Partner, KPMG Tax Corporation
Ban is a partner at KPMG Tax Corporation in Tokyo. He has more than 20 years of experience in serving financial services clients, primarily funds and asset managers, in Tokyo particularly in cross border transactions.
Ban has worked closely with the tax and legal teams at fund/asset managers, covering hedge funds, private equity and real estate funds, family offices and other financial institutions in planning and advising on matters relating to Japan market entry and structuring and financing of inbound investments into Japan.
Ban has been a resident of Japan for over 20 years and is one of the few people in the Japanese tax space who is fully bilingual (in Japanese and English).
Ban is a published author and commentator and recognized as a tax controversy leader for Japan by the International Tax Review. He is a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) Japan and the Futures Industry Association (FIA) Japan.