IPSC Professional Development & CPD

Indo-Pacific risk and regulation for cross-border deals, disputes, and investigations.

  • 1-hour live intensive
  • 2.5 hours structured asynchronous work
  • Total CPD: 3.5 credits
  • On-demand replay + materials included

Eight advanced modules for partners, senior associates, in-house counsel, and risk leaders advising on Indo-Pacific exposure across sanctions, export controls, investment screening, supply chains, data, and escalation risk.

Each module is delivered as a 1-hour live online intensive plus 2.5 hours of structured asynchronous learning, giving participants a total of 3.5 CPD credits through a format designed for time-poor professionals.

Enrolment includes the live intensive, structured asynchronous activities, on-demand replay, and supporting materials. Modules 5–8 commence from September.

Modules

This advanced sequence can contribute to CPD, and may support CLE or CPE requirements for many professional bodies, subject to each organisation’s rules. You can enrol in single modules, curate a four-module pathway for specific practice groups, or run firm-only cohorts.

01

Economic Sanctions & Trade Compliance

Work through Indo-Pacific sanctions regimes and enforcement trends, and how they shape cross-border deals, investigations, and ongoing compliance for financial institutions, multinationals, and their advisers.

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02

Export Controls & Technology Transfer

Examine dual-use controls, licensing regimes, and strategic technology restrictions affecting semiconductors, defence, and critical tech, and translate them into deal terms, policies, and risk assessments.

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03

Foreign Investment Screening

Map how FDI screening, strategic sectors, and national security review across key Indo-Pacific jurisdictions affect transaction certainty, timelines, and client strategy in M&A and capital flows.

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04

Supply Chain Risk & Critical Minerals in the Indo-Pacific

Analyse Indo-Pacific supply-chain chokepoints and critical minerals exposure, and build practical maps and briefing notes for clients in energy, manufacturing, defence, and technology sectors.

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05

Cross-Border Data Privacy & Digital Regulation

Explore Indo-Pacific digital sovereignty, localisation, privacy, and cyber regimes, and how they affect cloud deployments, data-rich transactions, investigations, and regulatory exposure. Available from September.

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06

Economic Coercion & Trade Retaliation

Identify patterns of state-led economic coercion and informal trade retaliation in the Indo-Pacific, and translate them into scenario planning and risk advice for boards and C-suites. Available from September.

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07

Trade Agreements & Dispute Resolution in the Indo-Pacific

Understand regional trade architecture and dispute pathways, and how to use agreements, forums, and remedies when advising on trade strategy, disputes, and investor-state exposure. Available from September.

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08

Cross-Strait Escalation Risk Analysis

Use a high-stakes cross-Strait scenario to practise escalation analysis, warning indicators, and exposure mapping, and to refine decision-ready advice for investment committees, boards, and key clients. Available from September.

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Enrolment

Enrol your partners, practice groups, or in-house team.

Join an upcoming open cohort, reserve seats for specific partners and senior associates, or schedule firm-only sessions aligned to your Indo-Pacific strategy, sanctions, trade, or investigations practice. Each module includes a 1-hour live intensive, 2.5 hours of structured asynchronous learning, and 3.5 total CPD credits, subject to each organisation’s rules.