Tjahyono Firmansyah is a Founder and Partner in the Corporate Practice Group of Arifin, Purba & Firmansyah.
 
Tjahyono Firmansyah brings more than 30 years legal experience in Indonesia and regionally in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, foreign investment, insurance, infrastructure manpower, dispute resolution and also Indonesian regulatory law issues. Tjahyono is currently the managing partner of Arifin, Purba & Firmansyah and prior to that a partner of a number of Indonesian law firms.
 
He has worked for a major holding company of an Indonesian conglomerate with investments in multiple industry sectors in Indonesia and overseas.
 
His combined experience in both working in private practice (in Indonesia and overseas) and working as in-house counsel for a multinational organization (in Indonesia and overseas) has proven to be beneficial for the Firm’s client’s needs.
 
Tjahyono Firmansyah is a licensed advocate (Peradi) and a licensed capital market lawyer (HKHPM) in Indonesia.
 
In the recent years Tjahyono Firmansyah has successfully assisted clients in a number of capital market transactions, including Initial Public Offerings, Rights Issue, Private Placements and Mandatory Tender Offers.
 
His vast range of experiences include, among others:
 
1. Acting as the independent legal counsel for PT Ingria Pratama Capitalindo, Tbk. in its initial public offering in IDX;
 
2. Involved in the PT Champ Resto Indonesia Tbk. initial public offering in IDX;
 
3. Acting as the indenpendent legal counsel for PT PT Intan Baru Finance Tbk. in its initial public offering in IDX as well as its subsequent rights issue transaction;
 
4. Acting as general counsel for PT Sampoerna Agro Tbk. in its initial public offering in IDX;
 
5. Acting as general counsel for Samko Timber Ltd, in its initial public offering in Singapore Stock Exchange.
 
6. Assisting a public listed company engaging in food and beverages as well as entertainment services in its rights issue ;
 
7. Assisting PT Estika Tata Tiara Tbk, a publicly listed company engaging in cattle supply and distribution in its private placement and mandatory tender offer as a result of the implementation of settlement agreement in the frame work of suspension of debt payment obligation of the company;
 
8. Advising a group holding company engaged in the renewable energy power plant business activity in its initial public offering in IDX (on going);
 
9. Assisting a private company engaging in services related to oil and gas machinery and equipment in its initial public offering in IDX;
 
10. Acting for a French merchant firm involved in agriculture, food processing, international shipping and finance in relation to the Indonsian aspects and competition law matters pertaining to their acquisition of an Australian based grain handling business operations;
 
11. Advising a major listed Indonesian bank on a credit facility of up to USD 120,000,000 (one hundred and twenty million US Dollars) for an additional working capital/operational funds for a nickel ore processing industry operated by a large private company engaged in nickel ore smelting in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia;
 
12. Assisting an Indonesian multifinance company, in the private placement of its new issuance of shares to an independent fund management company based in Singapore;
 
13. Advising an leading Indonesian bank, a part of major Indonesian private investment group, on a proposed investment in an Indonesian venture capital company;
 
14. Advising international banks as lenders on the release of Indonesian securities in the form of a vessel mortgage, and the re-flagging of the Indonesian vessel and the registration of the vessel mortgage in Liberia by an Indonesian borrower with respect to credit facilities with total facility commitments of US$86mn;
 
15. Advising a major Indonesian plantation public listed company, in the implementation of a debt to equity swap conversion;
 
16. Acting as the legal counsel for an investment holding company of an Indonesian conglomerate companies group in the acquisition of shares in palm oil plantation companies that have plantation in few areas in Sumatera and Kalimantan;
 
17. Assisting an Indonesian public listed company engaging in heavy machinery industry in conducting a material transaction to sell its shares in several of its subsidiaries and its rights, ownership and interest in the loan between such Indonesian public company and its subsidiaries;
 
18. Acting as Indonesian counsel for an American global e-commerce company in the acquisition of the minority shareholder interest in their Indonesian portal /website /online business operations;
 
19. Acting as Indonesian counsel for a Chinese corporation in relation to the acquisition of shares in the subsidiary of a German fire equipment manufacturing company in its Indonesian operations, as part of the acquisition of shares in its parent German company in a global acquisition;

20. Acting for an Indonesian molasses production company in a takeover of another Indonesia molasses production company;

21. Acting as Indonesian counsel for an  leading worldwide supplier of logistics and energy equipment on the global acquisition of a worldwide provider of fire-fighting and emergency management solutions.

22. Acting as counsel for an Indonesian group of companies in acquisitions and disposals of shares in several mining companies in Indonesia.

23. Assisting a major Australian mining company in its investment and acquisition of 3 tin mining companies in Indonesia.

24. Advising an Indian major pharmaceutical company in its proposed investment and acquisition of a pharmaceutical company in Indonesia.

25. Acting as counsel of an Indonesian leading infrastructure company in relation acquisitions of shares in various toll road operator companies in Indonesia.

26. Advising an American global e-commerce company on the transfer of majority shares for their Indonesian operations and ensuring that all of their corporate compliances are in order.

27. Assisting a majority shareholder with selling their interest in a prominent SAP Indonesian distributor to a prospective Japanese buyer.
 

28. Advising a panel of insurers in relation to a construction insurance claim in Indonesia;
 

29. Advising the lawyers of the insurer in relation to an aircraft collision in Indonesia and a potential claim arising thereof;
 

30. Advising and assisting a foreign insurance company acquiring shares of an existing Indonesian insurance company;
 

31. Advising companies on Indonesian regulatory issues on data privacy;
 

32. Advising private equity companies in various acquisition and disposal of their shares and assets;
 
33. Advising foreign investors on joint venture agreement negotiations and acquisition of shares in Indonesian target companies.