Syahdan Z. Aziz

Practice Areas

Syahdan Z. Aziz is a supervising partner of SSEK's labor and employment practice and is experienced in advising clients on all aspects of Indonesian labor and employment law. This includes advising corporate clients on severance matters, personnel policies and work rules, employment contracts, including contracts for foreign workers, secondment arrangements, labor disputes and social security programs.

Syahdan's practice also includes energy and natural resources, foreign capital investment, mergers and acquisitions, oil and gas law, private power, project finance and infrastructure development, and TMT (including cryptocurrency and data privacy/protection).

Career

Syahdan joined SSEK in 2005. He is a supervising partner of SSEK's labor and employment practice and is experienced in all aspects of Indonesian employment law, including contentious matters, with a particular focus on Indonesia's energy and natural resources sector. Syahdan is the firm's principal representative to the Employment Law Alliance (ELA), a global network of leading labor and employment lawyers.

In addition to being recognized as a leading employment lawyer, Syahdan has in the past been recognized by legal directories as a leading practitioner for energy and natural resources, and projects and infrastructure.

Professional Memberships

• Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi)

• Employment Law Alliance (ELA)

Publications

• Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Labor and Employment

• Mondaq Employment Guide

• Indonesia: Job Creation Regulation Becomes Law with Issuance of Law No. 6 of 2023

• Post-Employment Data Protection in Indonesia

• Data Protection and Employment – Indonesia

• ‘Right to Disconnect’ From an Indonesian Employment Law Perspective

• How to Hire (and Fire) Expatriate Workers in Indonesia

• Indonesia's Crypto Journey: Navigating Legal Waters for Digital Assets

• Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Cryptoassets & Blockchain

• Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Environment

• Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Climate Regulation

• ICLG Oil and Gas Regulation

Languages Spoken

English – Full professional proficiency

Indonesian – Native/bilingual

Education

Work Highlights

• Advised a leading engineering company on employee transfers, severance packages and other employment matters in Indonesia related to the global sale of its energy gas turbine and compressor business.

• Advised the client, a regional strategic communications firm, on recent changes to the employment laws and regulation in Indonesia pertaining to terms and conditions of indefinite term employment agreements.

• Assisted a Finland-based multinational that manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets with an employment compliance due diligence on the client’s Indonesian subsidiary.

• Advised a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm on its “Bring Your Own Device” policy from the perspective of the Indonesian employment law.

• Assisted two local entities of a multinational logistics property specialist with employment terminations on the grounds of efficiency to prevent further losses as regulated by the prevailing laws and regulations.

• Assisting a French industrial with the establishment of a foreign construction services representative office, which included advising on various labor and employment matters.

• Provided a leading crypto brand in the Philippines with advice and assistance in connection with its establishment of a local company in Indonesia to operate as a crypto physical trader under Indonesian law.

• Advised and assisted a Singapore-headquartered fintech group that offers regulatory-compliant, enterprise infrastructure for the digital capital markets with the establishment of a company in Indonesia to operate as a crypto physical trader under Indonesian law.

• Advised SunEdison, a US public company engaging in solar power business in developing a preferred corporate structure for its energy business in Indonesia and in preparations for PLN tenders.

• Acting for the IFC in preparing model documentation, including a model PPA and government guarantee, for the 2x1000 MW Central Java coal-fired IPP project

• Advised a Chinese engineering and research company on their participation in an aluminium smelter upgrading project owned by an Indonesian state-owned company.

• Acted as Indonesian counsel for Sinohydro Resources of China in establishing a joint venture company in Indonesia for the development of the Lasolo Hydropower Project.

• Acted as Indonesian counsel for Lanco International in an in-depth review and comment on a draft PPA for bidding purposes in relation to a 2x200 MW coal-fired steam IPP in East Java.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Indonesia