Shimon Takagi is a licensed Japanese attorney-at-law (Bengoshi) since 1990; he is also admitted as a U.S. attorney in the State of New York. He handles matters in the areas of private and corporate clients, income, corporate and estate tax law, corporate transactions (acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances), structured finance (bank, asset-based and project finance), securities, real estate and commercial and tax litigation for Japanese and non-Japanese clients. Prior to starting his own firm in 2014, Mr. Takagi was a local partner for major international law firms from 1999-2014 (Baker & McKenzie 1999-2002, White & Case 2002-2014). From 1998-1999, he worked as the director of financial planning at a Swiss private bank.