When Bankruptcy Turns Into Litigation: What First Brands Tells Us About Creditor Recovery
A Chapter 11 filing usually forces one question. Does the company survive, or does it liquidate. First Brands Group, once a global supplier of aftermarket automotive parts under brands including FRAM, Autolite and Cardone, has forced a different question onto its creditors and onto the US Bankruptcy Court in Houston. “What happens when the most […]
AI in Legal Practice: 7 Advocate Duties After PERADI’s 2026 Guidance
Disclaimer AI is a tool, not a legal subject and not a substitute for an advocate’s professional judgment. The advocate who uses AI carries full responsibility for whatever legal consequence follows. Technology has changed how advocates work. Legal research that once took days can now be finished in minutes. Contract drafting, judgment summaries, and cross-language […]
Can A Signed Contract Be Cancelled
Contracts now sit underneath almost every commercial relationship a company enters into. A distribution arrangement, a joint venture, a procurement agreement, an investment round, a share purchase in an acquisition. Each one rests on a document the parties negotiated and signed. Business conditions rarely stay still after signature. A company changes strategy. Currency swings erode […]
Legal Consequences of Ignoring a Manpower Office Recommendation in Indonesia
An HR team receives a written recommendation from a Manpower Office (“Disnaker”) mediator after bipartite negotiations with a former employee break down. They read it as a non-binding suggestion and let it sit unanswered. Three months later, a summons arrives from the Industrial Relations Court, and the ignored recommendation becomes the judge’s primary reference point […]
Understanding the Physical GMS Obligation and Restrictions on Shareholder Attendance
Regulatory status note. As of 1 July 2025, POJK Number 16/POJK.04/2020 has been revoked and replaced by POJK Number 14 of 2025 concerning the Electronic Implementation of General Meetings of Shareholders, General Meetings of Bondholders, and General Meetings of Sukuk Holders. The physical GMS obligation and the limits on the authority to restrict shareholder attendance, […]
Can Indonesia Build Global Financial Centre?
Indonesia has just taken a major legislative step toward its ambition of becoming a global financial power. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy and a G20 member, the country has long sought a more significant role in the international financial system. That ambition now has concrete legal footing. The House of Representatives (DPR) passed the law […]
eASY.KSEI Guide to Participating in Electronic GMS
Indonesian listed companies are required to hold a General Meeting of Shareholders (“GMS”), known in Indonesian regulations and official company announcements as a RUPS. For years, taking part meant showing up in person or sending in a signed paper proxy. That changed with Electronic General Meeting System operated by Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (“eASY.KSEI”), Indonesia’s central […]
Why Corruption Cases Can Move From the Police to the Attorney General’s Office
In early July 2026, an administrative decision that would normally draw little public notice suddenly became a nationwide talking point. The Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Crime Corps handed over an ongoing corruption and money laundering case to the Attorney General’s Office. What set this transfer apart from an ordinary case handover was the person at […]
Indonesia Issues New Ministry of Law Tariffs Under Government Regulation Number 30 of 2026
Indonesia has issued Government Regulation Number 30 of 2026, introducing new tariffs for a wide range of services under the Ministry of Law. President Prabowo Subianto signed the regulation on 2 July 2026, and it now serves as the updated reference for businesses, legal professionals, and the general public dealing with administrative services at the […]
Joint Investigation in Indonesian Corruption Cases
A cross-jurisdictional corruption case is rarely resolved by a single investigator working alone. Funds moving through multiple accounts, companies operating across borders, and electronic evidence stored overseas often require cooperation between several law enforcement agencies. This reality has encouraged discussion about joint investigation in Indonesia. While the concept appears straightforward, its implementation raises important legal […]