The Employment Law Alliance is offering a free 90-minute webinar on Wednesday, March 7 on "New Data Protection & Privacy Regulations in the EU."

The Employment Law Alliance is offering a free 90-minute webinar on Wednesday, January 10 on "Key US Employment Law Developments and What to Expect in 2018."

SSEK Legal Consultants was asked to speak at the Techonomy Master Class 2017 organized by the Business Law Society at the University of Indonesia Faculty of Law. The theme of the event was "Privacy and Security Concerns in Cloud Computing."

Dewi Savitri Reni, a partner at SSEK Legal Consultants, led a half-day corporate legal training program that focused on environmental law and corporate liability in Indonesia.

SSEK founding partner Ira A. Eddymurthy was named Woman Lawyer of the Year at the 2017 ALB Indonesia Law Awards.

The awards, hosted last week in Jakarta by Asian Legal Business, recognized the excellence and outstanding achievements of Indonesia's leading law firms, in-house legal teams, top deals and dealmakers. Winners were selected on the basis of intensive independent research.

SSEK Legal Consultants was named Labor and Employment Law Firm of the Year at the 2017 ALB Indonesia Law Awards. The awards, hosted last week in Jakarta by Asian Legal Business, recognized the excellence and outstanding achievements of Indonesia's leading law firms, in-house legal teams, top deals and dealmakers. Winners were selected on the basis of intensive independent research. SSEK is a premier labor and employment law firm that is rated by legal publications as a top-tier Indonesian law firm that has always been great at providing high-level advice (Chambers Asia).

Michael S. Carl, an international legal adviser at SSEK Indonesian Legal Consultants, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming International Bar Association conference on Investing in Asia. The conference will be held December 7-8 in New York City. It is co-presented by the IBA's Asia Pacific Regional Forum and North American Regional Forum, and supported by the IBA Arbitration Committee, the IBA Corporate and M&ampA Law Committee, the IBA Corporate Counsel Forum, the IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee, and the IBA International Trade and Customs Law Committee. Michael will be a panelist during a session on the conference’s opening day titled, East Meets West Meets South: Legal and Cultural Challenges in Doing M&ampA in Asia. Among the topics to be discussed by the panel are regional differences in legal systems and the general corporate cultures related to M&ampA. Michael is well positioned to offer insights into the legal and cultural challenges of M&ampA transactions in Southeast Asia, Indonesia in particular. Michel joined SSEK in 2004 and has nearly 20 years of experience practicing law in Southeast Asia. Before joining SSEK, he was associated with the international law firm Baker &amp McKenzie in its Singapore and Bangkok offices.

Underlining the strength and depth of SSEK Legal Consultants, the firm and its lawyers are finalists in 12 categories at the upcoming ALB Indonesia Law Awards. SSEK is a finalist in the following categories:

1. Banking and Financial Services Law Firm of the Year
2. Labor and Employment Law Firm of the Year
3. Maritime Law Firm of the Year
4. Projects, Energy and Infrastructure Law Firm of the Year
5. Real Estate Law Firm of the Year
6. Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year
7. Indonesia Deal Firm of the Year
8. M&ampA Deal of the Year (Didi's Investment in Grab)
9. Project Finance Deal of the Year (Well Harvest Alumina Refinery Project)
10. Woman Lawyer of the Year (Ira A. Eddymurthy)
11. Young Lawyer of the Year (Syahdan Z. Aziz)
12. Dealmaker of the Year (Michael S. Carl)