FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 329, James Koukios
Buoyed by healthy GDP growth and rising consumer confidence, Indonesian M&A has been on a roll in recent years. Southeast Asia’s largest economy has largely evaded macroeconomic headwinds such as high inflation and weakening...more
As we move into 2024, legislative reform is on the minds of competition regulators in the region as they turn to competition policy to address perceived challenges in market structures and limit the extent to which businesses...more
Deal making has been running at a solid pace in Indonesia so far this year. In Q1 2023, 26 deals were recorded—a gain of 18% on the previous quarter by volume—for a total of US$2.2 billion. Value was down by 57% over the same...more
The OJK introduced new regulation to facilitate the transformation of foreign bank branches into subsidiaries and address certain existing uncertainties in executing bank M&A. The key change is the introduction of branch...more
Speed read - New merger control guidelines in Indonesia provide that asset acquisitions are now transactions that need to comply with merger notification obligations, despite the Anti-Monopoly Law and government regulation...more
BKPM is moving in a new direction on certain approvals for changes to shareholder ownership in PMA mining companies. The new rule replaces the old paper-based licences and approvals method (issued by BKPM) with submissions...more
Around the globe and across a wide variety of industry sectors, we worked on exciting, challenging, and innovative M&A transactions throughout 2016. We are grateful that these transactions propelled us to top 10 M&A rankings...more