Stephanie is a senior associate at Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung specialising in public and private M&A, joint ventures and inbound investment into Indonesia. She is accustomed to advising both local and international clients on their investments and operations in Indonesia’s complex regulatory regime. She often works on commercial contracts and M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the fintech, logistics and healthcare sectors. 

Stephanie has advised:

• KKR on its acquisition of Unilever’s margarine and spreads business in Indonesia, as part of the US$8 billion global acquisition of Unilever’s margarine and spreads business 
• Crescent Capital Partners on the auction sale of a leading Polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings business in Indonesia
• Asahi on the divestment of its interest in a manufacturing joint venture with the Indofood Group
• Blackstone on its majority investment in a warehousing and real estate business in Indonesia
• GIC on its c.US$350 million forward purchase of Capital Place, an office tower in central Jakarta. This landmark real estate M&A transaction was the first ‘forward purchase’ of an entire office tower by a foreign investor in Indonesia, involving complex security and other arrangements to mitigate development risks
• CVC Capital Partners on its USD114 million investment in an unsecured zero-coupon bond issued by a major Indonesian publicly listed retail company in connection with its sports and lifestyle retail division and option to convert its investment into a 30 percent equity stake in a wholly-owned subsidiary upon its listing on the Indonesian Stock Exchange
• A sovereign wealth fund on its subscription to a guaranteed interest exchangeable bond by an Indonesian group company engaging in the warehousing / real estate business in Indonesia
• PT Solusi Tunas Pratama Tbk on its acquisition of 3,500 towers from PT XL Axiata Tbk through a bidding process which doubled STP's tower portfolio and made it the third largest tower operator in Indonesia