We recognise the growing importance of Indonesian development in the Asia-Pacific region, and have strong experience in working with clients and their local Indonesian lawyers on the largest and most complex transactions in the market.

Our Indonesian practice group brings together partners with a knowledge of Indonesia's vibrant culture and business environment, many having lived and worked there, and able to speak and write Indonesian.

Their legal expertise includes energy & resources, litigation and dispute resolution, major projects & infrastructure, restructuring & insolvency, cartels, project & structured finance, climate change & environmental law, corporate advisory, mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property and capital markets.  This expertise, combined with a real sensitivity and understanding of the challenges and opportunities in Indonesia, allows us to give practical, commercial advice.

We have very close ties and strong working relationships with many of the major law firms in the region, and work  closely with them to ensure our clients achieve their objectives. Our relationship with the Australia-Indonesia Business Council also allows us to ensure our clients receive everything they need to successfully complete their international transactions.

Our successful work for our clients includes:

• appointed to the panel of consultants who advise the Indonesian Government and the 'Indonesia Infrastructure Initiative (IndII) Facility' in relation to infrastructure projects in Indonesia.
• acted for Mitsubishi in a bid to acquire interests in targets that hold significant coal mining tenements in Indonesia.
• acting for Virgin Blue Australia to register its Pacific Blue trademarks in Indonesia.
• acting for Mayne Group on the sale of their Indonesian hospitals business. Co-ordinating the sale process and negotiations and overseeing Indonesian legal advice.
• acting for PT Aneka Tambang in relation to maintaining their dual listing on the ASX and the Jakarta Stock Exchange.
• acting for PT BAT Indonesia on a major secondary share issue on the Jakarta Stock Exchange in which it tripled its share capital principally to fund its acquisition of Rothmans Indonesian business.
• advised the lenders on the project financing for a large Indonesian LNG project.
• advising lenders, sponsors and potential acquirers in relation to a number of Indonesian power projects.
• acted for the administrator and secured creditors including Vitol Asia in restructuring the Matrix Group of Companies, and in securing and selling certain of the Group's offshore Indonesian oil and gas assets to Modec.
• advising Anglo American in relation to its proposed Indonesian investment in KKB.
• advised on the financing of the acquisition of interests in various Indonesian gas assets.
• advised lenders on various structured finance transactions for leading Indonesian corporates.
• advised on debt restructuring of a number of large Indonesian corporates.
• advised on the acquisition of the Indominco assets in Indonesia including various producing coal mines, rail facilities and coal loading facilities at the Port of Bontang.