Morrison Foerster Strengthens Singapore Corporate Footprint with Addition of Prominent PE and M&A Partner Scott Jalowayski

Singapore (January 09, 2025) – Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce that Scott Jalowayski will be rejoining the firm as a partner in the Corporate Group in its Singapore office. Jalowayski arrives with over 20 years’ experience advising clients on complex international private equity and M&A transactions, having practiced in New York, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.

Jalowayski joins Morrison Foerster from another prominent global firm, where he was a founding partner of the firm’s Asia Private Equity practice and served most recently as co-chair of its Global Private Equity practice group. Jalowayski previously practiced at Morrison Foerster, spending three years in the firm’s Japan office and five years in its Hong Kong office, where he made partner.

Jalowayski advises private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and other global and regional investment managers on their investment and M&A transactions in Asia. He has broad experience across a range of transaction types, including leveraged and unleveraged control acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures, divestures, and restructurings, and sectors, including life sciences and healthcare, interactive and digital media, and technology, alongside real asset and infrastructure enterprises.

“Scott is an excellent strategic addition to the Singapore office, and we are thrilled to welcome him back to the firm. He strengthens our private equity and M&A capabilities on the ground in Singapore and brings significant, cross-industry experience to Morrison Foerster,” said Paul McKenzie, Morrison Foerster Mergers + Acquisitions partner.

 “Scott brings to the firm significant private equity and M&A credentials and core relationships in both Southeast Asia and Japan. His presence will deepen our bench in these regions and in industries that are strategic to the firm, including energy transition, renewables, technology, and digital infrastructure,” said Tabitha Saw, co-office managing partner, Singapore at Morrison Foerster.

“We are thrilled to have Scott back in the region, and see him as a key addition to our market leading Japan capabilities to assist clients investing into Japan and from Japan around the region,” said Ken Siegel, managing partner of Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office and head of the office’s M&A team. “His decade long experience with this market will further supplement our U.S. and Japan M&A and PE teams.”

 “I am delighted to rejoin Morrison Foerster’s standout Corporate Group and work with my colleagues, both new and old, in Singapore, Japan, and across the firm’s global offices, while leveraging my vast experience and strong client relationships across Southeast Asia and Japan to bolster and expand the firm’s private equity and M&A offerings in these regions on the firm’s exceptional global platform,” said Jalowayski.

Jalowayski’s addition continues Morrison Foerster’s strategic growth in Asia, following the recent additions of Greg Salathé and Stephen DeCosse, both based in Japan.

Jalowayski is a regional and globally recognized lawyer for his private equity work and is frequently ranked across Chambers, Legal 500, and the ILFR100. He joins Morrison Foerster with a B.A. from the University of California – Los Angeles, an MBA from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, and a J.D. from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong.