Laurent von Niederhäusern

Lic. iur. Laurent von Niederhäusern

Laurent von Niederhäusern
Lic. Iur., Attorney at Law
Mobile +86 150 10392341
laurent_von@yahoo.com

Professional Career

• Jan 2011 – now
  Wenfei Law, Beijing and Shanghai
  Associate, Chief Representative
• Jan 2008 – Dec 2010
  Froriep Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
  Associate
• April – August 2007
  Baumgartner Mächler Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich
  Law clerk
• June 2005 – Aug 2005
  Baker & McKenzie, Zurich
  Law clerk

Education

• 2007
  Admitted to the Zurich bar
• 1996–2003
  University of Zurich
  Licentiatus iuris, magna cum laude
• 1999/2000
  Trinity College, Dublin
  Faculty of Law
• 1994/1995
  Nankaï University, Tianjin, China
  Advanced studies of the Chinese language
• 1992–1996
  High School in Bienne, Switzerland

Languages

• French
  Native proficiency
• German
  Full professional proficiency
  Law degree, bar exams and long legal practice in German
• English
  Full professional proficiency
  Exchange year in Ireland and long legal practice in English
• Mandarin
  Limited working proficiency
  Hanyu Shuipin Kaoshi (HSK), level 5
  3+ years of legal practice in PRC law environment
• Indonesian, Spanish
  Elementary proficiency

Others

• Recent publication :
  Les spécificités du droit de procédure civile chinois, in : Jusletter, 16 June 2014 (widely read Swiss online legal magazine).
  La résiliation du contrat de travail par l'employeur en droit chinois, in : Jusletter 22 June 2015
• Held a legal seminar on PRC Contract Law organized by the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Beijing
• Journey around the world (India, Indonesia, Oceania) 2005/2006 – with photography travel blog
• Journey around South America in 2000
• Married, father of one