Iqbal Darmawan

Iqbal Darmawan is a Senior Partner and Head of the Capital Markets Practice Area. Iqbal has been involved in various capital market transactions, representing both issuers and banks/underwriters, in both equity and debt capital market. His work encompasses various sectors, including IT, plantations, healthcare, mining and transportation sectors. When representing issuers, Iqbal's work often also involves pre-IPO work. This includes assisting the issuer in putting in place the appropriate corporate and shareholding structures (which may include selling out or injecting new assets). Other than capital raising, over the years Iqbal has also been involved and led teams in doing most of the delisting and going private transactions in Indonesia. Iqbal has also been involved in debt issuance transactions, both USD and IDR denominations. Iqbal also regularly advises clients on various capital market issues such as disclosures, good corporate governance, related party and material transactions, and takeover issues.

In addition, Iqbal has been involved in various M&A transactions, representing both sellers and buyers. While most of his work relates to M&A involving public companies, he also covers M&A of private companies. His work encompasses various sectors, including IT, plantations, media and broadcasting, financial institutions and real estate. His works covers structuring and documenting and negotiating transaction documents. Other than strategic clients and local conglomerates, Iqbal's clients also include private equity, both local and foreign. In the private equity space, his work not only involves share acquisitions but also mezzanine and convertible instruments.