Felix SY

Introduction

Felix Sy is the managing partner of Sy & Partners. Sy & Partners entered into a strategic alliance with Nishimura & Asahi, Japan’s largest law firm, to be the member firm of Nishimura & Asahi in the Philippines. Sy is known for delivering timely and commercially-aware legal solutions and providing top-notch quality legal services across a diverse range of practices, industries, and clients. Sy specialises in M&A, banking and finance/insurance, energy/renewables, and technology.

Sy is qualified to practice law in the Philippines and California, USA. Sy is a founding trustee of the Energy Lawyers Association of the Philippines. Sy is an accredited technical consultant with the Asian Development Bank on anti-money laundering & combatting terrorist financing.

Sy was previously the managing partner of the member firm in the Philippines of the ASEAN law firm network, ZICO Law. Sy was a partner and banking & finance/insurance practice group head as well as energy/infrastructure industry group head at Baker & McKenzie Philippines.

Sy has won numerous awards, rankings, and recognitions, including the deal of the year award for advising the winning bidder in the largest privatisation/energy deal in the Philippines.

Sy sits on various boards of corporates and non-profits and foreign chambers of commerce (as independent director, non-executive director, executive director, risk management chair, audit committee, corporate governance committee). Sy is a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Sy graduated as the valedictorian (gold medal in academic excellence) of his masters in national security administration class at the National Defence College of the Philippines (NDCP) and ranked first in a class of 75 students consisting of senior military officers, foreign officers, and government officials/private sector. Sy is the principal member (representing the private sector) of the NDCP Board of Admissions. Sy holds the rank of Commander (Lieutenant Colonel) with the Philippine Navy (Reserves).

Sy is a founding director of a strategic and security think tank called the International Development and Security Cooperation.

In addition to legal/regulatory/compliance expertise and experience, Sy advises on business and strategy development, risk management, crisis management, strategic communications, geo-political/economic, and national security insights and policy perspectives.