We provide a broad range of commercial and legal services tailored to the requirements of international and Indonesian clients.
Our clients in Indonesia include major Indonesian and international organizations involved in a diverse range of sectors of Indonesia’s economy.
Agribusiness
We have extensive experience in advising on Indonesian agribusiness-related transactions. Our work covers navigating the regulatory environment, mergers and acquisitions, sales contracts, the environment, financing, joint ventures, and re-financing.
Banking and finance
We have extensive experience providing legal services to Indonesian and cross-border clients in the banking and finance sectors. The banking sector in Indonesia is rapidly evolving, and the provision of legal services to this sector requires a thorough knowledge of the regulatory landscape, including how regulation has evolved and where it is headed.
We advise clients on lending and security arrangements, regulatory advice, asset finance, debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, liaison with government departments, and dispute resolution. We also advise securities brokerages, and insurance, finance leasing, and venture capital companies.
Capital markets and securities
Our lawyers are experienced in capital markets work, including IPOs, rights issues, bond issues, go-privates and de-listings, as well as advising on regulatory matters. Partners at Ashurst Perkins Coie OSP have acted for listed Indonesian financial institutions, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), and have been involved in corporate governance reform projects. We have extensive experience in providing legal services to banks, financial institutions and corporate and government-sector borrowers in domestic and international financing.
Employment
Employment laws in Indonesia require in-depth technical and practical knowledge. We have a team of lawyers familiar with all aspects of employment regulations, including the preparation of employment agreements (fixed-term and permanent), company regulations and collective labor agreements, advising on termination rights, severance obligations and settlement agreements, labor disputes, and union relationships. Our employment practice also advises specifically on labor issues in connection with acquisitions and mergers of Indonesian entities or of Indonesian subsidiaries of global entities.
Foreign investment
We advise on and assist through the entire process of establishing new companies, obtaining licenses, establishing joint ventures and representative offices, as well as acting on acquisitions of interests in Indonesian businesses. A critical part of our advice is working with clients to establish the right investment structure from both an operational and tax perspective. Our advice to foreign investors covers not only the legal aspects of doing business in Indonesia, but also practical insights into the nuances of Indonesian business culture.
Hotels, tourism and leisure
Ashurst Perkins Coie’s regional practice represents several of the world’s major hotel groups on development projects in Indonesia, as well as operational and hotel-management activities.
Infrastructure and construction
Our infrastructure practice acts for investors on a variety of major infrastructure projects covering: real estate and strata title; telecommunications equipment for government departments; port development projects and regulation; oil and gas production facilities; steel manufacturing plants; toll roads; and electricity generation, transmission, and distribution projects.
Litigation and dispute resolution
Our clients benefit from the Ashurst Perkins Coie OSP’s significant experience of resolving disputes in many business sectors in Indonesia and globally, our experience in the dispute resolution process and our unwavering focus on our clients’ business needs.
Our lawyers are skilled in the conduct of litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. We work with some of Asia’s leading organizations to resolve their complex, high-profile, commercial disputes. We take a strategic approach to dispute resolution. We focus on the issues that matter to clients and how the dispute resolution process can be managed effectively. Our lawyers can also draw on the resources, knowledge and experience of our global dispute resolution practice to benefit our clients and to support them in cross-jurisdictional matters.
Mergers and acquisitions
Our M&A work ranges from highly regulated areas, such as capital markets and financial institutions, to negotiated commercial transactions. Interaction with regulators and the ability to help understand and shape regulatory outcomes, as well as an awareness of the practical and reputational implications of the transaction, is often also required. We also advise on corporatizations, privatizations, restructurings and liquidations/insolvencies. Our clients include listed and unlisted companies, as well as state-owned enterprises.
Mining, energy and resources
Working closely with Ashurst Perkins Coie’s regional energy and resources practice, we have extensive experience in handling mining and mineral projects in Indonesia. Our team regularly advises major resources companies on many of their most significant, complex, and iconic deals.
The Ashurst Perkins Coie OSP team helps our local and global clients to understand the implications of changes in laws and regulations related to mining and foreign direct investment, while providing commercial advice that helps them to develop appropriate solutions. Our work covers advice in greenfield and brownfield investments and acquisitions across all commodities, such as coal, nickel, gold, copper, tin, bauxite, lead and zinc. We also advise on offtake arrangements, mining services arrangements and supply infrastructure (eg ports and roads). We also act for oil and gas companies and contractors in relation to production-sharing arrangements and on a range of regulatory matters.
Regulatory
We regularly advise government and private-sector clients about their respective legislative and regulatory obligations and their relationships with regulatory authorities. We act for clients across a range of industries and members of our team have considerable experience in dealing with regulations and regulators in the following areas: monopoly and anti-unfair competition law; franchising; banking; capital markets; shipping; telecommunications; IT; forestry; government procurement; and regional autonomy.
Shipping
Ashurst Perkins Coie OSP has a substantial shipping practice group. We advise vessel owners, charterers, banks, and shipping operators on a variety of transactions and matters, including: foreign investment and structuring; vessel acquisitions and financing; vessel mortgages; security and registrations; ship management; contracts; and new builds.
Telecommunications
We have considerable experience in advising on telecommunications-related transactions and understanding how the regulators operate. We understand the range of areas likely to affect any telecommunications project in Indonesia, including: structuring and financing of major foreign investments; telecommunications regulation in Indonesia; land acquisition, title and usage issues; government procurement and tendering requirements; and damages claims resulting from the collapse of communications towers.
Our lawyers have advised on the commissioning and launch of telecommunication satellites to serve the Indonesian market, as well as having acted for major overseas telecommunications companies proposing to acquire majority interests in Indonesian telecommunications companies. Our advice has included topics relevant to communications investments such as: telecommunications licenses and approvals; spectrum licenses; operating permits and licenses; telecommunications-related agreements; agreements with equipment vendors; and title to and rights in respect of land.