INDONESIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Indra Setiawan, Ridzky Firmansyah Amin, Marintan Panjaitan and Tifanny Natalia, ABNR Counsellors at Law
ABNR Counsellors at Law is a law firm founded in 1967 and is Indonesia’s longest-established law firm. ABNR pioneered the development of international commercial law in Indonesia, following the reopening of the country’s economy to foreign investment after a period of isolation in the early 1960s. With more than 100 partners and lawyers (including two foreign counsel), ABNR is the largest independent full-ser - vice law firm in Indonesia and one of the country’s
top-three law firms by number of fee earners, giving it the scale needed to simultaneously handle large and complex transnational deals across a range of prac - tice areas. It also has global reach, as it has been the exclusive Lex Mundi (LM) member firm for Indonesia since 1991. LM is the world’s leading network of in - dependent law firms, with members in more than 100 countries.
Authors
Indra Setiawan is a key figure in ABNR’s labour and employment practice, and he is listed as a Band 1 lawyer for labour and employment by Chambers Asia-Pacific. He has advised a long list of blue-chip
Marintan Panjaitan joined ABNR in 2012, and she was promoted to associate in 2013 and senior associate in 2022. She has represented and defended clients’ interests in various industrial relations
domestic and multinational corporations, as well as Indonesian state-owned enterprises, across the entire spectrum of manpower law. He has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in developing legal and communication strategies for individual and mass layoffs, and in assisting clients in the execution thereof. He advises clients on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, compliance issues such as workplace fraud, employee transfers and the complex rules governing expatriates and employee benefits.
cases before the Industrial Relations Court, and regularly provided advice and assistance with manpower and immigration law, including advice on employment contracts, the complex rules governing the employment of expatriates in Indonesia, employment termination policies, strategies and their execution, employee transfer, employee benefits and entitlements, and regulatory and compliance issues.
Tifanny Natalia is a senior associate at ABNR with extensive experience in advising and assisting employers across the entire spectrum of
Ridzky Firmansyah Amin joined ABNR in February 2008 and is currently a partner at the firm. His employment practice within ABNR includes drafting and reviewing employment contracts, employee
manpower law, including the sector’s legal and regulatory landscape, and the drafting of employment contracts and employee handbooks. She also advises on employment termination and has helped numerous clients navigate the complex requirements for hiring expatriates. Tifanny also assists clients with employment-related matters in corporate transactions, including employee transfers and regulatory compliance.
handbooks and manuals; collective labour agreements; and providing advice and assistance with employment termination and negotiations, including complex employment matters arising from mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and reorganisation. He has also represented clients before the employment authorities and the Industrial Relations Court in employment disputes, including disputes regarding breach of employment agreement and wrongful dismissal.
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