Koichi Inoue
Partner

Contact

(T) +81.3.6800.1816
(F) +81.3.5401.2725

Education

  • Cornell University (LL.M. 1988); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (Graduate 1984); Tokyo University (LL.B. 1982)

Bar Admissions

  • Japan

Since 1984, Koichi Inoue has practiced in the field of international transactions, investments, and dispute resolutions, with primary emphasis on Japanese tax law. His tax experience consists primarily of providing analysis and advice to clients in relation to their commercial transactions and restructurings and representing taxpayers in complicated administrative proceedings and tax litigation.

Koichi, together with colleagues in other Jones Day offices, advises multinational companies on complicated tax issues in transactions involving two or more jurisdictions and helps plan and implement the restructuring of their global operations. His experience spans a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, manufacturing, real estate development, financial institutions, and software industries.

Koichi regularly writes and lectures on tax and related subjects. Among other publications, he is a coauthor of Tax Aspects of Transactions with Foreign Corporations (4th ed. 2009) and The Interrelation between Tax Treaties and Domestic Tax Law (2nd ed. 2011). He also has served as a visiting professor of Chuo Graduate School of Accounting and a lecturer of Aoyama Business Law Graduate School.


Honors & Distinctions

  • Named in The Best Lawyers International (2009 and 2010) for Japan/tax

    Co-winner of the 36th Academic Award by The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2008)

    Co-winner of the 30th Research Award by the Japan Tax Research Institute (2007)

Languages

English, Japanese
Koichi Inoue