Rusmaini Lenggogeni

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Rusmaini Lenggogeni

Rusmaini Lenggogeni is a partner at SSEK and has been practicing law for almost 30 years. Her practice is always evolving to serve the legal needs of clients.  Rusmaini’s experience includes advising on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and securities, construction law, labor and employment law, intellectual property matter, and tax law. She regularly acts for clients in cross-border transactions in various sectors of the Indonesian economy.

Prior to joining SSEK, Rusmaini participated in the University of Indonesia Business Development Apprenticeship Program with PT USI Jaya/IBM. In 1998, she worked as a foreign associate at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP in Washington, D.C.

Rusmaini has been named by Asialaw, Chambers and Partners, and The Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in Indonesia for capital markets, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, and tax law.

Areas of Focus
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Construction and real estate
  • Corporate restructuring and insolvency
  • Healthcare and life sciences
  • Intellectual property
  • Labor and employment
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Private power 
  • TMT
  • Tax
Representative Matters
  • Advised PT Indosat Tbk on the establishment of a data center joint venture with Indosat subsidiary PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta and BDx Asia Data Center Holdings Pte. Ltd.
  • Assisted Restaurant Brands Asia Limited, a listed Indian company that operates major F&B brands, as Indonesian counsel in the acquisition of a controlling stake in PT Sari Burger Indonesia, the franchisee of Burger King in Indonesia.
  • Assisted Sentul City Tbk, a leading Indonesia property developer, in the sale of Aeon Mall Sentul City, Bogor, to Aeon Japan, the operator of the Aeon retail brand.
  • Acted as tax partner for one of Malaysia’s largest plantation companies as the seller in a US$110.1 million Indonesian landbank transaction.
  • Assisted a Southeast Asia-based company that invests in and operates specialty hospitals and centers around Asia with the acquisition of several land plots for the construction of specialty hospitals in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
  • Represented PT Indika Tbk and its subsidiary in the acquisition of a healthcare facility.
  • Represented Rentokil Plc and its subsidiaries in an acquisition of assets of companies engaging in the same line of business in Indonesia.
  • Represented PT TPR Indonesia in its tax dispute in both Indonesian Tax Court and Indonesian Supreme Court.
  • Assisted Bae, Kim & Lee and its client by providing advice on a ruling from the Indonesian regulatory authority in relation to applicable customs and excise for the client’s products.
  • Assisted Clayton Utz and its client in the refinancing of a A$270 million syndicated facility agreement. 

 

Education
  • University of Indonesia, S.H., 1992
  • American University Washington College of Law, LL.M. in international business studies, 1998
  • Attended the Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, Texas, 1994

 

Professional Associations and Memberships
  • Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) 
  • Indonesian Association of Capital Markets Legal Consultants
  • Licensed as an Indonesian capital markets legal consultant
  • Registered with the Indonesian Tax Court
  • International Bar Association 

 

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