What this practice does, what each matter actually involves, and how long it really takes. Every regulatory point on these pages is verified against its primary source before it is published.
A PT PMA is the vehicle Indonesian law provides for foreign ownership of a business. This service takes a company from KBLI selection through the notarial deed and Kemenkumham approval to a live NIB, with the ownership split and capital set up so they survive later scrutiny. An agency can file the forms. The question this practice answers is whether the structure being filed is the one you should own.
Most PT PMA trouble in Bali is not dramatic. It is a report nobody filed. LKPM is due quarterly by the 15th for medium and large companies under Permeninves/BKPM 5/2025 Pasal 286(3), and missing two consecutive periods is one of the listed triggers for the sanction ladder in Pasal 373-376 that ends in revocation of the business licence or NIB. This service keeps the reporting current, and responds when a sanction has already arrived.
Due diligence is the last point at which a bad deal is still cheap. This service reviews the target - a company, a property, or a shareholding in either - and reports in writing what it found, including the things the seller did not raise. It is for buyers, incoming shareholders and investors who are about to move money and would rather know first.
A PT PMA does not become tax-compliant because it was incorporated. It acquires a filing calendar the day it exists, and the calendar runs whether or not the business has started trading. This service sets up the company's tax registration and keeps the monthly and annual cycle moving, with a lawyer reading what is being filed rather than only a bookkeeper preparing it.
A foreign buyer cannot take the same land rights an Indonesian citizen can. What is available - a registered lease, Hak Pakai, or HGB held through a company - sits under UU 5/1960, with PP 18/2021 governing rights for foreign persons and entities, and each option carries a different exposure. This service checks the title and the seller first, then advises which structure the deal can actually support.
A nominee arrangement puts an Indonesian name on the certificate and a private agreement in your drawer. Under UU 5/1960 Pasal 21 and 26(2) and UU 25/2007 Pasal 33 that agreement is null and void, and money paid under it cannot be reclaimed through it. Perda Bali 4/2026 Pasal 14 prohibits the arrangement and reaches the intermediaries who put it together, with administrative sanctions under Pasal 20. This service tells you where you actually stand, in writing, and what lawful structures exist instead.
A contract that reads well in English is not the same as a contract that binds in Indonesia. KUHPerdata Pasal 1320 sets what makes an agreement valid, Pasal 1338 is why a valid one binds the parties as law between them, and UU 24/2009 with Perpres 63/2019 requires an Indonesian-language version where an Indonesian party is involved. This service drafts or red-lines the agreement so those points are handled before signature instead of argued after it.
Terminating an employee in Indonesia is a procedure, not a decision. The grounds and the severance arithmetic are set by statute, and what is left to negotiate is narrower than most employers expect. This service covers PKWT and PKWTT contracts, termination documents and the severance calculation — for employers, and for employees who have been let go.
Shareholder disputes rarely begin as legal problems. They begin when the numbers stop being shared, a RUPS stops being called, or a partner starts treating the company as their own. This service is for shareholders and partners in an Indonesian company who have lost access, lost control, or want out — and for companies defending a claim of that kind.
Much of what decides an Indonesian civil case happens before the first hearing — in how the claim is framed, who is named, and what evidence already exists on paper. This service covers civil and commercial litigation in the Bali courts and elsewhere in Indonesia, from the claim through judgment, appeal and enforcement. An agency cannot appear for you in court. A licensed advocate can.
Someone owes you money and has stopped answering. The legal question is usually simple; the recovery question is not. This service runs the ladder — asset check, formal demand, negotiation, and if needed a claim with a freeze on the debtor's assets. It starts by asking whether there is anything at the end of it worth collecting.
Most visa problems in Bali are structural rather than clerical: the wrong route was chosen at the start, or a route was chosen that the applicant never qualified for. This service picks the route, confirms you qualify before anything is filed, and runs the application through to your e-ITAS — investor, work, or whichever E-series route actually fits.
Indonesia is first-to-file. The person who files first holds the mark — not the person who used it first, built the brand, or has been trading under it in Bali for years. This service clears the mark, selects the classes and files it. The filing date is the thing being bought.
Most foreign-owned companies in Bali are too small for an in-house lawyer and too exposed to go without one. A retainer buys the thing that is otherwise missing: someone who already knows your structure when the problem arrives, so the first hour goes on the problem rather than on the background.
A prenuptial agreement is not paperwork for the wedding. Without one, UU 1/1974 Pasal 35(1) makes everything acquired during the marriage joint property, and UUPA Pasal 21(3) then gives a foreign spouse who picks up Hak Milik that way one year to release it - after which the right lapses by operation of law and the land passes to the State. Since Putusan MK 69/PUU-XIII/2015 the agreement can also be made after the wedding, which is the option most couples reading this actually need.