Professor Mitterhoff is the Managing Director of the Cooperative Program between the University of Maryland School of Law and the Law School of the Central University of Finance & Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, China. He is Founding Director of CUFE's Research Center for Government Procurement and Public Construction and Director of the CUFE-Maryland-Maastricht Collaborative Student Exchange (www.law.umaryland.edu/cufe). Professor Mitterhoff teaches “Introduction to the Chinese Legal System” in the exchange program and coordinates collaborative research among the participating students.

Professor Mitterhoff is a leading expert on China’s public purchasing system., having served periodically as advisor to China’s National People’s Congress on the drafting of China’s 2002 Government Procurement Law, and later establishing the first course on government procurement law in China. Mr. Mitterhoff has taught “Comparative Government Procurement Law” at both Beijing University and CUFE and coordinates a project training students to conduct fieldwork collecting judicial and administrative cases applying China’s 1999 Tender and Bidding Law and 2002 Government Procurement Law. This case collection project, initially funded by the U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund, provides the basis for Professor Mitterhoff’s publications and ensures that his “Comparative Government Procurement Law” class remains current.

Prior to his academic career, Professor Mitterhoff was managing partner of the law firm of Mitterhoff & Henrichsen in Washington, D.C.