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Morrison Foerster

Corporate/M&A: International

Asia-Pacific Guide 2026 : Singapore

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MoFo’s Singapore-based South and Southeast M&A practice handles a wide range of cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, regulatory matters, joint ventures, strategic alliances and regional rollouts. 

We represent, large corporates, financial institutions, privately held companies, private equity and venture capital firms in their most high-profile, complex and ground breaking transactions.

The team combines deep regional expertise with strong cross-border deal execution capability. Our M&A work focuses on effective structuring combined with a commercial approach that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the risks of doing business in some of the world’s most diverse and challenging jurisdictions.

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Corporate/M&A: International - Singapore

What the Team is Known For

Morrison Foerster is a prominent law firm in the Singapore market, with an especially strong roster of clients in the financial services, technology and real estate sectors. The firm is active on a range of M&A, joint venture and corporate restructuring work and is praised for strength in complementary areas such as fund formation. The team leverages its leading reputation in Tokyo to provide advice to Japanese clients investing in South-East Asia. The practice also handles transactions covering a wide range of other jurisdictions, such as China and Vietnam.

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Work Highlights

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  • Morrison Foerster advised Keppel DC REIT Management on its acquisition of a hyperscaler data centre located in Tokyo for JPY23.4 billion.

Strengths

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  • They have done an amazing job threading the needle between parties involved, calmly and logically explaining issues, and helping the parties find a resolution.

    Corporate/M&A: International respondentAsia-Pacific

  • The team have excellent problem-solving skills. They are thoughtful and always prepared with solutions, not just citing problems.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Scott Jalowayski
    Scott Jalowayski

    Scott Jalowayski

    Scott Jalowayski advises global and regional private equity houses on a broad spectrum of sales and strategic investments in China and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. His recent mandates include advising on transactions in the pharmaceutical, energy and consumer goods industries.

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  • Tabitha Saw
    Tabitha Saw

    Tabitha Saw

    Tabitha Saw has a growing reputation in Singapore's legal market, with particular experience in deals related to data centres, as well as in the logistics sector. She is experienced in handling large transactions.

    • She has a lot of experience, especially in the data industry. Her knowledge of current practice is very helpful to us.

      Corporate/M&A: International respondentAsia-Pacific

    • Tabitha is a data centre sector matter expert. She has years of experience acting on all sides of a transaction, which enables her to give a holistic and balanced view of issues.

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