With the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia’s economy has been growing at a respectable rate of 5% over the past five years amid a global slowdown, with the Indonesian government investing in US$350 million worth of infrastructure, the largest the country has even seen, and enjoying low levels of unemployment.
Marissa Octrinanda, a business development personnel at Kian Santang in Indonesia, has this to say about Dianyndra Kusuma Hardy of Suhardi Somomoljono & Associates: “Dianyndra always believe in the ethos of the client, not the lawyer, determining the format and amount of legal services to be provided.
Not to be outshone by their male peers, a good portion of the A-list was filled by Indonesia’s leading women lawyers including: Helena Adnan, a senior partner at Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto, who also serves as director of legal and compliance, and independent director at Pelita Samudera Shipping; Melli Darsa, founder and senior partner at Melli Darsa & Co, who was recently named one of Globe Asia’s 99 most powerful woman in Indonesia; and Irawati Hermawan, managing partner at Hermawan Juniarto, who is currently active in several organizations such as the Indonesia Chambers of Commerce, the Indonesia Transport Society and the Indonesia Advocates Association.
Included in the A-list lawyers is also Indonesia’s young legal talent. Pramudya Oktavinanda, managing partner at UMBRA Strategic Legal Solutions, received this positive note from Hendrawan Hendrawan, AVP – financial advisory services at RHB Sekuritas, Indonesia: “Pramudya is a young, passionate and talented lawyer.
The A-List is based on extensive research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal. To identify the top 100 lawyers in Indonesia, we turned to thousands of in-house counsel in Indonesia and around the world – as well as partners at international law firms – and asked them to tell us which lawyers should make the cut.
Indonesia’s complex legal landscape makes it imperative for both domestic and international businesses to seek legal assistance when navigating the regulatory environment. The Indonesian legal market continues to be one where clients seek out good lawyers, rather than good law firms.
A-list lawyer Andi Walli, managing partner of Andi & Law, received praise from Nanda Juwita, senior legal personnel at Cipta Integra Duta, a leading insurance broker in Indonesia, who says, “ [Andi] is a full package high-quality lawyer, high skills, manner, integrity and professionalism, yet easy going”.
Not to be outshone by their male peers, a good portion of the A-list was filled by Indonesia’s leading women lawyers including: Rosna Chung, partner at Hutabarat Halim & Rekan, who leads her firm’s banking and finance, capital markets and securities practice groups; Ira Eddymurthy, partner of SSEK Legal Consultants who recently participated in the inaugural US-Indonesia Women’s CEO Summit to discuss ways to increase the number of women in leadership positions in the private sector; Hanim Hamzah, the regional managing partner of the ZICOlaw network, who has around 20 years of regional practice experience and also guest lectures at leading Indonesian universities; Arfidea Saraswati, founding partner of Akset, who is recognized throughout the region as an expert on Indonesian mining law; Tasdikiah Siregar, partner of TNB & Partners, who is recognised as one of Indonesia’s leading women in business law, with a practice focusing on banking and finance including aviation and shipping finance; and Linda Widyati, partner of boutique law firm Linda Widyati & Pusponegoro, with more than 25 years of experience in corporate/M&A..
Even as we celebrate individual lawyers, it is important that clients routinely seek out lawyers who have strong teams around them.
The A-List is based on extensive research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal.
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HHP Law Firm was founded in 1989 and is recognized as one of the leading full-service law firms in Indonesia. Also known as Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, HHP now works with some of the biggest Indonesian and international businesses and is a member of Baker McKenzie International.
Founded in 1992, SSEK evolved to become one of the biggest law firms during the last three and a half decades. It’s a full-service law firm that offers services to a wide range of industries including real estate.
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners was founded in 2001 by Chandra Hamzah and Fikri Assegaf is a full-service law firm. The law firm is based in Jakarta with an additional office in Surabaya.
Makarim & Taira S. is a leading full-service law firm based in Jakarta. It was founded by two Harvard graduates in 1980, Frank Taira Supit and Nono Anwar Makarim. Their client base includes some of the most well-established foreign and domestic corporations along with government institutions.
The chairman of OSP is Felix Soebagjo, who leads the team of 8 partners and senior associates. Felix Soebagjo is a well-known and accomplished lawyer, he also works as a lecturer in two of the most reputed Indonesian Law universities.
The issuance of the Omnibus Law is one of the Indonesian government efforts to attract more Foreign Direct Investment and making it easier to do business in Indonesia.
Its president, Joko Widodo, has prioritised developing the country’s infrastructure in order to ‘modernise’ and attract continued investment. Fintech has become the leading light of these emerging sectors. Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world and half of them (approximately 132 million) simply do not have access ...
As Southeast Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia has experienced significant growth initially through its very rich natural resources of oil, gas, coal, and precious metals. The growing wealth has subsequently led to an increased spending power of its citizens which in turn has led to growth in the consumer, insurance, and technology sectors. Its president, Joko Widodo, has prioritised developing the country’s infrastructure in order to ‘modernise’ and attract continued investment.
This gap in the market is quite substantial, with a Redseer Report forecasting the fintech market to be worth $50bn in 2023, a major leap from its current valuation at $7bn.