Posts Tagged ‘Contracts’

Investment

Articles of Association of an Indonesian Company: The More Comprehensive, The Better

Written by Lasmaroha Simbolon Foreign companies continue to mull investment in Indonesia by the establishment of joint venture companies with local Indonesian entrepreneurs. However, foreign and Indonesian parties tend to focus all their time and attention on the creation of hefty joint venture agreements, making sure that nothing is left behind in terms of provisions, [...]

A Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia

Our blog series on the legal issues and regulations concerning the development and investment in Indonesia’s gas sector is now complete. Fitriana Mahiddin and Syahdan Aziz have looked at Law No. 22 of 2001, the changing role of Pertamina, Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) as well as Government Regulation No. 79 of 2010. All the articles [...]

A Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia: Foreign Investment

This is the fifth post in our Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia. Fitriana Mahiddin and Syahdan Z. Aziz will address a new topic each week. Foreign Investment Upstream oil and gas business can be carried out directly by foreign entities.  Foreign companies may not directly engage in downstream activities, although they may establish [...]

A Legal Guide to Land & Real Estate in Indonesia: Leases

This is the fifth post in our Legal Guide to Land & Real Estate issues in Indonesia. Dyah Soewito and Denny Rahmansyah will address a new topic each week. Leases Indonesian laws and regulations do not stipulate any maximum term for neither a lease of land nor a commercial building lease in Indonesia; the parties [...]

A Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia: LNG

This is the fourth post in our Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia. Fitriana Mahiddin and Syahdan Z. Aziz will address a new topic each week. LNG The broad ownership, organisational and regulatory framework in relation to LNG facilities depends on how the LNG business is carried out. If, under the applicable contractual arrangements, [...]

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New Indonesian Mining Divestment Requirements

Written by Darrell R. Johnson and Kharisma Perwiro On February 21, 2012, the Indonesian Government issued Government Regulation No. 24 of 2012 (“GR 24”) which amended Government Regulation No. 23 of 2012 on the Implementation of Coal and Mining Activities. (For a full English Translation of GR 24, click here). GR 24 is the implementing [...]

A Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia: Development & PSCs

This is the second post in our Legal Guide to Gas Regulation in Indonesia. Fitriana Mahiddin and Syahdan Z. Aziz will address a new topic each week. Development: Law No. 22 of 2001 Development of natural gas is governed by Law No. 22 of 2001 regarding Oil and Natural Gas (Law 22) and its implementing [...]

Outsourcing Arrangements for Employees in Indonesia

Written by Dewi Savitri Reni On January 17, 2012, the Constitutional Court (the “Court”) decided Case No. 27/PUU-IX/2011 relating to outsourcing. The Petitioner in the case is Mr. Didik Suprijadi, the Head of the General Chairman of the Central Board of an Indonesian NGO named the Electricity Meters Readers Alliance (Lembaga Swadaya Masyarakat Aliansi Petugas [...]

How long must an employer pay an employee during a labor dispute?

Written by Dewi Savitri Reni In September 2011, the Constitutional Court (the “Court”) decided that the meaning of Article 155 paragraph 2 of Law No. 13 of 2003 Regarding Manpower (March 25, 2003) (the “Manpower Law”) is that an employer must pay the salary and other benefits of an employee whom does not accept his/her [...]

Oil & Gas

2011 Indonesian Law Review: Oil & Gas

Written by Syahdan Z. Aziz In 2011, the two major legal developments affecting the oil and gas industry included ongoing discussions of Government Regulation No. 79 as well as steps toward drafting a new Oil & Gas Law in Parliament. Government Regulation No. 79 In late 2010, the Government of Indonesia issued Government Regulation No. [...]