International Investment Series - Indonesia
Leadvisor Law, HLB HADORI SUGIARTO ADI & PARTNERS, Wardhana Kristanto Lawyers
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Benefiting from the continued robustness of domestic demand, Indonesia has become one of the best-performing Southeast Asian economies in the post-financial crisis era. Indonesia's domestic politics and structural adjustments are also proceeding at a reasonable and gradual pace, leading to a steady increase in foreign direct investment. This course is hosted by Dr. Lin Zhong, founder of Leadvisor Global and managing partner of Leadvisor Law, who converses with two experts from Indonesia. They are Mr. Wahyu Wibowo from HLB Hadori Sugiarto Adi & Partners and Mr. Imran Satria Kristanto, founder of Wardhana Kristanto Lawyers.
Leadvisor LawLeadvisor Law is a leading PRC business law firm. We focus on serving private equity and venture capital investors, start-ups, multinational corporations, and listed companies, providing comprehensive, effective, and innovative legal solutions for domestic and cross-border investment, M&A, business transactions, and capital market operations. We help clients shape business strategies and make informed decisions, combining legal rules with insight into commercial fundamentals to integrate legal analysis, risk control, and business strategy.
Our team has deep industry experience across pharmaceuticals and healthcare, automobile and clean energy, e-commerce and new retail, and education and training. We leverage industry resources and work closely with ecosystem participants to create value, helping clients prevent risks, resolve disputes, reduce losses, and generate outsized value in transactions and capital markets. Longstanding cooperation with other professional institutions, together with our developing professional institutions platform, enables us to deliver coordinated, cross-disciplinary, one-stop services.
We offer holistic capabilities across antitrust, commercial litigation and arbitration, data protection and cybersecurity, intellectual property and technology licensing, and related areas.
HLB HADORI SUGIARTO ADI & PARTNERSWe are not just mere accountants. We are financial and business advisors equipped with vast knowledge and experiences to ensure your financial success. If you are confident working with smart, approachable, committed and truly great people, who are determined to achieve great results for you, our team will be glad to assist you. Personal involvement of partners in all client engagements is an integral part of the way we work with you.
Over its 40-years history, HLB Hadori Sugiarto Adi & Rekan, an advisory and accounting practice in Indonesia, has developed a comprehensive range of services and expertise, servicing multinational clients across all industry sectors. We have built a strong reputation in our local market and project a clear and common international identity, combining local expertise with powerful international capabilities.
We operate through 7 offices in four major cities throughout Indonesia, each led by a partner-in-charge responsible for delivering quality services to clients, supported by more than 300 staff. Partners’ personal involvement is integral to how we work with you.
Our core services include Advisory, Audit & Assurance, and Tax. HLB International has reached the 8th position in the International Accounting Bulletin’s global ranking, reporting 23% growth in 2023. This reflects HLB’s commitment to excellence, innovation, and a people-first approach.
Wardhana Kristanto LawyersWardhana Kristanto Lawyers (WKL) is a partnership founded in 2017 by Teddy Ardhika Wardhana, S.H., LL.M. and Imran Satria Kristanto, S.H., LL.M. Both founders have been in legal practice for approximately 30 years. WKL currently consists of 3 partners and 25 lawyers and is composed of experienced advocates and legal consultants qualified to practice throughout the Republic of Indonesia. The founders, together with their associate lawyers and paralegals, form a solid, professional, and experienced team supporting corporate actions and litigation matters.
WKL’s main portfolio is in the Indonesian capital markets, including IPOs, bonds issuance, rights issues, M&A transactions, civil litigation, bankruptcy and receivership. WKL is regarded as one of the leading law firms in Indonesia for IPO transactions. In 2019 and 2020, WKL was nominated among the top 5 and top 10 leading firms in IPO transactions by Hukumonline, a prominent legal media platform in Indonesia. To date, WKL’s market share for IPO transactions in Indonesia is approximately 25%–30%.
Our team is performance-driven and creative, carefully selected for legal expertise and commercial understanding. We grasp the commercial considerations underlying our clients’ transactions and matters, and we are committed to integrity, sound judgment, and discretion in all our work. The firm comprises partners, senior associates, junior associates, and paralegals who oversee and ensure the standard and quality of every legal work produced by WKL.