Cynthia Sica

About Cynthia Sica

Cynthia Sica is a partner in SBA Law's corporate and commercial team, working across a wide range of commercial transactions and regulated industries. She advises Australian and multinational businesses of all sizes, from market leaders to start-ups, in sectors including automotive, franchising, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods. Her focus areas include domestic and international licensing, franchising and distribution, technology contracts, competition and consumer law, intellectual property commercialisation, and privacy and data matters. The firm positions her among Australia's top franchise and automotive practitioners; she joined SBA Law in 2014 after fifteen years at DLA Piper, including in-house secondments with corporate clients.

Doyle’s Guide listed Cynthia Sica as Recommended among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2025, and Cynthia Sica does not appear in that list’s 2026 edition.

Doyle’s Guide rankings

Cynthia Sica’s most recent listings. Every edition we could verify is set out in the ranking history below.

• Business & Commercial Lawyers, VictoriaRecommendedDoyle’s 2025 · SBA LawSource →

Doyle’s ranking history

Every Doyle’s listing we could verify for Cynthia Sica. Each list page was opened individually on doylesguide.com, one edition at a time, on 17 September 2026; no run of years has been inferred from a single page.

• Business & Commercial Lawyers, VictoriaRecommendedRecommended 2025Source →

Years are the edition years Doyle’s publishes. Cynthia Sica is not in the Victorian business and commercial lawyers list for 2021–2024, 2026, which we confirmed by searching each of those pages; that list was first published in 2021. We searched Doyle’s Victorian and national lawyer lists for commercial, corporate, property, leasing, insolvency, technology, employment, construction and estates work from 2015 to 2026.

What Cynthia Sica handles

As listed by SBA Law:

• International and domestic licensing
• Franchising and distribution
• Commercial contracts and technology agreements
• Industry code compliance
• Competition and consumer law
• Intellectual property commercialisation and enforcement
• Privacy and data matters

Sectors. Automotive; Franchising; Technology; Manufacturing; Food; Fashion; Utilities and embedded networks; Consumer goods; Petrol and convenience.

Career and background

• Joined SBA Law in 2014 as a partner after fifteen years at DLA Piper. (source)
• Completed in-house secondments with corporate clients while at DLA Piper. (source)
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Melbourne, including part of the law degree on exchange at McGill Law School, Montreal. (source)

Other recognition

Listings in other directories, as published by the source shown. We have not independently verified these.

• Recognised as a leading franchise law practitioner in the Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal), Australian and Global editions, 2018 to 2026. (source)
• Exclusive winner, Franchise category, Lexology Client Choice Awards 2022 (Australia). (source)

Register details

Cynthia Sica is listed on the Victorian register of lawyers kept by the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner. The entry is reproduced below as it appeared on 17 September 2026 (the address field is omitted).

• Name on the registerCynthia Sica
• Practising certificate typePrincipal with Trust
• Practising atSBA Legal Pty Ltd
• Areas of practiceBusiness/Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Competition/Consumer Law, Information technology/Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, IT/Cybersecurity, Privacy
• Accredited specialisationsNot applicable
• LanguagesNot applicable

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Cynthia Sica?

Cynthia Sica is a partner at SBA Law in Melbourne, working in international and domestic licensing, franchising and distribution and commercial contracts and technology agreements.

Is Cynthia Sica ranked by Doyle’s Guide?

Doyle’s Guide listed Cynthia Sica as Recommended among Victoria’s business and commercial lawyers in 2025, and Cynthia Sica does not appear in that list’s 2026 edition. Each edition is linked in the ranking history on this page.

What does Cynthia Sica specialise in?

According to SBA Law: International and domestic licensing; Franchising and distribution; Commercial contracts and technology agreements; Industry code compliance; Competition and consumer law; Intellectual property commercialisation and enforcement; Privacy and data matters.

How do I contact Cynthia Sica?

Through SBA Law. This profile is editorial; Cynthia Sica has not claimed it and has no commercial relationship with Lawyer Reviews.