Soemadipradja & Taher

Soemadipradja & Taher has well-established practices in banking and finance, capital markets, construction, corporate and M&A and labour and employment. The firm is best known for its dispute resolution work. During the research period, the firm has been active in the real estate sector. Key contacts include Emalia Achmadi, Hafzan Taher, Mochamad Kasmali, Rahmat Soemadipradja and Retno Muljosantoso.

Banking and finance

Work highlights

Advising KSS Holdings on the financing comprising of a $1 billion term loan facility and a $900 million revolving credit facility to fund its acquisition of certain assets and businesses of the Takata.

Capital markets

Work highlights

Advised a consortium of banks in connection with the offering and sale by the Republic of Indonesia of senior unsecured fixed rated notes totalling $3 billion to be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Construction

Work highlights

Assisting Petronas in proving to the Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha, KPPU) that Petronas did not engage in a conspiracy with Aquamarine as the winner of the tender for provision of underwater services, and the assessments carried out by Petronas on all bidders at every stage in the tender had been done fairly.

Corporate and M&A

Work highlights

Advised Merck in relation to the proposed disposal of Merck’s consumer health business in Indonesia. 

Key clients

Great Eastern Life Assurance, Grab, LIXIL International, Mitsui & Co, Rosneft Oil, Singtel Innov8

Dispute resolution

Work highlights

Defending an Indonesian subsidiary unit of Stolt, a company in the bitumen-distribution network, in a civil claim collectively brought by its top four customers claiming approximately $9.7 million in damages.

Key clients

Astra Honda Motor

Labour and employment

Work highlights

Advising Merck, on the transfer of 180 employees to a third party company arising from the worldwide sale of a Merck division.

Key clients

GOJEK Indonesia, Kalbe Morinaga Indonesia, Neptune Energy