Indonesian full-service firm SSEK Legal Consultants frequently handles matters in the environmental and blue and green energy spaces. The team’s renewable, clean and alternative energy expertise includes solar, geothermal and hydro projects. The firm also has experience in connection with ESG funds.

In an ongoing highlight, the firm is assisting Systemiq, a system change company focused on building a sustainable economy, with the design and implementation of local waste management projects around the East Java province together with the company’s partners in Indonesia. The projects are self-sustaining through the generation of plastic credits and other local revenue sources, and the proceeds are reinvested in local projects under a circular economic model.

The firm also recently acted as Indonesian counsel to clients in connection with the formation of an electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing joint venture company in Indonesia, and is currently advising a restoration project developer on cooperation agreements with a public holding company and its subsidiaries for the management of lands owned by the companies for the generation of carbon credits.

Internally, the firm provides ‘green training’ for its lawyers in order to promote awareness around renewable energy and carbon-trading issues. Much of this training is led by senior associate Aldilla Stephanie Suwana, who previously worked at the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries and the National REDD+ Agency, and specialises in environmental law and climate change policy, including carbon trading, environmental remediation, and energy.