VIDEO: Clifford Chance's Lee Taylor
Indonesia has aroused enormous interest among foreign investors but valuations remain an issue, according to Lee Taylor, a partner with Clifford Chance in Singapore. There have been huge dislocations between buyers and sellers generally since the global financial crisis, and conditions in Indonesia specifically are exacerbated by a sharp increase in public market valuations
"We've acted for many clients over the last few years on sell-side mandates that haven't successfully closed where they've flip-flopped between a trade sale and an IPO," Taylor says. "It's hugely frustrating...
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