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Indonesia

4 Years Ranked

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Provided by Indra Setiawan

Asia-Pacific

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Indra, a leading figure in ABNR’s labour and employment practice, is lauded as a “Leading Individual” for Labour & Employment by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and is ranked for Employment by Chambers Asia Pacific.

He has advised a long list of blue-chip domestic and multinational corporations as well as Indonesia state owned enterprises across the entire spectrum of manpower law. He has extensive knowledge and experience of developing legal and communication strategies for individual and mass layoffs, and assisting clients in the execution of these.

He advises clients on the employment aspects of corporate transactions; compliance issues, such as fraud in workplace; the complex rules governing the employment of expatriates, and employee benefits.

In contentious manpower matters, he frequently represents employers during negotiations with employees and labor unions in relation to industrial relations disputes and strikes. He has acted for clients at bipartite meetings, mediation, before the Industrial Relations Court, and on appeal at the Supreme Court.

Indra’s key clients operate across a wide range of industries and sectors, including:

• Life Sciences – Novartis, TEVA Pharmaceuticals, Elanco, Merck & Co Inc., Merck KGaA, Bayer, B Braun Melsungen AG, and Eisai;

• Telecommunications & Technology – PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Telkom Internasional, GoTo, Tokopedia, Bukalapak, ByteDance (and its subsidiary TikTok), Tencent, NEC Corp, and Qvantel;

• Industrial & Manufacturing – Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID), Petronas, Danone AQUA, Heinz ABC, Mercedes Benz, Daimler AG, Hyundai, SAAB, Volvo, Cabot, Pegatron, British American Tobacco, Electrolux, Covestro, and KMK Global Sports;

• Financial Services - PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk, PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk, Shinhan Bank, Industrial Bank of Korea, and PT Bank ANZ Indonesia;

• Media, Marketing & Services - WPP Group, GroupM, Thomson Reuters, The Nielsen Company, BBC News, Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), FedEx, Aer Rianta International (ARI), and SAI Global;

• Retail & Property - Alfamart (one of Indonesia’s largest convenience-store chains), Uniqlo, LW Waikiki, Breitling SA, Amway, Plaza Indonesia Realty, Frasers Hospitality, and Radisson Hotels.

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Indra Setiawan
Tifanny Natalia
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Indra Setiawan, Tifanny Natalia, Ridzky Firmansyah Amin, Marintan Panjaitan
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