Education

• Mar.1959　
  Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science
• Apr.1960　
  Admitted to the Legal Training and Research I · nstitute (14th Class)

Professional Experience

• Feb.1965　
  Established Shimizu Tadashi Law Office
• 1979　
  Committee Member, Bankruptcy Countermeasures Committee, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• 1984　
  Chair, Insolvency Law Division, Legal Research Department, Tokyo Bar Association
• 1989　
  Reappointed to the above position

Notable Cases

1 Corporate Reorganization

Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Trustee Representative); Kojin Co., Ltd. (Legal Counsel to Provisional Administrator and Trustee);
Showa Kaiun Co., Ltd. (Legal Counsel to Provisional Administrator and Trustee);
Sanwa Tatemono Co., Ltd. (Provisional Administrator / Trustee);
Tada Construction Co., Ltd. (Provisional Administrator / Trustee);
Hatsushima Club Co., Ltd. (Provisional Administrator / Trustee);
Nagasakiya Co., Ltd. (Provisional Administrator / Trustee);
Nihon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Akishin Financial Group (Provisional Administrator / Trustee);
and numerous others.

2 Civil Rehabilitation / Composition

Suzuya Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Fuji Shoko Co., Ltd. (Supervisor);
Sato Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Iwaki Resort Development Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Takatoku Construction Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Daiki Kensetsu Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
Cineka Non Co., Ltd. (Petitioner’s Counsel);
and numerous others.

3 Bankruptcy & Special Liquidation

Japan Coffee Co., Ltd. (Bankruptcy Trustee);
Apollo Lease Co., Ltd. (Counsel for Petitioner of Special Liquidation);
and numerous others.

4 Out-of-Court Restructuring

Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.;
Tokyo Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.;
Nihon Kotsu Co., Ltd.;
and numerous others.

Publications

• Tadashi Shimizu, Corporate Reorganization Proceedings in Practice (1988) (in Japanese).
• Yoshimitsu Aoyama et al., Issues Arising from the Transition from Corporate Rehabilitation Proceedings to Bankruptcy Proceedings (Roundtable Discussion) (1980) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Clinical Insolvency Law (1981) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Effective Selection of Insolvency Proceedings, pts. 1–3, 1310–1312, 1314 Kin’yū Hōmu Jijō (1992) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Corporate Insolvency and Financial Institutions from a Contemporary Perspective, pts. 1–3, 1558, 1559, 1561 Kin’yū Hōmu Jijō (1999) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Don’t Give Up! Corporate Rehabilitation (2001) (in Japanese).
• The Essence of Corporate Rehabilitation (Tadashi Shimizu ed., 2005) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Learning from Bad Examples (2007) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Corporate Turnaround Stories, Told by a Professional (2008) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Corporate Turnaround Stories, Told by a Professional, Vol. 2 (2014) (in Japanese).
• What Lies at the Core of Corporate Rehabilitation (Tadashi Shimizu ed., 2015) (in Japanese).
• Tadashi Shimizu, Living with Strength and Grace (2023) (in Japanese).