Michael H. Shikuma

Michael H. Shikuma specializes in international tax and cross-border estate planning in Japan, the US, and the Asia-Pacific region. With over 25 years of professional practice experience, he assists individuals and cross-border families with multi-jurisdiction asset holdings in developing tax-efficient structures for holding assets in various jurisdictions and minimizing gift, estate and inheritance taxes. In addition, he assists with cross-border probate and succession procedures and tax compliance for decedents with cross-border families and/or assets. He also assists entrepreneurs, SMEs, global companies, and investment funds with tax planning for cross-border corporate restructuring, investment and financing structures, and mergers and acquisitions, in Japan, the US, and the Asia- Pacific region. He has extensive US federal and state income, sales, and transfer tax experience, as well as experience in representing individual and corporate clients in tax controversy cases.