Laurent Etter

Laurent
Etter

Attorney-at-law
Law degree with a thesis

An attorney since 1994, Laurent Etter founded the firm in Vevey in 2007. His practice includes civil law, family matters and inheritance.

Portrait of Laurent Etter

Qualifications and approach

  • C.E.S. HEC in Business Management

Commitment and perseverance, negotiation, a personal welcome and ongoing support; approachable, receptive, humane and supportive

Practice areas

  • Civil law
  • Family, divorce and children
  • Inheritance
  • Sales
  • Criminal law
  • Employment
  • Tenancy

Languages

  • French (native)
  • English (good knowledge)
  • German (basic knowledge)

At the firm

Rue de la Madeleine 19
1800 Vevey

Contact details and directions

Personal background

  • Born in 1964
  • Swiss national
  • Married Sabine HILPERT in 1996
  • Two wonderful sons, born in 1998 and 2002
  • Lives in Vevey
  • Protestant

Education and training

  1. Primary school in Saint-Légier, then Blonay

  2. Champittet private school, Pully

  3. Swiss federal Matura, type B

  4. Law degree, University of Lausanne

  5. Postgraduate Certificate in Business Management, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne

  6. Banking law thesis “Le contrat de compte courant”, University of Lausanne, also published by Schulthess, Zurich

  7. Admission to the Bar by the Cantonal Court of Vaud

Professional experience

  1. Legal traineeship at the firm of Matile, Gross, Bron, Mathyer, Brandt, Logoz and Henzelin, supervised by Bar President Jean-Pierre Gross

  2. Practice at 1 rue de Lausanne, Vevey, in partnership with Romano Buob

  3. Own practice at 19 rue de la Madeleine, Vevey

  4. Partnership with Cornelia Seeger Tappy

  5. Partnership with Milena Lippens

Association and management experience

  • Member of the Vaud Bar Association
  • Member of the Swiss Bar Association
  • Founder of the “Groupe de solidarité Saint-Légier-Morareni” association (Romania); president since 1989
  • Member of the Montreux Lions Club committee since 1997; president in 2016–2017
  • Member of “L’Abbaye de l’Arc” in Vevey
  • Member of the Confrérie des Vignerons, Vevey
  • Member of the Bourgeoisie de Vevey

Interests and leisure

  • Family
  • Silence
  • Other people
  • Fishing in clear waters
  • Earth, nature and beauty
  • Reality and transcendence
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