The 7th annual ALB Indonesia Law Awards, a virtual event held on Oct. 8, celebrated the standout lawyers, firms, in-house teams and legal work in the country.
The year 2020 will probably go down as one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the world seemingly on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most activities and industries have ground to a halt. Since then, it’s been a very mixed bag of performances for M&A around the world.
Big Four professional services firm KPMG has launched a legal offering in Thailand, as the firm continues to grow its legal presence in Asia.
Much like its preceding year, 2019 marked another tumultuous and politically charged year for Asia. Protesters marched in Indonesia following its general election; in Hong Kong, the city’s “summer of protest” has continued into autumn, and U.S.-China trade relations continue to be fraught. Throughout it, all law firms…
The year 2019 has been marked by headlines about the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China. The trade war has kept investors cautious of making deals that could be affected by growing geopolitical risks and protectionism.
According to the Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute’s 2019 “Dynamic Law Firms” study, law firms leading the market in improving their financial performance tend to spend significantly more on marketing and business development than their peers. Firms today are realising that they can’t get by on reputation…
Big Four professional services firm KPMG has expanded its global legal network to Indonesia after entering an alliance with local heavyweight Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS).
For all the talk of sluggish economic growth in 2018, Southeast Asia’s largest economy had a number of bright spots, including infrastructure spending, a jump in tax revenue and a booming digital economy. And the legal market became increasingly competitive as clients became more demanding. Lawyers in Indonesia talk…
Indonesia’s technology sector is seeing explosive growth in both the number of companies and the amount of inbound investment. The country already has more than 1,700 start-ups, and four “unicorns,” or billion-dollar companies, and industry watchers are predicting there will be more.
Mohamed Idwan “Kiki” Ganie of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo was named as Managing Partner of the Year, and Ahmad Fikri Assegaf of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners was adjudged Dealmaker of the Year at the ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2017.
In conversation with Kiki Ganie, managing partner of Indonesian law firm Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo
This year, ALB has separated Asia’s Top 50 Largest Law Firms list into two tables: Top 50 International Firms and Top 50 Asian Firms. The former table ranks Baker & McKenzie as the largest international firm by headcount in Asia, with Clifford Chance and Linklaters claiming the second and third spots. The latter,…
Clyde & Co and Indonesian law firm Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS) have entered into an alliance focusing on servicing clients across Indonesia, as well as Indonesian business venturing abroad.
Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners has represented Japan’s Marubeni Corp in relation to the development of the Rantau Dedap geothermal power plant project in Indonesia’s South Sumatra. Media reports have put the estimated cost of the project at $900 million.
The natural resources sector in Indonesia is heating up. Leading coal mining company, PT Adaro Indonesia, has attracted significant interest from international financiers resulting in oversubscription in both an offer of senior guaranteed notes and a bank facility.
