Makiko Kawamura
Partner
Tokyo
- Language : Japanese, English
- Mail : makiko.kawamura@tkilaw.com
Makiko Kawamura is a partner at TKI. Prior to joining the firm, Makiko was a partner of International Transaction Tax Services at one of Big 4 accounting firm where she provided tax planning and tax advisory services etc. She was also a regional head of tax practice at a prominent global law firm and represented large multinational corporations, foreign governments and private equity funds for years.
Recognition
2025
Listed in The Best Lawyers in Japan 2026, Tax Law
2020-2022
Listed in The Best Lawyers in Japan, Tax Law (3 consecutive years)
2020, 2021
Selected as a Tax Leader in Japan by World Tax
2021
Selected as Highly regarded practitioners at World Transfer Pricing 2021
2016
Selected as "Lawyer with notable strength in real estate-related matters, VAT, regulatory issues and tax litigation, with substantial expertise in cross-border mandates" in the ”Asia Pacific Legal 500"
2014
Selected as "Rising Star" at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2014
EXPERIENCE
- 2004
- Clearly Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton Tokyo
- 2006
- O’Melveny & Myers Tokyo
- 2009
- DLA Piper Tokyo (Partner from 2014)
- 2021
- EY Tax / EY Law (Partner)
- Sep. 2024
- Joined Tokyo International Law Office
QUALIFICATION
- 2004 Japan (Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association)
- 2014 Certified Public Tax Accountant (Tokyo Certified Public Tax Accountant’s Association)
EDUCATION
- 2002
- LLM., Waseda Graduate School of Law
- 2008
- LLM in tax, New York University School of Law