Roger Epstein serves as Senior Member and International Counsel to Asia-Pacific Management group.
From 1971-2016, he practiced law with Cades Schutte, the largest law firm in the State of Hawaii, and was the chair of its Tax Department since 1985, arguing cases at the State and Federal levels.
He is a nationally recognized expert in international and U.S. domestic tax planning and litigation, and has substantial experience in corporate and partnership structure, real estate law and financing, estate planning, and family trusts. He is an honors graduate of Georgetown Law School. Mr. Epstein was a Tax Law Specialist with the National Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. and prior to that, he was an Internal Revenue Agent in Washington D.C.
He has represented many of the largest banks and real estate firms, in the fast-growing economy of Hawaii and the US, since the mid-70’s. He assisted in the development of Galaxy Magnesium, an international firm specializing in trade of magnesium metal commodities to global markets.
Roger’s experience in Asia dates back over forty years, when he began providing US tax advice to major Chinese, American and British clients in Hong Kong. He was one of the first American attorneys to visit mainland China in the early 1980’s. In 2018 he accepted a guest professorship at in the law school at Beijing Foreign Studies University, and lived in China as a resident lecturer for several months.
In 2011 he received the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Greeley-Key Award for Innovation in the Law, recognizing his work on forgiveness projects and restorative justice. In the same year was listed as the best tax attorney in Hawaii, by Best Lawyers in America.