20 Aug 2025
BI Issues PADG 13/2025: Consolidating and Specifying Money Market and FX Market
IntroductionTo support the modernization and deepening of the Money Market and Foreign Exchange Market(“MFEM”), Bank Indonesia (“BI”) has introduced a comprehensive regulatory framework to strengthen financial market infrastructure. This initiative, set out in BI Regulation No. 6 of 2024, provides the legal foundation for MFEM operations. A key objective is to ensure that both systemic and critical…
18 Aug 2025
The Data Deal: What the Indonesia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement Means for Cross-Border Data Transfers
Indonesia and the United States (US) recently reached a preliminary agreement that allows the cross-border transfer of Indonesian citizens’ personal data to the US, as part of broader trade and digital cooperation discussions. This development has raised questions from business undertakings, in its interaction with Indonesia’s Law No. 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection (“PDP Law”) and the implications…
14 Aug 2025
“What does it really take to become a corporate lawyer?”
Last Saturday, 9 August 2025, ABNR Counsellors at Law opened its doors to 101 outstanding students from 23 universities across Indonesia for our Open Day. These students, selected from hundreds of applicants in their 3rd semester and beyond, were invited to see first-hand what life as a corporate lawyer truly looks like.In two engaging sessions (morning and afternoon), our lawyers—from juniors to…
11 Aug 2025
2-Year Rule and Abandoned Land: Authority, Process, and Consequences
Public Spotlight on Abandoned Land TakeoverOn 13 July 2025, Mr. Nusron Wahid, the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of Land Agency (“MOAA”) made a public statement asserting that the government has the authority to reclaim land from the landowners if such land has remained unutilized for 2 consecutive years, thereby classifying it as abandoned land. He further stated that…
04 Aug 2025
Breaking Barriers in the Courtroom: ABNR’s Ulyarta Naibaho Named to ALB Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers 2025
In a field long defined by pressure, precision, and power plays, ABNR Partner Ulyarta Naibaho has earned her place among Asia’s most formidable dispute resolution specialists, named to the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers 2025.With women making up less than a quarter of the list, Uly’s recognition isn’t just personal, it’s emblematic of the growing influence of women reshaping…