In December 2025 Starke Managing Counsel Daniel Albrecht was appointed as Mediator for IP related cases at the Shanghai Eastern International Commercial Mediation Center.
SICMC is the first commercial mediation institute in China that is authorized by the Ministry of Justice. It was jointly established by Shanghai Arbitration Commission, Shanghai Lawyers Association, Shanghai Notary Association, Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Industry Association, and Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce in Feb 2025. The SCMC is the first institution in China specializing in commercial dispute mediation and is the one and only NGO designated by the International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court focusing on commercial mediation as the "one-stop" platform for the alternative resolution of international commercial disputes. Being the strategic cooperation partner exclusively in China with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (JAMS), the world's largest dispute resolution agency, the SCMC is also an important partner with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center, Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) and Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR).