RANKINGS: ALB Employer of Choice 2024
BY Sarah Wong |Around a year ago, law firms were already grappling with the challenge of keeping their members, particularly the younger generation, engaged, motivated, and committed. However, the advent of a groundbreaking new technology, in the form of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), has added another significant variable, presenting both risks and opportunities.
INDONESIA: Arrested Development
BY Nimitt Dixit |When Indonesia established a carbon trading mechanism last year, the move was welcomed across the board. However, a lack of strong implementing regulations, regulatory uncertainty, and insufficient business incentives have combined to ensure slow-going for the country's carbon trading market.
BRIEFS: Lawyers Eye Rise in Healthcare, Infrastructure Work in Prabowo Era
BY Sarah Wong |On Valentine’s Day, Indonesians went to the polls during the world’s largest single-day election, and decided that their former defence chief should be their next president.
Indonesia’s FKNK adds corporate partner
BY Nimitt Dixit |Indonesian boutique FKNK Law Firm has hired M&A pro Meilisa Husein as a partner in Jakarta. Husein was most recently running her own firm, Meilisa Husein & Partners.
Withers enters into association with Indonesian boutique Karna
BY Sarah Wong |UK law firm Withers has broadened its ASEAN offering after entering into a formal association with Indonesian boutique Karna Partnership.
SUBMISSION OPEN: ALB Firms to Watch (Indonesia) 2024
BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》 |Indonesia has been seeing the rise of some quality smaller law firms that are punching well above their weight in terms of work handled and services delivered.
RANKINGS: ALB Indonesia Rising Stars 2024
BY Asian Legal Business《亚洲法律杂志》, Mari Iwata |In its annual feature, Asian Legal Business celebrates the next generation of legal talent in Indonesia. These high-performing lawyers are not only delivering impressive results but also winning rave reviews from satisfied clients. The list is in alphabetical order and some lawyers have been profiled.
CC, ABNR, Ginting, HBT act on $2.75 bln Indonesia toll road investment platform
BY Mari Iwata |Clifford Chance and ABNR are advising pension investor APG Asset Management on its investment in a $2.75 billion Indonesia toll road investment platform, which is being represented by Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung and Herbert Smith Freehills.
Indonesia’s ARMA in non-exclusive alliance with Shin & Kim
BY Mari Iwata |South Korean Big Six firm Shin & Kim and Jakarta-based law firm ARMA Law have entered into a non-exclusive alliance, which is expected to complement the former’s existing Indonesia desk.
Boutiques Gurbani, Sutedja in Singapore-Indonesia alliance
BY Mari Iwata |Singapore law firm Gurbani & Co has entered into a strategic partnership with Indonesia’s Sutedja & Partners that aims to assist corporate and individual clients in both countries. Sutedja will operate as Sutedja & Partners in association with Gurbani & Co going forward.
Indonesian boutique ADCO adds 2 partners
BY Mari Iwata |Indonesian law firm ADCO Law has increased its partner count to six after hiring capital markets specialist Hanny Marpaung as a partner from HHP Law Firm, where she was a senior associate, and promoting labour expert Morales Sundusing.
Japan’s TMI formalizes Indo association with Frans & Setiawan
BY Mari Iwata |Japanese law firm TMI Associates has entered into a formal association with Indonesia’s Frans & Setiawan, which had been part of TMI’s international network since it launched in June 2019.