Scott Ashton has a corporate finance practice with emphasis on cross-border securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. His capital markets experience includes private placements and public offerings of debt and equity (including Rule 144A, Regulation S and SEC-registered offerings); his M&A experience encompasses public and private acquisitions, asset sales and tender offers; and his restructuring experience includes debt restructurings, bankruptcy proceedings and corporate spin-offs.As part of Morrison & Foerster’s leading private placement team, Scott has specialized expertise in representing European and other companies who wish to make private placements of debt securities to institutional investors. In addition to traditional model form transactions, Scott is a member of the Loan Market Association working group on private placements that developed the LMA private placement documentation. Scott also advises companies and investors with respect to corporate governance matters, SEC reporting and U.S. securities laws.Scott is recommended for finance: debt capital markets in Legal 500 UK 2020, 2019 and 2017 and corporate & commercial: M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, £250m+ in Legal 500 UK 2019, recognized as a notable practitioner for capital markets: debt, capital markets: equity, M&A in IFLR 1000 2019 and recognized as an up-and-coming lawyer for debt capital markets by Chambers UK 2017. He was included in Financial News’ 2014 list of 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Legal Services.