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Clients praise the ‘response time, appropriateness of advice, and strength and depth of the team’ at Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners. Foreign legal consultant Mark Innis heads the offering that advises clients on terminations, expatriate workers, board level matters and the renewal of company regulations and collective agreements. Clients include UBS Securities and Schering Plough.
Rahayuningsih H Hoed and Richard Cornwallis lead much of the work handled by Makarim & Taira S.. The practice continues to service its large multinational client base and has seen instructions arising from international mergers. Clients include HSBC, BNP Paribas, Hewlett-Packard, Mandarin Oriental and Cisco Systems.
Employment specialist M Sukrisman Husein is the name to note at Mochtar, Karuwin & Komar. Boasting a particular expertise in the termination of employment arising from company liquidations and mergers, Husein regularly appears before employment tribunals. Past clients include Bredero Shaw, a global leader in pipe coating solutions for the oil, gas, and water industries.
Soemadipradja & Taher advised Accette Holdings on employment issues arising from its acquisition of Accette Broker Asuransi and was instructed by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance on the restructuring of its global operations and the impact on employees of its Indonesian subsidiary. Clients single out Rahmat Soemadipradja who jointly heads the group with Hafzan Taher: both are recommended.
Amir Syamsuddin & Partners receives instructions from employers and employees on wrongful dismissal claims and appears regularly at trial and appeal level. Non-contentious instructions include collective agreements. Subani is recommended for industrial relations work.
Recent highlights for the ‘professional’ Christian Teo & Associates saw it advising property company Procon Indah in negotiations with former employees. Christian Teo is recommended.
Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung is well placed to advise on industrial relations, termination and redundancy, service agreements and union work. The practice also advises on the procedures for employing expatriates. Santi Darmawan is recommended.
Clients state that they value the ‘experience in commercial/employee relations in Indonesia’ offered by Hutabarat Halim & Rekan. It recently advised on large-scale redundancies for Kymco Lippo Motor Indonesia and Mahameru Citra. The ‘very professional’ Peter G Fanning is recommended for his ‘deep insight into new laws’, and Thomas M. Sangwana is also recommended.
Mirza Karim heads the practice at KarimSyah that has seen an increase in instructions as a result of the global financial crisis from employees and employer clients. Notably, it advises several international law firms on compliance issues relating to Indonesian incentive schemes.
Typically instructed by clients for non-contentious, corporate support advice, Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono boast an impressive list of international clients that includes Catholic Relief Services and Kufpec (Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration). The solid team consists of capable lawyers Rick Emmerson, Johannes Sahetapy Engel and senior advisor Darrell R Johnson. Domestic clients include Air Liquide Indonesia.
Widyawan & Partners remains well placed to advise existing clients on non-contentious employment matters that may arise. Past instructions in this area include advising DuPont Agricultural Products on contracts and company regulation matters.