The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is pleased to announce that Philippe Snel has joined the platform as a senior advisor. Philippe Snel has been practicing as foreign lawyer in China for the past 20 years. Being an entrepreneur at heart, he independently started his practice in Shanghai as early as 2001 and has been […]
The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is pleased to announce that Patrick Dransfield has joined the platform as a non-executive director and senior advisor. Patrick is currently based in Abu Dhabi and continues in his role as Client Relations Director with the Emirati law firm Alsuwaidi & Company. He has worked for more than […]
The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global network of outstanding professional service providers built to service all aspects of the global expansion of Chinese business in the context of an evolving geopolitical environment.
SIPAC’s mission is to bring the Sino-Global legal communities together by:
1. providing Chinese lawyers engaged in cross-border legal work access to the full range of international-standard resources so that Chinese companies can conduct business overseas with confidence, supported by trusted professional advisors, and
2. helping leading independent law firms and other professional advisors around the world to develop trusted advisor relationships with their counterparts in Chinese companies and law firms.
The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) held the second Sino-International Law Forum (SILF) in Shanghai on November 14-15, 2024, hosting more than 70 international delegates from law firms and other professional organizations covering more than 50 countries, nearly doubling the number of foreign lawyers who attended the inaugural forum held a year earlier.
This once again sets a new standard for an international legal conference in China, providing an unparalleled platform where the global legal profession comes to China to meet and interact with leading Chinese legal professionals from in-house law departments from China’s emerging multi-national companies as well as cross-border lawyers in major Chinese law firms.
Shanghai, June 8, 2024 – The “Chinese Enterprises Going Global: Breaking Through Compliance Hurdles” seminar was successfully held today at the China Financial Information Center in Shanghai. Organized by SIPAC, the event brought together Chinese and international experts to provide in-depth analysis on the current challenges faced by Chinese companies expanding overseas operations. By examining […]
Robert Lewis, Chairman of the Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC), recently announced that SIPAC will be promoting a series of global compliance training events in China together with the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL) and other local partners. The main training event, the Global Compliance Management Master Class, will be […]
The Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is excited to announce the dates for the second annual Sino-International Law Forum, slated to be held again at the W Hotel on the North Bund in Shanghai. The dates for the 2024 Forum are 14-15 November. Super early bird rates for foreign lawyer delegates are now open […]
Robert Lewis, Chairman and co-founder of the Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC), recently announced the following changes to the SIPAC core management team: This core management team will be supported by the recently announced new members of the SIPAC Advisory Board: These changes follow the recent departure of former SIPAC CEO and head of […]
Following the recent first anniversary of the founding of the Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC), SIPAC Chairman Robert Lewis announced that all of the original founding member firms of SIPAC have renewed for their membership for a second year, and in most cases have signed on for a multi-year renewal of membership, demonstrating an […]
In his latest vlog, Robert Lewis, Chairman of the Sino-International Professionals Advisory Company (SIPAC), continues the discussion on “涉外法治建设” (the development of China’s international legal infrastructure) by introducing the training content related to outbound M&A transactions. Picking up from last week’s episode where templates and know-how for share purchase agreements in outbound M&A deals were […]