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ABNR Counsellors at Law > The Legal 500 Rankings

Indonesia > Antitrust and competition Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law advises on the full scope of antitrust and competition work. The firm has a solid track record in assisting multinational companies, with particular strength in handling merger control mandates. Chandrawati Dewi is a key practitioner in the group for representing clients in cases involving cartels, merger control issues, and dominant positions, and is also handling increasing number of foreign-to-foreign deals, also an area of expertise for foreign counsel Gustaaf Reerink, who is equally adept at advising on pricing cases. Agus Ahadi Deradjat is well versed in representing TMT sector entities. Bilal Anwari was promoted to partner in January 2023.

Indonesia > Aviation Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law advises clients across the full range of financing, leasing, and aviation-related projects, with the firm’s more recent focus being in advising lessors, manufacturers, and related vendors on major restructuring and insolvency mandates in the aviation sector. Drawing on the firm’s strengths across corporate, finance, and disputes, the team is well-placed to advise its predominantly lessor and financing clients on the full range of their aviation-related work. The highly experienced Emir Nurmansayah, whose work cuts across financing, lease agreements, and insolvency-related matters, leads on the firm’s work in this space. He works alongside foreign counsel Gustaaf Reerink, whose broad practice is deployed to handle aviation issues on behalf of international firms; and Nurdin Adiwibowo, who uses his financial expertise to assist his aviation clients on financing and sale transactions. Senior associate Reynard Kevin Munando is also a key contact for aviation work.

Indonesia > Banking and finance Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law‘s diverse offering in the banking and finance space includes advising on the full range of onshore and offshore financing work, as well as syndicated and bilateral lending transactions, securitizations, structure finance and leveraged and acquisition finance. Fintech work and project finance are other key areas of focus for the team, which represents clients from a broad range of sectors, with particular strength in the e-commerce and energy sectors. Emir Nurmansyah heads the practice, bringing particular expertise in marine financing work. The department has deep bench strength, with key practitioners including Rita Taufik and Monic Devina, both well known for handling banking M&A deals; Ayik Candrawulan Gunadi, Nurdin Adiwibowo, and Serafina Muryanti, a quartet of project finance experts; Ammalia Putri, who focuses on regulatory and compliance work in the space; and Maher Sasongko.

Indonesia > IT, Telecoms and Fintech Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law advises across a range of matters in the TMT space, with experience handling data protection, compliance, IP, finance, M&A, FDI, and competition mandates for both domestic and multinational clients across telecoms, e-commerce, fintech, and tech. The firm has additional capabilities in satellite financings and procurement and assists international media clients with their media, corporate, and employment matters. Agus Ahadi Deradjat heads the practice, advising blue-chip technology and social media companies on both routine TMT matters and work relating specifically to their Indonesian operations, and is also noted for his work in the telecoms and data privacy space. Emir Nurmansyah, and Adri Dharma advise multinational social media clients. Ayik Candrawulan Gunadi regularly advises on telecoms infrastructure projects.

Indonesia > Labour and employment Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law assists multinational and domestic clients with a range of employment matters, representing employers in relation to contentious work such as employment and industrial disputes, and terminations, and advising in respect of employment contracts, immigration, TUPE transfers, and regulatory issues. Its client list spans sectors including life sciences, telecoms, manufacturing, finance, media, and retail. Indra Setiawan leads the team which also includes Sahat Siahaan and Ulyarta Naibaho who focus on contentious matters. Ridzky Amin is also noted.

Indonesia > Projects and energy Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law‘s projects team acts for clients in PPP projects concerning powerplants, rail systems, infrastructure, oil and gas, telecoms, and petrochemical plants. Its clients include finance parties, developers and sponsors. The firm is well-experienced in working with the Indonesian government and has acted for state-sponsored agencies and state-owned enterprises, including port management companies. Emir Nurmansayah has been involved in some of the country’s most significant projects in recent years, including recent power plant projects. Serafina Muryanti is recommended for advising lenders and sponsors on regulatory issues and risk analyses related to project financing. Ayik Candrawulan Gunadi and Nurdin Adiwibowo are also noted.

Indonesia > Real estate Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law advises its domestic and multinational clients on a wide array of real estate matters, including financing and sales of major land developments for commercial and residential properties. In addition, the firm is well-equipped to act for its clients in dispute resolution matters, from mediation to litigation. The practice is led by Rita Tyastuti Taufik who has worked on joint ventures on the development of major commercial projects in Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Also of note are Agus Ahadi Deradjat, Gustaaf Reerink and, on the associate level, Danny Tanuwijaya.

Indonesia > Restructuring and insolvency Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law is instructed on some of the most high-profile and complex restructuring and insolvency mandates in the country, with particular expertise in matters relating to the aviation sector and a track record in respect of work in the oil and gas, construction, and shipping industries. The firm advises both creditors and insolvent companies, and similarly works for both international and domestic clients. Emir Nurmansyah heads the practice and has been involved in the firm’s most substantial restructuring matters, working alongside foreign counsel Theodoor Bakker and Bilal Anwari.

Indonesia > Shipping Tier 1

ABNR Counsellors at Law’s clientele includes parties of all kinds in need of legal advice and representation in maritime and shipping matters, from ship owners, operators and charterers to marine insurers and reinsurers, lending banks and other financial institutions. The firm is specialised in cabotage, ship financing, ship registration and insurance as well as natural resource transportation in addition to representing clients in disputes over wet and dry shipping law. At the head of the practice group is Emir Nurmansyah, who has led in many of Indonesia’s recent major power projects. Sahat Siahaan regularly acts for clients in shipping disputes, while Ulyarta Naibaho and Muhammad Muslim are further key names of note.

Indonesia > Capital markets Tier 2

ABNR Counsellors at Law can cover a wide range of work relating to domestic and offshore debt and equity offerings, working with insurers and underwriters in IPOs, secondary offerings, private placements, and debt offerings. The firm has an established capacity to handle work relating to the shipping and finance sectors, and a track record in handling cross-border mandates relating to the Indonesian market. Chandrawati Dewi heads up this work, specialising in offshore debt and equity offerings by both national and multinational clients, and is able to draw upon the capital markets expertise of other notable lawyers Rita Taufik, Theodoor Bakker, Ayik Candrawulan Gunadi, Nafis Adwani, Freddy Karyadi, and the recently promoted Maher Sasongko, who was made partner in January 2023.

Indonesia > Corporate and M&A Tier 2

ABNR Counsellors at Law advises a range of domestic and multinational clients on all aspects of M&A transactions, leveraging the firm’s competition capabilities to assist with compliance issues, while also providing a much wider corporate offering. The firm has a particularly strong track record in foreign investment into the Indonesian market, and is well placed to assist both international investors and major Indonesian companies in respect of these transactions. Agus Ahadi Deradjat heads up the team, with a practice that cuts across M&A, FDI, and TMT. He has a deep bench to draw upon, including Emir Nurmansyah, Rita Taufik, Ayik Candrawulan Gunadi, Chandrawati Dewi, Nurdin Adiwibowo, Freddy Karyadi, Monic Devina, and foreign counsel Gustaaf Reerink.

Indonesia > Dispute resolution Tier 2

ABNR Counsellors at Law's large dispute resolution practice has a strong track record in handling a broad spread of ADR, litigation, and domestic and international arbitration cases. Sahat Siahaan has experience in acting for clients up to Supreme Court level, and jointly heads the department with Ulyarta Naibaho, who fields expertise in contentious shipping matters, cybercrime, FDI, and corporate crime matters. Bilal Anwari is noted for his strength in handling competition and antitrust issues.