Sachiko Bussey
PARTNER
San Francisco
English
日本語
About Sachiko Bussey
With experience at several premier global law firms, Sachiko Bussey has spent her career focused on Japan-related business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property matters, and corporate finance, while based in Tokyo and San Francisco/Silicon Valley.
In addition to her law firm experience, Ms. Bussey has served as internal counsel for a U.S. subsidiary of a major Japanese company. She is often called upon by clients to review, analyze, and summarize Japanese-language contracts and other complex documents and to prepare legal memoranda in English and Japanese. Ms. Bussey has also served as an interpreter in international arbitrations.
Ms. Bussey was a monthly columnist for Gekkan Shiho Kaikaku (Monthly Journal of Judicial Reform), which is published in Japan. She also speaks on U.S.-Japan legal issues and has been a guest speaker at Waseda University in Tokyo, addressing the U.S. legal system and education.
Contact: sbussey@gammalaw.com
Clients rely on Ms. Bussey for her rare ability to bridge the U.S.–Japan legal divide — particularly her fluency in both languages and legal systems.
Areas of Focus
- Japan-related business transactions
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Intellectual property matters
- Corporate finance
- Contract review, analysis & summarization (Japanese-language documents)
- Legal memoranda preparation
(English and Japanese) - International arbitration (interpreter services)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- Japanese (native)
- English
BAR ADMISSIONS
- New York
EDUCATION
JD
- Boston College Law School
BA
- University of California, Berkeley, BA
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
PREVIOUS
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
日本語


