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.

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
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
Primary school in Saint-Légier, then Blonay
Champittet private school, Pully
Swiss federal Matura, type B
Law degree, University of Lausanne
Postgraduate Certificate in Business Management, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne
Banking law thesis “Le contrat de compte courant”, University of Lausanne, also published by Schulthess, Zurich
Admission to the Bar by the Cantonal Court of Vaud
Professional experience
Legal traineeship at the firm of Matile, Gross, Bron, Mathyer, Brandt, Logoz and Henzelin, supervised by Bar President Jean-Pierre Gross
Practice at 1 rue de Lausanne, Vevey, in partnership with Romano Buob
Own practice at 19 rue de la Madeleine, Vevey
Partnership with Cornelia Seeger Tappy
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