Tania HUOT

Her many years of practice as attorney at law have enabled Tania Huot to acquire solid legal experience in various fields, in particular labour law, in which she holds a SBA (Swiss Bar Association) specialist title, as well as contract, commercial and corporate law.

She advises and assists companies, public entities and individuals in all their needs, ranging from general advice, to drafting contracts and other contractual or regulatory documents, from assistance before the courts or other authorities, to conducting internal or administrative investigations, etc.

Tania Huot gives priority to pragmatic, effective solutions wherever possible outside legal proceedings, but will also defend her clients’ interests before the courts to assert their rights if the case so requires.

Attentive to her clients’ needs, Tania Huot provides personalized and professional treatment of their case.

She will be delighted to welcome you to her office or to come to you to provide the support and legal advice you need.

Practice areas

• Contract law
• Labour & Employment Law
• Internal / Administrative investigation
• Commercial law
• Corporate law
• Tenancy law
• Criminal law
• Civil law
• Intellectual Property
• Right of foreigners – permits
• Insurance law
• Litigation

Working languages

French & English
(knowledge of German & Italian)

Qualifications

2016	Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) – Labour law Universities of Lausanne, Geneva, Neuchâtel and Fribourg
2016	SBA Specialist in labour law Swiss Bar Association (SBA)
2002	Admission to the Bar
1997	Master of law – University of Lausanne

Professional Experience

2020 – 2021	Member of the Vaud Bar Exam Commission
2007 – 2023	Law firm SJA Avocats SA (formerly Schmidt, Jaton & Partners) (Lausanne/Pully and Geneva) Partner Associate
1999 – 2007	Law firm Python, Schifferli, Peter & Partners (Lausanne/Pully and Geneva) Associate Trainee
1997 – 1999	Criminal Investigation Office of Lausanne Clerk

Memberships / Associations

• Vaud Bar Association (OAV)
• Swiss Bar Association (FSA)
• Association of Labour Law Specialists in French-speaking part of Switzerland (AROSDT)
• Women at the Bar (ALBA)

Publications & Lectures

2022	Conference given as part of the WEKA training « Salary and bonuses: selected issues »
2020	Conference given at AROSDT Jurisprudence review
2018	Conference for trainee lawyers from the Canton of Vaud on labour law
2017	« Termination without sufficient objective cause and wrongful termination in federal public administration law », in Institut du droit des assurances et du travail, Panorama III en droit du travail, Lausanne 2017, pp 463-50