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Key contacts
Managing Partner : Ivan F. Baely
Quick facts
Number of partners

4

Total number of practitioners

20

Languages

Indonesia, English

Key practice areas
Banking
Financial and corporate
Corporate and M&A
M&A
Firm overview

IABF Law Firm is a leading firm in Indonesia, with a great spirit of teamwork and collegiality. Our team is selected from a range of diverse career backgrounds, including multi-national corporations, national and international law firms, financial institutions, government bodies and university academia. This breadth of experience and sector knowledge contained within our team guarantees that we guide our clients to the best commercial business outcome available.

The firm’s clients range from individuals and start-up enterprises to leading business companies in Indonesia, including large national and multinational companies, state-owned enterprises, banks, financial institutions as well as international firms.

Key practice areas
  • Asset finance
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Capital markets: High yield
  • CLO/CDO
  • Competition
  • Covered bonds
  • Financial restructuring
  • Financial services regulatory
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • Islamic finance
  • M&A
  • PPP/PFI
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project bonds
  • Project development
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Real estate funds
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
  • Trade finance
Sector expertise
  • Accounting
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Government and public policy
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Investment management
  • Media
  • Mining
  • Oil and gas
  • Real estate
  • Shipping
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology and telecommunications
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
Intiland Tower 9th Floor
Jl. Jenderal Sudirman 32
Jakarta Pusat 10220
Tel:+622157905090 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.iab-net.com
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

IABF Law Firm is a pre-eminent law firm in Indonesia and has been actively providing legal services to the business communities since 2003.

 

Focusses / specialisms

The firm is recognised for its corporate work and covers a variety of practice areas including banking and finance, M&A, capital markets, projects, restructuring and insolvency across real estate, logistic, aviation, energy, technology and telecommunication sectors.

 

Key clients 

Notable clients include Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia (Persero), Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) and Dentsu Aegis Network Indonesia.

 

Research period review: 33rd edition (2022/2023)  

During the research cycle, the firm was active in banking and finance and corporate M&A areas.

The finance team was preoccupied with project finance and Islamic finance mandates.

In M&A, the firm was very active in divestment, asset acquisitions and private acquisitions. The deals were in the agriculture, mining and financial services sectors.

 

Deal highlights: 33rd edition (2022/2023)  

Perkebunan Nusantara III (Persero) group restructuring.

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Deal Highlights
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Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
PT E2Pay Global Utama - Bond issue
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Bond issue
Ivan Baely
PT E2Pay Global Utama
Issuer
Chailease International Financial Services - Financing
2021-12-21
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Financing
Ivan Baely
Chailease International Financial Services
Lender
Chailease International Financial Services - Financing
2021-05-21
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Financing
Ivan Baely
Chailease International Financial Services
Lender
Ms Sarah Abdullah - M&A
2021-01-07
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
Ms Sarah Abdullah
Acquirer
PT Arsynergy Resources - M&A
2021-01-11
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Arsynergy Resources
Acquirer
PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia - M&A
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Almaida Askandar
PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia
Seller
PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia - Financing
2021-12-21
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Financing
Ivan Baely
PT Aviasi Pariwisata Indonesia
Borrower
PT Dentsu Aegis Network Indonesia - M&A
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely
PT Dentsu Aegis Network Indonesia
Acquirer
PT KGI Sekuritas Indonesia - M&A
2021-04-10
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Almaida Askandar
PT KGI Sekuritas Indonesia
Acquirer
PT Mediator Komunitas Indonesia - Secondary share offering
2021-11-20
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Secondary share offering
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Mediator Komunitas Indonesia
Initial purchaser
PT Mediator Komunitas Indonesia - M&A
2021-11-20
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Mediator Komunitas Indonesia
Seller
PT Megasetia Agung Kimia and the original individual shareholders - M&A
2021-12-12
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely
PT Megasetia Agung Kimia and the original individual shareholders
Seller
PT Pelita Bara Samudera - M&A
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Pelita Bara Samudera
Seller
PT Perkebunan Nusantara III - Restructuring
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Restructuring
Ivan Baely
PT Perkebunan Nusantara III
Shareholder
PT Tenaga Kimia Indonesia and Austin Powder Malaysia Sdn Bhd - Secondary share offering
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Secondary share offering
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Tenaga Kimia Indonesia and Austin Powder Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Initial purchaser
PT Tenaga Kimia Indonesia and Austin Powder Malaysia Sdn Bhd - M&A
2022-02-24
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Tenaga Kimia Indonesia and Austin Powder Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Acquirer
Kendall Court Harmony Ltd. - Financing
2024-12-17
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Financing
Ivan F. Baely, Robert Hasan
Kendall Court Harmony Ltd.
Lender
PT Bank IBK International Tbk. - Financing
2024-11-04
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
Financing
Ivan F. Baely, Meidyna Budiarti
PT Bank IBK International Tbk.
Lender
PT Plasindo Lestari and PT Indonesia Toppan Printing - M&A
2024-04-01
IABF Law Firm
Indonesia
M&A
Ivan F. Baely, Robert Hasan
PT Plasindo Lestari and PT Indonesia Toppan Printing
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