Scott Jalowayski

• Corporate

New York

Partner

Ropes & Gray

Current

Current

Scott was a partner in a major international law firm prior to joining Ropes Gray.He has been involved in a broad range of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions (including LBO's), restructurings and venture financings. Representative transactions illustrating Scott's experience advising global leaders are: Private Equity $35 million equity financing of a Shanghai-based chemistry research outsourcing business by a leading global private equity fund $181 million leveraged buyout by a leading global private equity fund of one of the largest global producers of xanthan gum Debt financing aspects of a $150 million equity investment in a HSKE-listed consumer electronics retailer by a leading global private equity fund Multiple private equity transactions for various principal investments desks of a bulge-bracket investment bank in China, Taiwan, and the Philippines $100 million financing by a leading global private equity fund of a Japanese provider of broadband-Internet access services $30 million financing of a PRC petroleum equipment manufacturer led by a leading global private equity fund Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances $1 billion merger of the Japanese subsidiaries of two global industrial gas providers and $150 million tender offer for the shares of TSE-listed subsidiary First substantial overseas investment for client - $125 million investment in NASDAQ-listed provider of employment information services in China Debt financing aspects of a proposed leveraged buyout of a listed PRC company by a leading global private equity fund $80 million acquisition of a leading PRC wireless value-added service provider by a Jasdaq-listed wireless telecommunications company $100 million acquisition of a PRC-based international express package delivery business (a PRC State-owned enterprise with subsidiaries listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges) for an NYSE-listed integrated logistics services provider Cash acquisition valued at $75 million of a PRC internet e-tailer,by a leading US online retailer $110 million acquisition of a 20% stake in China's largest travel consolidator by the leading Japanese internet portal $60 million divestiture of two large-scale manufacturing facilities of a NYSE-listed French multinational electronics manufacturer in the PRC employing over 7,000 employees, and its related strategic technology development alliance with a leading Taiwanese technology company Restructurings; Distressed Situations; Structured Finance Purchase of all of the outstanding secured and unsecured debt of HKSE-listed corporation with face-value of HK$1.4 billion from a consortium of lenders Restructuring of trans-Pacific submarine and Japanese terrestrial fiber-optic joint ventures with telecommunications company, including an agreement to purchase capacity on fiber-optic network in Japan $50 million mezzanine load to an SPV in connection with a $150 securitization financing of ADSL modem and modem rental agreements

New York Law School Law Review

J.D.

1998

summa cum laude, Articles Editor

Monterey Institute of International Studies

M.B.A.

1995

University of California

B.A.

1991

Los Angeles