Shunichi is a PhD Economist who has 20 years of transfer pricing consulting experience at PwC, and an additional 10 years at other Big 4 firms and Grant Thornton LLP.  As a chief economic advisor, Shunichi has been involved in major US-Japan related transfer pricing issues for clients, including more than 70 advance pricing agreements (“APAs”) with the Internal Revenue Services and numerous transfer pricing U.S. documentation projects.  His industry expertise covers a wide range, including automotive parts and chemical products manufacturing, consumer electronics, pharmaceutical R&D services, industrial product distribution, etc.  Shunichi hosted many seminars and contributed articles to Bloomberg Tax and International Tax Journal (Japan), among other publications.