SSEK's Michael S. Carl will be a featured speaker at the 18^th Asia Conference on Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution Channels, organized by Asia Insurance Review. The conference will be held May 15-16 at Hotel Mulia Senayan in Jakarta.

SSEK's Darrell R. Johnson moderated an American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia (AmCham Indonesia) discussion on Tuesday, May 9, on work permits.

SSEK has been named a 2017 Employer of Choice for Indonesia in the annual rankings by Asian Legal Business (ALB) of the region's best law firms to work for. The rankings are based on the responses of private practice lawyers across Asia, as well as ALB's own market knowledge.

SSEK founding partner Ira A. Eddymurthy was a featured speaker at the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) conference held April 6-9 in Auckland, New Zealand. Ira spoke during a session on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and cross-border investment and international trade.

SSEK's Michael S. Carl was a featured speaker at a one-day seminar in Seoul organized by INSOL. Michael discussed the bankruptcy/insolvency regime in Indonesia, including the role of insolvency practitioners.

Five SSEK partners and foreign legal advisors have been recognized as leading practitioners in Indonesia across a host of practice areas in the 2017 Chambers Asia-Pacific directory of the leading lawyers in the region.

SSEK's Ira A. Eddymurthy has been recognized for Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance, and Mergers and Acquisitions in Legal Media Group's Expert Guides. Ira was also selected for inclusion in Expert Guides: Guide to the World's Leading Women in Business Law.

SSEK Legal Consultants has been recognized as a leading firm in Indonesia for real estate and two SSEK lawyers were named leading practitioners for real estate in the 2017 Chambers Asia-Pacific directory of the leading law firms and lawyers in the region.