Expertise: Forestry & Plantation

SSEK Again a Recommended Firm for Indonesia in Asia Pacific Green Guide

For a second consecutive  year, SSEK Law Firm is a Recommended Firm in the Asia Pacific Green Guide. Asia Pacific Green Guide 2024 is published by The Legal 500 to showcase key firms engaging with sustainability across the region. SSEK is one of only three firms recognized from Indonesia. The Asia Pacific Green Guide features SSEK Again a Recommended Firm for Indonesia in Asia Pacific Green Guide

SSEK Assists on Singapore Listing of Malaysian Plantation Group TSH Resources Berhad

SSEK Law Firm partner Denny Rahmansyah assisted Malaysian plantation group TSH Resources Berhad on the Indonesian aspects of its secondary listing on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). TSH Resources Berhad, a Malaysian public company listed on Bursa Malaysia, has 13 Indonesian subsidiaries. Denny led the SSEK team that performed due diligence on the SSEK Assists on Singapore Listing of Malaysian Plantation Group TSH Resources Berhad

Upscaling Carbon Markets Across APAC – SSEK Contributes Indonesia Overview to New Report

Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) has released a white paper on “Upscaling Carbon Markets Across APAC,” the first report of its kind focused on the Asia-Pacific region. SSEK foreign legal advisor Michael S. Carl and senior associate Aldilla Stephanie Suwana contributed an overview of Indonesia to the report. “Upscaling Carbon Markets Across Upscaling Carbon Markets Across APAC – SSEK Contributes Indonesia Overview to New Report

New Regulation on Revenue Sharing Funds for Palm Oil Plantations in Indonesia

The Indonesian government recently issued a regulation on revenue sharing funds for palm oil plantations, Government Regulation No. 38 of 2023 dated July 24, 2023, regarding Palm Oil Plantation Revenue Sharing Fund (“Palm Oil RSF”) (“GR 38/2023”). Before the enactment of GR 38/2023, only two types of revenue sharing funds were recognized under Minister of New Regulation on Revenue Sharing Funds for Palm Oil Plantations in Indonesia

ESG Regulations: Indonesia

SSEK Law Firm partner Denny Rahmansyah, senior associate Aldilla Stephanie Suwana and associate Albertus Jonathan Sukardi have contributed the Indonesia chapter to a regional guide on ESG regulations. With growing awareness of the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards pushing companies in Asia and around the globe to higher levels of accountability, Asia Business ESG Regulations: Indonesia

Indonesia Natural Resources Sector – New Requirements for Depositing Foreign Exchange Export Proceeds into Indonesian Financial System

The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, recently enacted Government Regulation No. 36 of 2023 regarding Foreign Exchange Export Proceeds from the Business, Management, and/or Processing of Natural Resources (“GR 36”). GR 36 stipulates new requirements for exporters of natural resources to deposit their foreign exchange export proceeds (Devisa Hasil Ekspor dari Barang Ekspor Sumber Daya Indonesia Natural Resources Sector – New Requirements for Depositing Foreign Exchange Export Proceeds into Indonesian Financial System

Legal Alert: Indonesia – New Regulation on Carbon Trading for the Forestry Sector

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (“MOEF”) is continuing to develop the regulatory framework for carbon trading in Indonesia. First it issued an umbrella regulation, Presidential Regulation No. 98 of 2021 on Carbon Economic Value (the “CEV Regulation”), which was followed by MOEF Regulation No. 21 of 2022 (“MOEF Regulation 21/2022”). Now the MOEF Legal Alert: Indonesia – New Regulation on Carbon Trading for the Forestry Sector

SSEK Acts as Indonesian Counsel for POSCO International in Equity Transfer

SSEK Legal Consultants has acted as Indonesian counsel to POSCO International Corporation (PIC), with Bae, Kim & Lee as international counsel, in an equity transfer between PIC and its Singaporean holding company. The SSEK team for this matter was led by partner Denny Rahmansyah. He was assisted by A. Charlie R. Malessy and Medita F. SSEK Acts as Indonesian Counsel for POSCO International in Equity Transfer

SSEK Assists Malaysian Plantation Company in Landbank Transaction

SSEK Indonesian Legal Consultants has acted for TSH Resources Berhad (TSH), one of Malaysia\'s largest plantation companies, as the seller in a US$110.1 million Indonesian landbank transaction, as has been reported. TSH entered into two conditional shares sale and purchase agreements with KL Kepong (KLK), through KLK\'s wholly owned subsidiary, Taiko Plantations Pte Ltd (TPPL). SSEK Assists Malaysian Plantation Company in Landbank Transaction

SSEK Assists Malaysian Plantation Company in Sumatra Land Deal

SSEK has acted for Ladang Lekir Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian oil palm and rubber plantation company, and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Perak State Agricultural Development Corporation, in the sale of its shares in an Indonesian oil palm company, PT Pinang Witmas Sejati. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd. (KLK), a leading Malaysian multinational plantation SSEK Assists Malaysian Plantation Company in Sumatra Land Deal