As international trade and investment conditions grow more complex and regulatory frameworks in the United Kingdom and Europe continue to evolve, Chinese companies face an increasingly demanding legal and compliance environment.
The Center for China and Globalization (CCG) will convene a breakfast roundtable featuring Barnabas (Barney) Reynolds, partner in Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s Financial Services Group, in dialogue with Professor Wang Yiwei of Renmin University of China.
Drawing on recent regulatory shifts and high-profile market disruptions, the conversation will examine:
Recent changes in the UK and European legal and regulatory environment
Legal and compliance issues facing Chinese companies investing and operating in the region
Cross-border transactions, financial regulation and enterprise risk management
Sunday, 16 August 2026
9:00–10:30 a.m.
Breakfast roundtable
Discussion in English
Beijing CBD / Guomao area
Partner, Financial Services Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | London
Barnabas (Barney) Reynolds is a partner in the Firm’s Financial Services Group. He is recognised as a leading financial institutions practitioner advising across a wide range of financial services matters, including mergers and acquisitions, governance, investigations and enforcement actions, AML and sanctions, and regulatory aspects of transactional matters involving banks, asset managers, insurers, derivatives, financial markets and infrastructure, payments, fintech, cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
Barney finds solutions to complex situations. He advises financial institutions, boards, and other senior executives on risk management, regulatory changes, and compliance. He frequently engages with policymakers and regulators on complex domestic and cross-border financial services matters.
Barney has extensive expertise advising on UK and EU regulation, as well as navigating legal and regulatory systems worldwide. He has a broad practice advising clients on numerous high-profile matters across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, including Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, ICE, Morgan Stanley, Société Generale, and Wells Fargo. He helped numerous financial institutions during the 2008 financial crisis, the Eurozone crisis of 2009–2012, and the Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank situations. He has played a significant role in the development of financial regulatory regimes, including advising on the establishment of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and work relating to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). He also advised the UK government and market participants on legal and regulatory issues arising from the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
In Chambers UK, clients state that “Barney’s depth of knowledge in financial services and his understanding of the complex foreign policy matters is key to his tactical advice”, and that he has “great institutional knowledge and experience.”
Legal 500 notes that Barney is “highly pragmatic and approachable with the ability to take a very international view, drawing on deep and broad range of transaction experience” with one client commenting that he is “one of the most astute lawyers I have worked with in 30 years of banking. He has a very detailed approach to issues and always creatively finds solutions.”
School of International Studies, Renmin University of China
9:00–9:10
Registration and breakfast networking
9:10–9:15
Welcome remarks
9:15–10:00
Featured dialogue
10:00–10:25
Audience discussion
10:25–10:30
Closing remarks
Advance registration is required.
Registration link and QR code:
Places are limited. Registration is confirmed only upon notification from the organiser.
This is intended as an in-person event in Beijing on Sunday, August 16, 2026.
It is NOT an online event.
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