Profile

Chieko Tsuchiya provides advice to both Japanese and international companies on cross-border insolvency matters, employment law and commercial law issues. She has also engaged in nuclear law related issues 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 has acted as a mediator in Tokyo Bar Association.

Education/Professional Experience

Keio University, Bachelor of Laws (1993); Citibank, N.A. (1993-1995); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 2000-2001; New York University School of Law, Master of Laws (2005); Harvard Law School, Visiting Researcher (2005-2006); The International Atomic Energy Agency (2012-2015)

Professional Admissions

• Japan (2001)
• New York (2006)

Professional and Academic Associations

• Tokyo Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• Mediator, Tokyo Bar Association ADR Center

Languages

• Japanese (first language)
• English