Makes & Partners Law Firm |

Solving a Legal Problem
Means More Than Just
Knowing The Law

Welcome to Makes & Partners

Established in 1993, Makes & Partners is an award-winning, independent, and innovative Indonesian law firm, widely recognized as a leader in integrated legal services, with focused expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, corporate finance, and restructuring.

For more than 30 years, we have consistently provided high quality, aggressive, and dynamic services to our Indonesian and international clients. Since our inception, we have adopted and inculcated the philosophy: “solving a legal problem means more than just knowing the law“, to achieve a result-oriented commercial approach and high completion rate for our transactions.

Recent Transaction Highlights

⁠A premier Indonesian energy and investment group

on its landmark acquisition and restructuring of a stalled Nusa Dua tourism project, positioning the group as a strategic anchor investor and catalyst in revitalizing the target asset and restoring momentum to a flagship destination following a state tourism developer’s first post-policy-shift divestment.

⁠An iconic Indonesian cigarette conglomerat

with diversified FMCG and F&B interests on its landmark acquisition of the parent company of Bakmi GM, a legendary and culturally iconic Indonesian restaurant chain, representing a strategic portfolio diversification and deliberate expansion within the food and beverage sector.

⁠Key shareholders of a high-profile aquaculture technology unicorn

in navigating a nationwide criminal investigation involving complex financial and accounting allegations, requiring strategic coordination for high-level crisis management and reputational risk containment.

⁠A listed integrated shipping and offshore logistics group

on its strategic go-private transaction and voluntary delisting from the Indonesia Stock Exchange, marking Makes & Partners as the first law firm to successfully lead a high-level go-private process under OJK Regulation No. 3 of 2021.

⁠A key subsidiary of the leading paper production group

on its strategic and value-maximizing divestment via a mega acquisition by a regional Southeast Asian packaging leader, involving complex structuring and high-level negotiations.

Recent Transaction Highlights

Kohler Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR),

Advising one of the world’s leading global investment firms, in connection with Indonesian competition law advisory and compliance for its multiple strategic acquisitions