Atsushi Shibata

Atsushi Shibata's practice focuses on trade & customs, VAT, Global logistics, international taxation, global finance and international inheritance.

He has been long time focusing on how to maximize efficiency, minimize risk, and maximize cash flow in the global supply chain business by separating commercial flow from logistics. Naturally, he also considers global reorganization and finance together.

He is also the President of the Bansei Holdings Company consisting of Bansei Securities & Insurance companies in Japan, Outside corporate auditors of 2 major French companies. He is co-author of Global Trade and Customs: A practical comparison of major jurisdictions, published by IBFD in the Netherlands in 2020. In 2025 he wrote a paper “International Trade, Customs duties and Transfer Pricing Taxation”.

He used to be an expert in KPMG, Arthur Andersen, and IBFD in the EU, etc.

• Tax Attorney and accountant

   

   

• Enrolled Agent in the USA

   

• Certified Customs Specialist

   

• AIBA (Association of International Business Advisers= Former JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) Trade Adviser

• Trede and customs/VAT
• General corporate and global corporate structures
• Tax-effective international trade using bonded area, low-tax rate countries, FTA and international taxation.
• Refund of VAT/customs duties
• HS number change
• Recalling/returning goods
• Buying agent/Middle man of the global supply chain
• Finance and asset management companies in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong

• Industrial and manufacturing/ Global logistics/Financial services/Wealthy class

• Waseda University in Tokyo
• Graduate School of Yokohama National University in Yokohama (LLM in Business Law)
• Graduate School of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands (LLM in EU Business Law)
• Green-Templeton College of Oxford University in the UK (Advanced Management)
• Graduate School of Waseda University in Tokyo (MBA in Finance)
• Nippon Suisan Kaisha Co., Ltd.
• IBFD (International Bureau Fiscal Documentation) in the Netherlands
• Arthur Andersen/KPMG
• Present: Partner of TradeTax International Tax & Accounting
• Present: CEO of Bansei Holdings Co., Ltd.
• Outside corporate auditors of 2 major French companies

• Theses: Legal Strategy on Foreign subsidiaries (Japanese)/Foreign Currency Transactions and Tax Deferrals (Japanese)/Taxation of PEs in the EU and in Japan (English)

   

• Bibliography: “European VAT Law (Japanese)” / “Q&A of International Taxation (Japanese)” / “Foreign Investment Strategy of Japanese company (Japanese)” / “International Inheritance (Japanese)” “Global Trade and Customs: A practical comparison of major jurisdictions, published by IBFD in the Netherlands(English) in 2020. In 2025 he wrote a paper “International Trade, Customs duties and Transfer Pricing Taxation”(Japanese/English).