Managing Director
Qualifications:
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), 1981
Master of Laws (LL.M.), 1983
Doctor iuris (Ph.D.), 1987
Attorney at Law (USA), 1983
Rechtsanwalt (D), 1986
Chartered Arbitrator (FCIArb), 2007
Languages:
English | German | French | Thai | Mandarin
Contact:
respondek@respondekfan.com
+65 9751 0757 / +66 89 896 4048
Dr. Respondek started his legal career in the US with two (winning) precedents from the Louisiana Supreme Court in his own name in 1983. He is a German “Rechtsanwalt”, an American Attorney at Law as well as a Chartered Arbitrator (FCIArb).
After heading the Legal Department of a multinational corporation in Europe, he moved to Asia in 1994 to establish the Asia Pacific Legal Department of a leading international Healthcare Company. Thereafter he led multinational companies in Asia as Managing Director (Thailand; Greater China) and Regional Managing Director Asia Pacific. He established RESPONDEK & FAN in 1998 in Singapore and its counterpart in Bangkok in 2000. Andreas focuses on international commercial law, international contracts, M&A and international arbitration.
1999 — Present
Founder and Managing Director, Respondek & Fan
Founded the firm as a premier boutique legal consultancy specializing in European-Asian cross-border investments and international dispute resolution. Dual-hub strategy in Singapore and Bangkok.
1998 — 1999
Regional Managing Director, Fresenius Asia Pacific
Bangkok / Singapore
1997 — 1998
Managing Director, Boehringer Mannheim China Ltd.
Hong Kong / Beijing
1996 — 1997
Managing Director, Boehringer Mannheim Thailand Ltd.
Bangkok / Thailand
1993 — 1996
Director Legal Services & Member of the Board, Boehringer Mannheim Pte. Ltd. / De Puy Asia Pacific
Singapore
1991 — 1993
Director Legal Services, Secretary of the Executive Committee & Member of the Board, Boehringer Mannheim Overseas
Luxembourg
1989 — 1991
Area Counsel and Company Secretary, Boehringer Mannheim International S.A.
Luxembourg
1988 — 1989
Legal Counsel, Commerzbank AG
Frankfurt and Singapore
1984 — 1987
Private law practice
Several international law firms in Germany
Previous Board Memberships
Beijing Boehringer Mannheim Zhixin Medical Company, Beijing
Boehringer Mannheim Far East Pte. Ltd. (Holding Company), Singapore
Boehringer Mannheim Thailand Ltd., Bangkok
Boehringer Mannheim Taiwan Ltd., Taipei
Boehringer Mannheim Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur
Boehringer Mannheim China Ltd., Hong Kong
P.T. Boehringer Mannheim Batam, Indonesia
Farmaceuticos Lakeside S.A. de C.V., Mexico City
