Walalangi & Partners

Managing Partner: Luky I. Walalangi
Number of Partners: 4
Number of Lawyers: 29

Firm Overview:
Walalangi & Partners (W&P) is a corporate law firm and is highly praised by its clients for its swift responsiveness, thorough analysis, as well as comprehensive and out-of-the-box legal and practical solutions and advice.As an affiliate of Nishimura & Asahi, our firm comprises highly experienced and well-regarded lawyers who specialize in various fields and collaborate within cross-border project teams.

With its vast experience and well-maintained relationship with various governmental authorities and relevant stakeholders, the team is able to facilitate smooth and less-barrier communication between clients and the relevant governmental authorities and stakeholders, and therefore provide tailor-made practical solutions, in aligning clients’ commercial intentions with the applicable regulatory requirements, and ultimately support and help clients’ business decision-making processes to minimize any potential corresponding risks. As a result, our firm consistently receives recognition from various legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, The Legal500, IFLR1000, Asialaw, Asian Legal Business, and Asia Business Law Journal.

W&P is also deeply committed to promote diversity and inclusivity within the firm, where we foster an environment characterized by open-mindedness and respect for all individuals, enabling us to provide the highest level of service while remaining accessible to clients from diverse backgrounds. For this reason, W&P was the “Indonesian Law Firm of the Year 2022” and “Career Development National Firm of the Year 2023” by Women in Business Law Awards, organized by the renowned Delinian Group.

Main Areas of Practice:
Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Capital Market and Bond Issuance, Constructions, Debt & Corporate Restructuring, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources, Foreign Direct Investment, General Corporate, M&A, Project Development, Real Property and TMT.

Key Clients:
AEL Indonesia, PT

Airbus

Aozora Bank

Bank of Ayudhya Thailand

BayWa r.e.

Buku Usaha Digital

Casio Co., Ltd.

Colliers International

ContextLogic Inc.

Cool Japan Fund

Daiwa

DeClout / Dhost Telekomunikasi Nusantara, PT

Deel Inc.

Denso Corporation

Diamond Development Indonesia, PT

Digital Payments Holdings, Pte., Ltd.

Digital Synergy Technology

Family Mart Co., Ltd.

Geo Techmologies, Inc.

Global AI Innovations Laboratory Co., Ltd. (Gailabo)

Goodwater Capital

Google Inc.

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GS Yuasa Corporation

Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.

Hitachi Transport System, Ltd.

Hokkan Holdings Corporation

Idemitsu Corporation

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

Idemitsu Lube Indonesia., Ltd.

Idemitsu Lube Techno Indonesia, PT.

Indonesian Defence and Security Technologies, PT

Indonesia Steel Tube Works, PT

INPEX

Itochu Corporation

Itochu Singapore, Pte., Ltd.

Japan Asia Medical Investment Corporation

Junhe Law Office

KDDI Corporation

Krama Yudha Ratu Motor, PT

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motor., PT

Kobelco Group

LAPI Laboratories, PT

LIXIL International Pte., Ltd.

LIXIL Water Technologies

Lotte Co., Ltd.

Marubeni Corporation

Metal One Corporation

Metra Digital Inovasi (MDI) Venture

Mercedes Benz

Mitbana Jurong

Mitsubishi Corporation

Mitsubishi Corporation Urban Development Indonesia, PT.

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

Mitsui Indonesia, PT

Mizuho Bank

MUFG Bank

NIDEC Corporation

Nippon Steel Corporation

Nokia

Orient Corp.

Osaka Steel Corporation

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

OY! Indonesia

Penske Truck Leasing

PING AN

Properti Solusi Manajemen

Resona Bank, Japan

Roblox

Saint Gobain

SCSK Corporation

Secom Co., Ltd.

Showa Denko

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

Superstructure Technologies Pte., Ltd.

Tata Communication (HongKong) Limited

TIS Inc.

Tokyo Gas Corporation

Tokyo Tatemono

Toyota Tsusho Corporation

Yamaha Motor, Co., Ltd.

Yamaha Music Indonesia

Yazaki Energy System Corporation

Recent/impressive international work: 

• Counsel to PT MC Urban Development Indonesia (MCUDI), a real estate development company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), in its strategic partnership withIndonesia Investment Authority (INA), a sovereign wealth fund of Indonesia, and theESR Group, the largest real asset manager in Asia Pacific region and the third largest listed real estate investment manager globally, to develop logistic assets in Indonesia through joint venture investments in modern warehouse facilities located at well-known prime logistic parks in Cikarang and Karawang, West Java.
• Counsel to MUFG Bank in total approximately EUR 596 million acquisition of 100% shares of HC Consumer Finance Philippines, Inc and 85.0% shares of PT Home Credit Indonesia, subsidiaries of Home Credit B.V.
• Counsel to MUFG Bank Ltd. on its proposed joint acquisition with its consolidated subsidiary, PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance Tbk (Adira), of 80.6% shares in PT Mandala Multifinance Tbk (MFIN, a leading publicly listed multi-finance company offering financing solutions primarily to the unbanked and underbanked population of Indonesia), with the approximated transaction value of more than IDR7 trillion (approximately USD 500 million).
• Counsel to Mitsui & Co., Ltd and Penske Truck Leasing, the largest commercial vehicle leasing company in North America, in the establishment of theirtruck operating lease business in Indonesia together with CSM Corporatama, a subsidiary of Indomobil under the major Indonesian conglomerate Salim Group.
• Counsel to Mitbana Pte Ltd, a joint venture company of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Surbana Jurong (SJ), in strategic partnership to develop 51 hectares township and transit-oriented development (TOD) in Tangerang, Greater Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Counsel to Saint Gobain Group (SGN), in preparing and negotiating various transaction documents for the installation and the operational and maintenance of solar rooftop power generation facilities at 4 warehouses (with the total capacity more than 580 kWp).
• Counsel to PT Dhost Telekomunikasi Nusantara, an Indonesian subsidiary of Exeo Group Inc., engaging in provision of service of equipment and infrastructure of in-building distributed antenna system (DAS) and fibre optic system, in its IDR 480,000,000,000 (approx. USD 32 million) acquisition of indoor telecommunication infrastructure assets located at 633 sites across Indonesia from PT Indosat Tbk,.
• Counsel to Mitsubishi Corporation and Sinar Mas Land on the inauguration of the PoC of Indonesia’s first autonomous electric vehicle at Q-Big BSD City, using first intelligent transportation system of French-made shuttle bus Navya Arma.
• Counsel to Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and its Indonesian subsidiary PT Diamond Development Indonesia (DDI) in their new urban integrated township) in SHILA at Sawangan, a 102-hectare township in Depok, West Java, Indonesia.
• Counsel to MUFG Bank, Ltd. On its acquisition ofSilvrr Technology Co, Ltd, a Cayman Island holding company with subsidiaries engaging in various e-commerce and digital financing services businesses throughout Southeast Asia, including PT Akulaku Silvrr Indonesia, a well-known Indonesian fintech company.
• Counsel to a prominent German luxury car producer in a two-year-long strategic restructuring and transfer operation of its two Indonesian production and distribution subsidiaries. The transfer is to none other than a UK leading multi-brand global automotive distributor and one of the biggestIndonesian holding companies that is part of an integrated automotive business group.