Furman Hall 214, 245 Sullivan Street
Sovereign investors—the sovereign wealth funds, global public pensions, and other government affiliated investment vehicles—have become a major source of strategic capital for businesses in the new digital economy and an important partner for those tech companies seeking to expand into growth markets, whereas their activities have also led to tightened cross-border regulations, high profile legal battles, and even geopolitical tensions. Is this the new normal of global capital markets? The rise of economic nationalism?
On October 1, speakers John B. Reynolds III (Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell) and Winston Ma (Former Managing Director of China Investment Corp, NYU School of Law Adjunct Professor) will participate in a special open session of the Sovereign Finance, Capital Markets and Global Regulatory Challenges Seminar. The seminar is convened by Robert Howse and Efraim Chalamish. A reception sponsored by Davis Polk will follow the event.
Speaker Bios:
John Reynolds is a partner in Davis Polk & Wardwell’s Financial Institutions Group and the economic sanctions and national security practice. He is based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office, where he advises U.S. and international clients on trade, security and regulatory issues. He frequently represents clients before the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, Defense and Homeland Security, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. With over 25 years of experience in export controls and economic sanctions, he counsels across industry sectors concerning all types of international compliance and enforcement issues, especially matters involving U.S. national security.
Winston Ma is an investor, author, and adjunct professor in the digital economy. Most recently, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, a vice president at J.P. Morgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York. He is the book author of China’s Mobile Economy (2017) and China’s Data Economy (2019 forthcoming). Mr. Ma received his master of law degree from the New York University School of Law (LL.M, Hauser Global Scholar ’98), and in 2014 he received the NYU Distinguished Alumni Award.