Awang is a corporate lawyer who acts on cross-border equity capital market and public M&A transactions.

Awang advises international and Indonesian clients on a wide range of corporate actions including backdoor listings, sukuk issues, public offerings, private placements, block trades, rights issues and M&A transactions.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

  • Smartfren’s controlling shareholders on the merger of telecom operators XL Axiata, Smartfren and Smartel to become XLSMART, with a total enterprise value of US$6.5 billion
  • PT Amman Mineral Internasional Tbk on its US$715 million IPO and listing on the IDX, in one of Indonesia’s largest IPOs (IPO Deal of the Year, ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2023)
  • Credit Suisse, CLSA, HSBC, Mandiri Sekuritas, Credit Suisse Sekuritas Indonesia, CLSA Sekuritas Indonesia and HSBC Sekuritas Indonesia as the underwriters for a US$624 million IPO and international Regulation S offering by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Tbk
  • Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, BCA Sekuritas and BRI Sekuritas on the US$528 million IPO (and Regulation S global offering) of PT Global Digital Niaga Tbk (Blibli)
  • Bank Permata on the US$2.3 billion sale of its shares by controlling shareholders Standard Chartered and Astra to Bangkok Bank (ALB Indonesia M&A Deal of the Year 2020)

Background

Awang holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Universitas Indonesia. He is fluent in English and a native speaker of Indonesian.