Philippe Snel has been active as a business lawyer in China for more than 20 years and started his China practice in 2001. Since 2004 he is permanently established in Shanghai. As one of the few senior foreign lawyers in Shanghai, he has assisted numerous foreign investors to estab-lish, develop and operate their businesses in China. Philippe mainly advises in the fields of corporate law, compliance and technology transfer. He is a regular speaker on all issues related to Sino-European business relations and his opinion in this regard is regularly solicited.
Additionally, Philippe teaches Intellectual Property & Technology Law at the Shanghai Normal University (Finance & Business School) and is active in several professional and educational organizations such as the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (BenCham), the Lycée Français de Shanghai (LFS) and Sinnolabs, a business accelerator for European technology companies in China.
Philippe is a member of the Brussels Bar (Nederlandse Orde der Advocaten Brussels) since 1997. He is fluent in Dutch, French, and English. He is also conversational in Mandarin and German.