Under Indonesian Ministry of Trade Regulation No. 82 of 2017, exports of coal and crude palm oil can only be undertaken by national shipping companies and can only be insured with national insurance. Similar obligations have been imposed for imports of rice and government procurements.

SSEK's Stephen Igor Warokka gave a presentation at an EU Commercial Counsellor meeting on a new Indonesian manpower decree on foreign workers.

SSEK's Ira A Eddymurthy and Revaldi N Wirabuana have contributed a Q&A guide to establishing a business in Indonesia.

SSEK is shortlisted for Indonesia law firm of the year and SSEK founding partner Ira A. Eddymurthy is a finalist for M&A lawyer of the year at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2019.

SSEK has been recognized as one of Indonesia’s leading law firms across multiple practice areas in the 2020 IFLR1000 guide to the leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. And 10 SSEK lawyers were endorsed as leading financial and corporate lawyers.

SSEK's Fitriana Mahiddin and Karisa Pangaribuan have contributed the Indonesia chapter to Lexology Getting the Deal Through – Mining 2019, where they provide expert local insight into the regulation of exploration and extraction in Indonesia.

SSEK partners Ira A. Eddymurthy and Fahrul S. Yusuf gave a presentation in Seoul, South Korea, on Indonesian legal developments, focusing on infrastructure, data privacy and expatriate employment.

SSEK's Fransiscus Rodyanto and Bima Danubrata Adhijoso have contributed an article to the new issue of Coal & Minerals Asia magazine.