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Sino International professional advisory council

China’s Global Counsel Platform

SINO INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

About

The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global network of outstanding professional services firms built to service every facet of the Chinese legal market.

As the only legal network that has a partnership with an official corporate counsel association, our advisors are recognized for their comprehensive expertise and experience in helping Chinese companies with their matters overseas. Our members are exclusively from top tier law firms who uphold our service values as an elite network of China Desks. We believe in bringing the Sino-Global legal communities together, by delivering world leading event and content programmes in China, via our unique eco-system of Channel Partners.

SIPAC connects

Chinese in-house counsel and law firms with our list of vetted expert advisors, to assist Chinese companies in the jurisdictions which they operate around the world.

Our partners

SIPAC is the only legal network globally that has a partnership with an official corporate counsel association. We are working with the Shanghai Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) to raise the bar of legal practice in China.

Our mission

is to ensure Chinese companies can conduct business overseas with confidence, supported by trusted advisors.

Leadership

ROBERT LEWIS

Chairman

Mr. Lewis has practiced law for more than 35 years, with nearly 30 years in China, focusing primarily on cross-border M&A and other international transactions.
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Mr. Lewis has practiced law for more than 35 years, over 30 years of which have been in China, focusing primarily on cross-border M&A and other international transactions.  He was the first senior foreign lawyer to move from a leading international law firm to a top Chinese law firm, working as Senior International Counsel with Zhong Lun Law Firm in Beijing for 10 years. He previously served as managing partner of the Beijing office of Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) for nine years and, prior to that, he was Asia General Counsel for Nortel Networks.  Earlier in his career, he worked with Sidley & Austin in Los Angeles for six years and in 1993 joined the China Practice Group of Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Mr. Lewis is also co-founder of SIPAC partner docQbot, the first bilingual automated contract know-how platform in China, and co-founder of the leading overseas investment information and consulting platform – the China Going Global Think-tank (CGGT).  He is currently also Senior International Consultant with Chance Bridge Law Firm in Beijing and Shanghai. His publications include The Dawn of a New Era for FDI in China: A Practical Guide to China’s New Foreign Investment Law and The Rules of the Game of Global M&A: Why so Many Chinese Outbound Investments Fail, among others.

JONATHAN BELL

CEO

Jonathan has more than a decade’s experience in the legal media industry, representing leading brands such as Thomson Reuters, Practical Law and Lexology.
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Jonathan has more than a decade’s experience in the legal media industry, representing leading brands such as Thomson Reuters, Practical Law and Lexology. He has worked in a range of commercial leadership roles in the UK and Hong Kong, focusing on content marketing, event management, LegalTech, management consultancy, and professional network development.

In addition to his work with SIPAC, Jonathan founded the Hong Kong Legal Walk, an annual charitable initiative, through which he has united Hong Kong’s legal community raising over HK$1M in support of local charities.

SARA YU

Head of Outbound Content

Sara is a practicing lawyer in China. She has worked for several years in a Red Circle firm in China serving foreign and foreign-invested enterprises as external counsel. 
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Sara is a practicing lawyer in China. She has worked for several years in a Red Circle firm in China serving foreign and foreign-invested enterprises as external counsel. During this period, her main practice areas were domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, foreign direct investment and general corporate affairs.

Sara is also a founding team member of SIPAC partner docQbot, the first bilingual automated contract know-how platform in China, responsible for Chinese content development and supporting offline services. She currently is a Senior Associate at Chance Bridge Law Firm in Beijing.

Yang liming

Head of Channel Partnerships

Liming is a lawyer based in Beijing. He has worked in a Red Circle firm in China for several years.
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Liming is a lawyer based in Beijing. He has worked in a Red Circle firm in China for several years. He also has comprehensive experience in the legal tech industry. He is one of the first and most experienced automated template authors in China.

Liming is also the deputy general manager of SIPAC partner docQbot, the first bilingual automated contract know-how platform in China, focusing on partner relationships and overall product development.

Charles Saxe Levy

Strategic Advisor

Having recently moved back to Silicon Valley from Hong Kong, Charles is an entrepreneur at heart.
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Having recently moved back to Silicon Valley from Hong Kong, Charles is an entrepreneur at heart.

His career has evolved from founding several entrepreneurial businesses to managing startups and investments. Charles has a keen interest in the markets and specialises in macroeconomics and geopolitics. In other words, understanding anything that affects his investments is of utmost importance.

This skill has enabled Charles to keep ahead of the curve, identify emerging opportunities, devise astute strategies to ensure success, all to help his portfolio maintain a strategic edge.

Currently, he focuses on providing strategic guidance and advice in the realms of growth, investments, and innovation.

Our Coverage

Regional

SIPAC provides global coverage across key jurisdictions, connecting China with the rest of the world. 

  • North America
  • South America
  • Western Europe
  • Central & 
Eastern Europe
  • North Asia
  • ASEAN
  • Middle East & North Africa
  • Africa

Industry

We provide sectoral coverage across China’s largest industries. 

Energy & Natural Resources
Energy & Natural Resources
Construction
Construction
Technology, Media & Telecom
Technology, Media & Telecom
Industry & Manufacturing
Industry & Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Consumer Goods
E-Commerce
E-Commerce

News

Founding Member Firms

Channel Partners

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