After having studied law and political sciences, Thierry Garby became a member of the Paris Bar in 1972.

He immediately specialized in international business law, assisting foreign companies in their French operations as well as French companies in their foreign operations.

Thierry Garby developed an interest in new technologies which was reflected by the publishing of his book on 'Microcomputer distribution contracts' in 1984 which lead him to be particularly active in this field.

He also developed an important activity in litigation and particularly in international arbitration.

Nevertheless, in an attempt to find amicable solutions to disputes each time this appeared to be possible, he very early was interested in negotiation techniques following the works of the Harvard University and published 'Sachez Négocier' (How to negotiate) in 1991. Then, with the development of commercial mediation, he became a recognized specialist of alternative disputes resolution and published in 2004 'La Dispute Resolution' (Conflict management).

Thierry Garby has been an officer in several international institutions. In 1978, he created the international business law commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) (International Young Lawyers Association). He was the president of this association in 1989.

He was the president of the mediation and conflict prevention commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats ( UIA) (International Association of Lawyers).

In this capacity, he created and is the president of the World Forum of Mediation Centres which periodically gathers all the main commercial mediation institutions of the world.

He is the vice president of the litigation commission of the UIA and of the mediation committee of the International Bar Association.

He is a mediator and arbitrator with most of the major arbitration and mediation centres in the world.

He teaches negotiation, mediation and conflict management in France and abroad with a number of institutions such as the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, the University of Versailles St. Quentin, the Catholic Institute of Paris, the American Arbitration Association, the French American Chamber of Commerce, the largest law firms, etc.

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