Sakai among Mori Hamada & Matsumoto promotions

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Sakai among Mori Hamada & Matsumoto promotions

Makoto Sakai has been promoted to partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto.

His is the only tax promotion at the firm, which has named nine new partners as well as announcing three promotions to of counsels and two special counsels.

Sakai has worked in New York, and was seconded to the review division (large enterprise examination department) of the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau as a review officer between 2011 and 2013.

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