Morrison & Foerster has hired project finance partner Jon Ornolfsson in Singapore from Ashurst.

Ornolfsson, who will also spend time in Tokyo, focuses on acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures and project financing in the oil and gas, power and chemicals sectors. In November last year, he was part of a cross-border team that advised Austria-based oil and gas company OMV AG on a $1.6 billion Malaysian joint venture with Sapura Energy Bhd.