Patrick Dransfield Joins the Sino International Professional Advisory Council (SIPAC) as Senior Advisor

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 three decades in the Asia-MENA legal markets and is widely recognized as a builder of communities within the international legal profession, an innovator in legal media, training, coaching, events and marketing consulting.  He is a photographer, author and co-founder of the Managing Partners’ Club and was ranked as one of the top thirty people to watch in the legal profession by Asia Law Portal in 2019.    From 1998 to 2020, Patrick worked with Pacific Business Press and was instrumental in building a community of in-house counsel with chapters in London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, South Africa, India, Asia, China and Japan.   Previously, Patrick was marketing director for Asia for Shearman & Sterling and White & Case, respectively, and prior to that the Asia managing director of Euromoney Institutional Investor, the publishers of China Law & Practice. Patrick began his publishing career with Haymarket Publishing. He holds a Masters in Chinese History, Politics and Anthropology from SOAS, University of London and a Joint Honours Degree in English and History of Art from Leeds University.

SIPAC Chairman Robert Lewis commented:

“All of us at SIPAC are extremely pleased to be able to have Patrick join us as a senior advisor.  He has unmatched experience and connections in the legal profession not only throughout Asia and MENA but also across Europe and beyond.  Patrick and I have known each other for nearly two decades, and over that time we have engaged in a wide range of interesting and innovative professional collaborations.  His vision for the development of a broader legal community comprised of both in-house legal counsel and law firm lawyers in China and around the world perfectly matches the vision and mission of SIPAC.  We are excited to work closely together in this new capacity.”

Patrick Dransfield commented:

“I am honoured to be invited and thrilled to be able to contribute to the Sino International Professional Advisory Council and especially at the prospect of working directly with Robert Lewis.  Robert and I share the same values and the same mission regarding the continual holistic education of the international legal profession through the building of a global community of lawyers and legal professionals based on trade, mutual respect, and ethical values.  In its short history, SIPAC already enjoys a sterling reputation regarding the building of a community of legal professionals throughout the world. Education breeds confidence, confidence breeds hope and hope breeds peace.” 

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