MARIAM DARUS & PARTNERS focuses and provide legal skills and services covering the areas include :
General Corporate
MDP’s general corporate remains one of its primary strength. We regularly advise on foreign direct investments, joint ventures, merger and acquisitions and shares, business and trade, shareholders agreement, corporate restructuring and spin-off, agency and distribution and license agreements, immigration, labor and employment issues.
Banking and Corporate Finance
Banking and Corporate Finance including Islamic Banking currently are the major practice of our Firm. We have assisted our clients in various forms of banking and finance aspect including debt restructuring, advice on documentation for commercial loans, syndicated loans, construction loans, project finance, asset based instruments, structured finance agreements, corporate finance including convertible and exchangeable bonds and convertible performance debentures, and the issuing of floating rate notes (FRN) and medium term notes (MTN). We regularly assume responsibility in the Banking and Corporate Finance areas to represent borrowers, project sponsors and developers in securing financing for their operations and major projects and the privatization of major infrastructure project in Indonesia.
Capital Market
Our Capital Practice Group advices on all types of Capital Market transactions including floatation and initial public offering of shares, various types of debt instruments and investment fund, privatization, securities and private placement. Our lawyers are licensed and registered with the Capital Market Supervisory Board (BAPEPAM).
Commercial Property , Real Estate and Conveyancing
The Property Practice Group advices on all types of property transaction involving commercial and residential property such as property acquisition, property lease and property planning. The Group frequently acts for number of developers, institutions, landlord and tenants in various types of property transaction. The Group also assist to provide legal opinions concerning the right of land including palm agricultural estate and industrial plantation.
Commercial Contracts covering International Trade and Shariah Business Contracts
These areas are also the most important practice at MDP. We provide advice on every aspect of sales of goods contracts both domestically and internationally through distribution, sales and agency arrangements, franchise and licenses, L/C, Bill of Lading including right and duties of sea carrier. The Firm also advises on anti competition and unfair trade practices under a new anti trust law, product liability issues and on government procurement laws and associated problems involving procurement practices.
Corporate Secretarial Services For Indonesian Incorporated Company
We are able to provide services in all aspect of Indonesia company secretarial matters such as, the incorporation, winding up and dissolution of companies, registration and de registration pf branches, businesses, and representative offices ( such as its name. address, legal representative type of business, business scope, operating period and the name or titles of its shareholders or its promoters), preparation for and attendance at board and shareholders meeting (such as providing prior notice of directors meetings and shareholders meeting and to record minutes of such meetings), maintenance of statutory registers and submission of prescribed forms and returns and ensuring the compliance of such entities with the provisions in local relevant legislations.
Dispute Resolution ( Civil Litigation, Commercial Arbitration and Mediation )
We provide advocacy services for cases involving appearances before Indonesian courts, bankruptcy/insolvency cases and other civil litigation cases. Our lawyer assist clients in formulating civil litigation strategies, assembling and analyzing evidence and handling matters trial. In addition, we also provide professional services to assist clients engaged in commercial arbitration inside or outside of Indonesia including of enforcement foreign judgment and arbitral awards.
General Mining, Oil and Gas
We advices clients concerning various aspects of the oil and gas industry and general mining such joint operating agreement, farm in / farm out agreement, acquisition of refining facilities, project finance and sales contract.
Good Corporate Governance
Organizations that practice good corporate governance lessen their risks and increase their chances of success in their initiatives. In the wake of major accounting scandals and fraud cases, shareholders and regulators have become increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of boards of directors and their committees. Consequently, the good corporate governance practices that prudent advisors have recommended for years are now mandated. Companies are now required to disclose their corporate governance systems and procedures annually, and CEOs are required to certify the integrity of financial statements and disclosure controls.
MD&P Corporate Governance Group has extensive experience helping clients to comply with the new legislation and to develop corporate governance procedures that increase board, management and corporate effectiveness. Whether they are multinational public companies or smaller private firms, we help them satisfy increasingly rigorous regulatory requirements, minimize directors’ and officers’ liability and meet shareholder obligations and expectations. We emphasize practical solutions grounded in good business management and governance principles.
Infrastucture & Construction
Infrastucture and Construction Practice Group advices on all phases of projects including development, financing, construction and operation. The members of the group have extensive involvement in the infrastructure development in Indonesia. We have acted representing project owners, contractors, financiers and authoritative body in development of projects in Indonesia in simple to complex major infrastructure projects such as harbor, railways, toll road, subway and triple decker development.
Intellectual Property Right : Trade Marks, Copyrights and Design, Patents
We provide a full range of services in intellectual property matters covering acquisition, protection, registration, exploitation, license and enforcement of intellectual property such as trademark, patent, copy rights and related rights and industrial design. We also possesses experience in representing owners of the rights and enforcing those rights in Indonesia.
Maritime and Shipping
Maritime and shipping work is increasingly importance area of practice of the firm. We handle and giving advice particularly on shipping law and admiralty practice, freight forwarding arrangement including on the cases arising out o f ship collision, cargo claims, salvage disputes, charter party dispute, loan and mortgage agreements, ship repair contract , oil pollution, ship supply contracts and marine insurance policies.
Health Care and Medical Practice
The health care industry is subject to increasingly complex market changes, regulatory constraints, and governmental scrutiny. Our Health Care and Medical Practice Group is able to help navigate health care providers through the maze to address challenges and meet opportunities.
Our multi-disciplined group combines the comprehensive expertise of its professionals to represent individual medical practitioners, partnerships, professional corporations, and other affiliations of professionals, as well as medical staff and health care joint ventures. The Firm provides a full range of services to clients, including advice on entity formation and corporate governance, negotiating buy/sell agreements, operating agreements and shareholder agreements, managing corporate transactions involving financing, mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, and joint ventures, handling contract and business disputes, representing providers before professional boards, overseeing administrative and civil litigation, handling patient treatment issues of consent requirements and policy guidelines, advising on Minister of Health requirements and providing professional liability and medical malpractice defense for general practitioner and health care providers (hospital).
