Competition/Antitrust
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Indonesia
Band 1
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Assegaf Hamzah & Partners possesses expertise across a wide range of competition and antitrust legal matters, including representing clients in major cartel investigations before the KPPU. The firm also handles cartel and price-fixing cases, alongside merger notifications and competition audits. The group is entrusted by multinational and domestic clients from the automotive, technology, transportation and manufacturing sectors, among others. Its competition team includes former KPPU employees, who provide additional regulatory expertise, and in-house economists.
Work Highlights
- Assegaf Hamzah & Partnersassisted Aramco in submitting the notification of the acquisition transaction of VGP Holdings to the KPPU.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Assegaf Hamzah & Partners demonstrated exceptional organisational skills and diligence, completing each task promptly and accurately while keeping us well informed at every stage."
"Assegaf Hamzah & Partners team members are strong at problem-solving and responsive to customers' needs."
"Assegaf Hamzah & Partners demonstrated exceptional organisational skills and diligence, completing each task promptly and accurately while keeping us well informed at every stage."
"Assegaf Hamzah & Partners team members are strong at problem-solving and responsive to customers' needs."
Notable Practitioners
Farid Nasution co-heads the competition and antitrust practice at Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. He actively practices transactional and contentious competition law matters in Indonesia. He is able to draw on his experience working for the KPPU to assist clients on a wide array of competition matters.
"Farid Nasution explained the details in a way that made the process much clearer, and we appreciate how quickly he responded to our inquiries."
"We can easily discuss our matters or concerns with Farid Nasution; he has great responses and knowledge."
Rikrik Rizkiyana co-heads the Competition and Antitrust practice at Assegaf Hamzah & Partners. He is a highly respected competition lawyer who is noted for his experience in Indonesia. He has a broad practice encompassing merger control and KPPU investigations.
"Rikrik Rizkiyana has a deep understanding and awareness that can help us take better action in our cases."
Asep Ridwan is recognised by commentators for his proficiency in handling contentious and non-contentious competition law matters in Indonesia. His expertise includes price fixing, discriminatory practice mandates and class-action lawsuits.
Albert Boy Situmorang is a partner in Jakarta who is well-versed in merger control issues, acting for companies in the oil and gas, technology, automotive and manufacturing sectors. He also assists clients with internal antitrust law analyses.
"Albert Boy Situmorang is very professional and cooperative."
Vovo Iswanto is an impressive up-and-coming lawyer who brings experience from his prior career at KPPU to his current matters. He has over 20 years of experience in competition litigation, including those involving cartel matters. He practices in several industry areas, including aviation, pharmaceutical and construction.