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Competition/Antitrust - Indonesia
What the Team is Known For
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners possesses expertise across a wide range of competition and antitrust legal matters, including representing clients in major cartel investigations before the KPPU. The firm also handles cartel and price-fixing cases, alongside merger notifications and competition audits. The group is entrusted by multinational and domestic clients from the automotive, technology, transportation and manufacturing sectors, among others. Its competition team includes former KPPU employees, who provide additional regulatory expertise, and in-house economists.
Strengths
AHP aims to provide practical solutions and responds in a timely manner. The team also understands the difficulty of the business.
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners distinguishes itself through a combination of deep regulatory expertise, practical commercial understanding and responsive client service.
Work Highlights
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners represented Google in an appellate proceeding before the Commercial Court challenging the decision of the Indonesian Competition Commission concerning allegations of anticompetitive conduct related to the implementation of Google Play Billing.
Notable practitioners
Farid Nasution co-heads the competition and antitrust practice at Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. He actively practices transactional and contentious competition law matters in Indonesia. He is able to draw on his experience working for the KPPU to assist clients on a wide array of competition matters.
Farid Nasution brought deep legal insight and strategic direction to our matter, ensuring that the process was handled with efficiency and compliance.
Rikrik Rizkiyana co-heads the Competition and Antitrust practice at Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. He is a highly respected competition lawyer who is noted for his experience in Indonesia. He has a broad practice encompassing merger control and KPPU investigations.
Asep Ridwan is recognised by commentators for his proficiency in handling contentious and non-contentious competition law matters in Indonesia. His expertise includes price fixing, discriminatory practice mandates and class-action lawsuits.
Albert Boy Situmorang is a partner in Jakarta who is well-versed in merger control issues, acting for companies in the oil and gas, technology, automotive and manufacturing sectors. He also assists clients with internal antitrust law analyses.
Albert is a very capable lawyer when it comes to antitrust issues. He is also good at explaining Indonesian regulations and providing practical solutions.
Vovo Iswanto is a lawyer who brings experience from his prior career at KPPU to his current matters. He has over 20 years of experience in competition litigation, including those involving cartel matters. He practices in several industry areas, including aviation, pharmaceutical and construction.