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Private Placements Global Forum: Europe
October 2025
London, UK

Scott Ashton
Partner at Morrison & Foerster
Speaker

Profile

Scott Ashton is a leading legal advisor to issuers in the private placement market. Scott is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s private placement group based in London. He has specialised expertise in representing issuers who wish to make private placements of debt securities to institutional investors.

Scott received his J.D., Order of the Coif, from Stanford Law School and his B.A., magna cum laude with Honors, from Brigham Young University. Scott was recognised as an Up and Coming lawyer for debt capital markets by Chambers UK 2017 and recommended for debt capital markets in Legal 500 UK 2017.

Agenda Sessions

  • Chairs' Opening Remarks

    09:15
  • The Issuer Point of View

    12:45
  • Roundtable B – NAIC Ratings Discretion, Proposed Model Form Updates, ESG in the PP Market

    16:55
  • Roundtable B – NAIC Ratings Discretion, Proposed Model Form Updates, ESG in the PP Market

    17:25
  • Chairs' Closing Remarks

    17:55
  • Short to Long-term Drivers and Expectations for the Infrastructure Finance Market

    11:40