(As of 25 June 2025) Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global community of legal and compliance professionals across China and around the world, which is focused on providing high-quality professional support for outbound legal and compliance matters for Chinese companies. We are pleased to announce that leading independent law firms SSW and […]
(As of 21 May 2025) Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global community of legal and compliance professionals across China and around the world, which is focused on providing high-quality professional support for outbound legal and compliance matters for Chinese companies. We are pleased to announce that leading independent law firm YKVN has […]
Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) is a global community of legal and compliance professionals across China and around the world, which is focused on providing high-quality professional support for outbound legal and compliance matters for Chinese companies. We are pleased to announce that in the past 12 months, the number of jurisdictions covered by […]
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 […]
In cooperation with the Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC), Wolters Kluwer China (WK China) recently launched its new and exclusive “Extraterritorial Practice Collection” to help Chinese in-house and law firm lawyers gain a more comprehensive understanding of international legal practice in connection with Chinese outbound trade and investment matters.
This bilingual outbound content package will eventually cover scores of jurisdictions around the world and is comprised of a compendium of laws and regulations relating to foreign trade and investment in each jurisdiction as well as practical guides and legal updates prepared and curated by SIPAC member firms, which are all leaders in their respective markets, ensuring the highest standards of quality. SIPAC has member law firms covering more than 40 countries and territories across Asia, Europe/Eurasia, MENA/Africa and the Americas, with many more top law firms set to join in the coming months.
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 […]