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
