Masato Iwajima

Certified Public Accountant, Certified Public Tax Accountant

Professional Experience:
Masato has over 20 years of cross-boarder M&A tax experience in Japan and US advising PE funds & portfolio companies on their funding/ acquisition/ PMI/ cash repatriation/ exit planning/ carve-out etc. He covers a broad cross-section of transaction tax issues including M&A taxation, group aggregation, entity taxation, tax treaties/MLI etc.

Representative Credentials:
Led various transactions with various issues including TOB/ minority squeeze-out, LBO/MBO, carve-out, co-investment, turnaround etc by domestic and foreign based private equity funds in terms of buy-side/sell-side due diligence/ structuring/ contract documentation advices etc
Led various transactions with various issues including bolt-on acquisition, global carve-out, JV formation, turnaround etc by portfolio companies of domestic and foreign based private equity funds in terms of due diligence/ structuring/ contract documentation advices etc.