has significant experience in tax counseling and tax controversies and has represented major corporations in numerous tax disputes and tax lawsuits. In March 2021, he won a significant corporate tax dispute that challenged a tax assessment of approximately USD 367 million in taxable income before the Tokyo High Court after a protracted seven-year battle. In August 2014, he won a tax dispute involving securitization transactions of domestic housing loans before the Tokyo High Court. In addition to excellent achievements in major tax disputes, he generally advises on domestic and cross-border taxation issues in various transactions, such as M&A, joint ventures, fund formation and equity/debt investments.

Japanese, English

2008 | Admitted in New York 2000 | Admitted in Japan

2007 | New York University School of Law (LL.M.) 1999 | The University of Tokyo (LL.B.)