Chieko Tsuchiya
Special Counsel
- TEL:
- 81-3-6775-1081
- FAX:
- 81-3-6775-2081
Chieko Tsuchiya provides advice to both Japanese and international companies on cross-border insolvency matters, dispute resolutions, commercial transactions and employment law issues. She has also engaged in nuclear law related matters using her professional experience at the International Atomic Energy Agency. She has extensively worked on variety of international complex insolvency and civil cases that require coordination of multi-stakeholders’ interests and court proceedings in multiple jurisdictions. Chieko is an adjunct judge/mediator at the Tokyo Family Court and has acted as a mediator in Tokyo Bar Association.
Practice Areas
Topics
Practice Groups
- Financial Restructuring & Insolvency Group
- Dispute Resolution Group
- Energy Practice Group
- Labor Law Group
Background
1993 | Keio University, Bachelor of Laws |
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1993 - 1997 | Citibank, N.A. |
2000 - 2001 | The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan |
2005 | New York University School of Law, Master of Laws |
2005 - 2006 | Harvard Law School, Visiting Researcher |
2012 - 2015 | The International Atomic Energy Agency |
2018 | Panel of Specialist Mediator at Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) |
2018 | Panel of Mediator at Kyoto International Mediation Center |
Sep 2019 | Kobe University Graduate School of Law (PhD in International Dispute Resolution) |
2021 - 2023 | Tilleke & Gibbins (Thailand) |
Publications
Guidebook of English Language Contracts around the World
Shojihomu Co., Ltd.
Apr 2019
U.S. Contracts: Basic Principles and Practice
DAI-ICHI HOKI CO.,LTD.
Jun 2018
English Contracts around the World~Around-the-world trip starting from America~International Arbitration・International Mediation
The Association of Corporate Legal Departments, No.532
Jun 2018
Dec 2017
Case where Hungarian court's decision was deemed as denial of justice
JCA journal No.721
Jul 2017
Training on International Arbitration, including internship programs at arbitral organizations abroad
Horitsu-no-hiroba
Jul 2017
Dec 2016
U.S. Contracts: Basic Principles and Practice
LexisNexis Japan Co., Ltd.
Oct 2016
Case 1478: Japan: Tokyo District Court, Azabu Building Company Ltd. (7 December 2007)
CASE LAW ON UNCITRAL TEXTS (CLOUT)
Jul 2015
Case 1479: Japan, Tokyo District Court, Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Ltd (1 June 2009); Lehman Brothers Asia Capital Company; Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Ltd; Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Ltd. (30 September 2009)
CASE LAW ON UNCITRAL TEXTS (CLOUT)
Jul 2015
Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011
Oxford University Press
Feb 2012
Learning from Azabu Building: Recognition of and Assistance for Foreign Insolvency Proceedings and International Concurrent Bankruptcy Cases
Jigyosaisei to Saiken Kanri No.127
Jan 2010
Iceland: Studies from Bankruptcy of Big Three Banks and Their Liquidation Procedure
Jigyosaisei to Saiken Kanri No.127
Jan 2010
Lectures
Outline of the Personal Data Protection Act in Thailand
Tilleke&Gibbins (T&G) / Mazars
Nov 2022
Compliance in Thailand -What a company need to know.-
Tilleke&Gibbins (T&G), Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
May 2022
Bankruptcy Procedures in Thailand - What you need to know now during COVID-19 period-
Tilleke&Gibbins (T&G), Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Apr 2022
Basics of the Thai Labor Law- from hiring to termination-
Tilleke&Gibbins (T&G)
Mar 2022
Harassment in the workplace and its prevention
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Sep 2020
Basic Principles and Practice regarding U.S. Contracts: Basic Knowledge You Should Know When You Review Contracts in English
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nov 28, Dec 1, 2016, Feb 9, 2017
Professional Admissions
- Japan (2001)
- New York (2006)
- Mediator, Tokyo Bar Association ADR Center (2010-)
- Mediator (Adjunct judge), The Tokyo Family Court (2016-2020)
- CEDR Accredited Mediator (2017)
- Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) (2018)
- Member of Council for Promotion of Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (2024-)
Professional and Academic Associations
- Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
- Japanese (first language)
- English