This title is written by a team of competition lawyers and economists led by HMBC Rikrik Rizkiyana, a partner of Assegaf Hamzah & Partners and co-founder of boutique competition firm, Rizkiyana & Iswanto, which, prior to its merger with Assegaf Hamzah in 2013, was one of only two antitrust practices in Indonesia listed by Global Competition Review as being in the "Elite category" in 2013. Rikrik has more than 20 years of experience in competition law, and is listed in The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers 2012 and 2013, the first Indonesian to achieve such acknowledgment. Recently, he was named an Asialaw Leading Lawyer, 2014. A member of the American Bar Association's Antitrust Law Section, Rikrik has played a prominent role in a number of influential domestic and regional competition-related organisations down the years, including serving as chairman of the Indonesian Competition and Consumer Community and on the board of the ASEAN Competition Institute. He regularly provides training on competition law to blue-chip corporations, such as PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Bank Indonesia, PT Coca-Cola Indonesia, PT XL Axiata, Asahi-Mas Group, Mitsubishi Krama Yudha, Yamaha, Astra International, and Global Mediacom Group
Assegaf Hamzah & Partners
Assegaf Hamzah, Chambers & Partners' Indonesia Law Firm of the Year 2014, is widely recognized as being at the forefront of competition law in Indonesia. Since its merger with Rizkiyana & Iswanto in 2013, it has been the largest competition practice in Indonesia, as reflected in it being named an "Elite Category" firm in 2014 by Global Competition Review. Assegaf Hamzah has long been prominent in advocating for essential change in the Indonesian competition law regime so as to bring it more into line with international best practice.
In recognition of his outstanding reputation in this practice area, Eri Hertiawan, partner in Assegaf Hamzah's competition practice group, was selected to pen the chapter on Indonesia in the seminal reference work, ASEAN Competition Law, published by Rajah & Tann LLP, Singapore, and LexisNexis in 2011.
