Blog Category: Firm News

SSEK Tees Off for Charity

SSEK sponsored the recent Canada Cup Friendship Golf Tournament at Sentul Highlands Golf Club. Almost 150 golfers teed off on May 22, 2014, to test themselves on the Gary Player-designed course, while raising money for two good causes. More than 66 million rupiah raised by the event was donated to Yayasan Sayap Ibu, Banten and SSEK Tees Off for Charity

SSEK Partner Recognized as Leading Lawyer in Indonesia for M&A, Banking, Capital Markets

Ira A. Eddymurthy, a founding partner of SSEK Legal Consultants, has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as one of Indonesia’s leading lawyers in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, banking and capital markets. Ira is lauded by clients for her sophisticated knowledge of Indonesian law and her comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the commercial SSEK Partner Recognized as Leading Lawyer in Indonesia for M&A, Banking, Capital Markets

SSEK Advises GSK on Indonesian Transaction

SSEK has advised GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on a three-part deal that sees the pharmaceutical company take full control of its Indonesian Consumer Healthcare business, while divesting a non-core brand and a manufacturing facility in the country. GSK Consumer Healthcare paid 465 billion Rupiah ($40.7 million) to Sarasvati Venture Capital for the 30% of the Indonesian Consumer SSEK Advises GSK on Indonesian Transaction

SSEK Celebrates World Book Day

SSEK celebrated World Book Day on April 23 by organizing an office book drive, with the collected books donated to worthy organizations that are helping to spread the joy of reading in Jakarta. Thanks to everyone at SSEK, we were able to collect close to 250 books. The collected children’s books were donated to Yayasan SSEK Celebrates World Book Day

SSEK Advises Woori Bank on Acquisition of Stake in Listed Indonesian Bank

SSEK acted as Indonesian counsel to Woori Bank of South Korea in its purchase of a 33 percent stake in Indonesia’s Bank Himpunan Saudara 1906 for 713.1 billion Rupiah, about US$61 million. Securing approval from Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, for the purchase took about 18 months amid an evolving regulatory environment for bank acquisitions SSEK Advises Woori Bank on Acquisition of Stake in Listed Indonesian Bank

SSEK Features in New Chambers Rankings

SSEK was again ranked as one of the best firms in Indonesia in the 2014 Chambers Asia-Pacific guide to the region’s leading firms and lawyers. SSEK was recognized in all the major practice areas, including in the key practice areas of Corporate/M&A and Real Estate, where SSEK received the highest ranking. Chambers researchers also placed SSEK Features in New Chambers Rankings