• Foreign Investment and Joint Ventures
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Corporate Acquisitions and Divestments
• Asset Purchases and Disposals
• Corporate and Debt Restructuring
• Banking and Finance
• Infrastructure Projects
• Privatizations
• Real Estate Acquisitions and Leases
• Representative Office Formation
• Offshore Company Formation
• Licensing and Franchising
• Trade and Distribution Arrangements
• Employment and Manpower Matters
• Financial and Operating Leases
• Dispute Resolution
  
  

Matters on which we have recently advised include:

Pharmaceutical Corporate Restructuring: Advisor to European pharmaceutical manufacturer regarding the restructuring of its business presence in Indonesia and establishment of a new PMA company.

Corporate Divestment Property Sector: Advisor to major international property company in its planned divestiture of two Indonesian subsidiaries.

Advertising Corporate Restructuring: Legal audit services to publicly listed Australian media group regarding its existing complex investment structure in Indonesia, with a view toward rationalization.

Hospitality and Resort Industry: Advisor to Australian investment group, in association with leading international hotel and resort group, in the start-up and development of an exclusive resort project in remote island chain in Indonesia.

Fitness Center Start-up: Advisor to majority partner in documentation of indirect foreign investment in high-end fitness center chain with initial investment of US$1.5 million.

Advertising Corporate Restructuring: Advisor to major US-based international advertising company regarding the restructuring of its business presence in Indonesia.

Design Services PMA Company: Establishment of a new PMA company in the field of design services.

Medical Services Strategic Alliance: Advisor to medical services group seeking a strategic alliance and/or equity arrangement with existing medical clinic chain in Indonesia.

PMA Company Liquidation: Advisor to Blue Chip Hong Kong multinational regarding Indonesian property sales and liquidation of wholly owned PMA company.

Start-up Franchise Company: Advisor to individual entrepreneur regarding preliminary exploration of fast food franchise opportunity in Indonesia.

Trade Representative Office: Establishment of a European manufacturer's Trade Representative Office for hi-tech products.

Telecommunications Contract Advisor: Advisor to start-up telecommunications company regarding various contractual issues.

Estate Planning: Advisor to high net-worth individual regarding complex international estate plan formation.

Company Secretary: Acting company secretary for PMA companies and ordinary PTs.

Labor: Advisor to PMA companies regarding implications and compliance standards in respect of new Labor Law (Law No. 13 of 2003).

Oil & Gas Contract Negotiation: Advisor to North American oil field services company in connection with US$14 million two-year pilot project with major production sharing contractor in Sumatra.

Oil & Gas Strategic Alliance: Documented joint marketing and project execution between Canadian client and major international oil & gas services company.

Oil & Gas Corporate Divestment: Advisor to sellers in sale of substantially all assets of an oil & gas services PMA company, and the subsequent liquidation of the company.

Banking: Prepared revised standard forms for trade financing transactions for leading European bank.

Advertising: Structured, negotiated and documented cash-plus-shares acquisition of PMA marketing and communications company, and advised on affiliation and tradename licensing agreements with leading international agency.

Telecommunications: Advisor to major cellular telephone service provider regarding a vendor-financed expansion and upgrade of a GMS public land mobile network.

Pension Funds: Advisor to Indonesian subsidiary of multinational manufacturing company regarding pension fund management.

Information Technology: Advisor to major American encryption software supplier regarding import and use controls.

Cross-border Leasing: Advisor to multinational manufacturing company regarding cross-border leasing and other financing alternatives.

Foreign Direct Investment: Advisor to American, Australian, Canadian, Italian, Mauritian, Singaporean and other foreign investors in establishing PMA companies in the manufacturing, information technology, environmental services and other sectors.

Mining: Advisor to Indonesian publicly listed company in US$140 million buy-out of foreign partner’s majority interest in major coal mining corporation.

E-Commerce: Structured, negotiated and documented a foreign investment (PMA) company providing B2B cataloguing and internet consulting services under license from a publicly traded (NASDAQ) leader in the industry, involving a tax-driven, four-tier, offshore investment structure.

Water Supply Privatization: Preparation of bid documentation, including draft concession agreements, in connection with urban water supply privatization projects in Sumatra and Sulawesi funded by the ADB and USAID, respectively.

Debt Restructuring: Advised two publicly listed companies, in the context of bankruptcy proceedings, on documentation and related issues in connection with a successfully concluded US$316 million complex debt restructuring, with involvement of IBRA and over 50 creditors.

Corporate Acquisition: Advisor to Canadian purchaser of a majority interest in an Indonesian laboratory services company.