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Thomas Witty

Attorney-at-Law

Lawyer

Languages

German, English, Japanese

Memberships

  • International Bar Association
  • Inter Pacific Bar Association
  • Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
  • German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV)

E-Mail

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)

E-Mail

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

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