Thomas Witty
Attorney-at-Law
Languages
German, English, Japanese
Memberships
- International Bar Association
- Inter Pacific Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV)
Address and Phone
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 23F
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-6123
Japan
Phone: +81-3-6438-2770
Fax: +81-3-6438-2777
Thomas Witty
Attorney-at-law
Languages
German, English, Japanese
Memberships
- International Bar Association
- Inter Pacific Bar Association
- Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
- German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV)
Address and Phone
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower 23F
6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-6123
Japan
T +81-3-6438-2770
F +81-3-6438-2777
Profile
Thomas Witty is a qualified German lawyer with more than 30 years of professional experience, 25 years of which as a registered foreign attorney in Japan. Thomas has extensive experience in cross-border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganization and has advised numerous public and private companies. He also heads the representative office of the German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV) in Tokyo.
Graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in the faculty of law in 1986 and after a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Organization (DAAD) in Japan he was admitted as attorney in Düsseldorf in 1992. Having joined the multidisciplinary firm Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner in Düsseldorf in the same year, he moved to Tokyo in 1995 where he lives and practices ever since. Thomas is a founding partner of ARQIS Rechtsanwälte in 2006 and managing partner of ARQIS Foreign Law Office in Tokyo.
Vita
- 1986 Law degree from Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich
- 1987 – 1989 Two-year scholarship in Japan (DAAD)
- 1992 – 1995 Attorney at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Düsseldorf
- 1995 – 2005 Attorney and partner at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Tokyo
- Since 2006 Managing partner of ARQIS Foreign Law Office in Tokyo
- 2008 – 2020 Adjunct Professor for Business Law at University of Tsukuba MBA Program in International Business
