Indonesia
Winner
Energy Law Firm of the Year ABNR Counsellors At Law Emir Nurmansyah +62 21 250 5125/36 enurmansyah@abnrlaw.com info@abnrlaw.com www.abnrlaw.com
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li Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro (“ABNR”) was established in Jakarta in 1967. It presently consists of 62 Indonesian lawyers, two Dutch lawyers and one Australian lawyer. The firm is one of Indonesia’s largest independent full-service law firms. ABNR is principally engaged in the provision of legal services to foreign companies, banks and international institutions operating or setting up business in Indonesia, as well as to Indonesian enterprises contracting with foreign companies and institutions or with other Indonesian companies. ABNR specializes in the handling of matters in various fields, including: anti-trust; aviation; banking and finance; bankruptcy; capital markets; construction; corporate; energy; environment; information technology; intellectual property; investment; joint ventures; labor law; licensing; mergers and acquisitions; mining; private power; privatization; project finance; real estate; restructuring; shipping/maritime law; and telecommunications. The firm also has an outstanding reputation in handling complex and multi-faceted cross-border transactions. The commitment ABNR makes to clients is to provide broad-based, personalized service from top-quality teams of lawyers with international experience in groundbreaking deals and projects. The firm’s reputation has been recognized around the world by independent industry surveys and law firm guides. ABNR has a number of partners and foreign counsels who are recognized by Chambers Asia 2011, Chambers Global 2011, Asia Pacific Legal 500 2010/11, PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 and IFLR 1000 2011 as leading individuals in their fields. A number of the firm’s lawyers actively participate in the reformation of the judicial system, academic and university life and are the authors of numerous publications, thus contributing to the evolution and dissemination of the law in Indonesia. The firm maintains an office in Singapore to extend its Indonesian legal services to foreign clients with regional headquarters there. ABNR have played a major role in the financing of most of the significant Indonesian power projects in the last decade, including those involving traditional fossil fuel plants and geothermal power stations. Our advice has included project finance aspects including financing structures involving BOT and BOO, and issues relating to government guarantees. We have been involved in gold, copper and coal mining projects, and advise on the regulatory and licensing framework of these industries, including issues relating to the latest generations of contracts of work. We also assist mining service companies with contracts and compliance with tender procedures.
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