The affirmation of BBL's Baa1 ratings and baa1 BCA reflects the bank's strong solvency and liquidity due to its conservative risk culture and prominent corporate banking franchise in Thailand.
What have been some of the big trends you have witnessed in the M&A space – either in Indonesia or regionally – in the past year? How did these impact your practice?
It is not surprising that the brightest silver lining has been the increase of digitilization. It opens up many possibilities from doing fintechs to data centers. The impact is that it requires lawyers to be more sophisticated and to have the ability to synthesize things, to see things as interlinked and in holistic ways.
Tell us about some of your notable deals from the past 12 months. Can you talk in detail about one or two interesting ones, and the role you played in them?