Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune (AMT) has established a Jakarta desk in the office of Roosdino and Partners, the ZICOlaw network’s member firm in Indonesia.

AMT’s Jakarta desk aims to help Japanese clients in Indonesia in a number of ways, including M&A, joint ventures, financial transactions, licenses and permits, consultations with local regulators, and dispute resolution.  It will also provide Japanese-language about doing business in Indonesia, including advice on compliance and labor affairs.

The Jakarta desk will be headed by Takahiro Ikeda, who has more than 10 years of experience in corporate commercial and financial transactions.

Japan is currently one of Indonesia’s largest foreign direct investors, with total investments of $2.7 billion in 2014.

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