Posts Tagged ‘Negative Investment List’

2011 Indonesian Law Review: Direct Selling

Written by Ade B. Adamy Direct selling refers to the marketing and selling of products away from a fixed retail location, often in people’s homes or offices. The following are the laws and regulations to consider in planning on entering the direct selling business in Indonesia: Direct selling, also known as multi level marketing, is [...]

2011 Indonesian Law Review: Franchising

Written by Ade B. Adamy During 2011, no new regulations were issued that affected  franchising in Indonesia and the current regulatory regime is outlined below. However, investors should note that it is anticipated that a new regulation on these matters will be issued in 2012 although the implications of this new regulation remain to be [...]

2011 Indonesian Law Review: Investment

Written by Deni Sri Anjayani and Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan With a population of over 240 million people and a rich supply of natural resources, Indonesia is increasingly an attractive market for domestic and foreign investment.  Based on the Capital Investment Coordinating Board’s (“BKPM”) third quarterly report of 2011, total investment was 14.3 billion US  dollars [...]

The 2010 Negative Investment List: a positive change for Indonesia’s capital market

Written by Ira Eddymurthy and Rusmaini Lenggogeni The Indonesian capital market experienced an all time high at the end of 2009, resulting in many implications for 2010. The growing power of Indonesian investors and the middle class, married with the increased potential for public offerings on the stock exchange should lead to more activity on [...]

Covering your bases: M&A in Indonesia

Written by Jonathan Streifer Overview of Mergers & Acquisitions in Indonesia Mergers and acquisitions in Indonesia are principally governed by Law No. 40 of 2007 regarding Limited Liability Companies (the Company Law). The Company Law defines a merger as “a legal act of one or more limited liability companies to merge with another limited liability [...]