Litigation & Corporate Law · Jakarta
CPA Law Firm advises companies, institutions, and private clients on complex disputes and corporate transactions in Indonesia — with rigour, discretion, and a partner’s attention on every engagement.
Litigation · Corporate advisory · Regulatory & compliance — before the courts and arbitral tribunals of Indonesia.
Insights · Legal Insights
After a three-year transition period, Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code took effect in January 2026, replacing colonial-era legislation. Here is what has a...
17 September 2026
Insights · Legal Insights
Since January 2025, Indonesia's financial services authority OJK — not commodity regulator Bappebti — has supervised crypto assets as financial instruments. The...
11 August 2026
Practice Areas
From contested proceedings to day-to-day corporate counsel, our practice covers the matters Indonesian businesses and individuals most often face.
Services
We represent individuals and companies in disputes against government bodies — from challenging administrative decisions and unlawful acts of officials to defending the State in administrative proceedings.
Legal basis: Law No. 5/1986 on State Administrative Courts (as amended) and Law No. 30/2014 on Government Administration.
We represented a corporate client in a high-value commercial dispute, achieving a favourable settlement through strategic negotiation and litigation.
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We advise on Indonesia’s competition regime and represent clients before the KPPU — covering merger notifications, cartel and abuse-of-dominance investigations, and competition compliance programs.
Legal basis: Law No. 5/1999 on the Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition.
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We act as counsel in commercial arbitration before Indonesian and international institutions, and assist in recognizing and enforcing — or annulling — arbitral awards in Indonesia.
Legal basis: Law No. 30/1999 on Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; the New York Convention 1958.
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We handle the full spectrum of civil disputes — contract breaches, tort (unlawful act) claims, debt recovery, and asset disputes — through litigation, mediation, and settlement.
Legal basis: The Indonesian Civil Code (KUHPerdata), HIR/RBg, and Supreme Court Regulation on court-annexed mediation.
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We assist clients in testing the constitutionality of laws before the Constitutional Court (MK) and reviewing regulations against higher laws before the Supreme Court (MA).
Legal basis: Law No. 24/2003 on the Constitutional Court and Law No. 12/2011 on the Formation of Legislation.
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We provide criminal defense from the earliest investigation stage through trial, including representation before the Police, Prosecutors, and KPK, pre-trial motions, and internal investigations.
Legal basis: The Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP); anti-corruption laws.
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We guide clients through sensitive family matters before the Religious Courts and District Courts, with discretion and care — from divorce and custody to estate and prenuptial planning.
Legal basis: Law No. 1/1974 on Marriage (as amended by Law No. 16/2019) and the Compilation of Islamic Law (KHI).
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We serve as trusted corporate counsel for companies of every size — from incorporation and shareholder arrangements to mergers, acquisitions, and ongoing governance.
Legal basis: Law No. 40/2007 on Limited Liability Companies and the Investment Law.
The Firm
CPA Law Firm is an Indonesian practice bringing together litigators and corporate lawyers who advise on the matters that shape our clients’ interests most directly — contested proceedings, sensitive negotiations, and transactions that must withstand scrutiny.
We keep our engagements deliberately few. Each is led by a partner from first consultation to final resolution, so that the counsel a client receives reflects the full experience of the firm rather than the availability of its calendar.
Our approach is measured. We establish the facts before we advise, set out the risks plainly, and pursue the course most likely to protect the client’s position — in negotiation where that serves them, and before the courts where it does not.
Our People
Counsel with substantial experience across litigation, corporate, and regulatory practice.
Founding Partner
Experience Highlights
Cakra founded CPA Law Firm in 2008 after eleven years practicing commercial litigation at a leading Jakarta firm and a secondment to a London arbitration chambers. He has led some of Indonesia's most closely watched shareholder disputes and cross-border arbitrations, and continues to appear personally before the Central Jakarta Commercial Court and BANI. Clients value his instinct for when to negotiate and when to fight — and his refusal to overstate either. Outside the firm, he lectures on dispute resolution at Universitas Indonesia and sits on the BANI panel of arbitrators.
Senior Associate
Experience Highlights
Rina advises Indonesian and multinational clients on mergers, acquisitions, and everyday corporate governance — the kind of work that rarely makes headlines but determines whether a business runs cleanly. Before joining CPA Law Firm, she spent four years in the corporate group of a Singapore-based regional firm, working on cross-border transactions into Indonesia's manufacturing and consumer sectors. She is known internally for the clarity of her closing checklists, and for clients who ask for her by name on their second deal.
Associate
Experience Highlights
Daniel handles the day-to-day reality of civil disputes — breach of contract claims, debt recovery, and the procedural detail that decides cases long before a judge reads the merits. He joined CPA Law Firm after completing his advocate training (PKPA) and clerking at the Jakarta District Court, an experience that shapes how he prepares every filing. He is currently completing a master's degree in civil procedure at Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Partner
Experience Highlights
Melati leads the firm's employment and regulatory compliance practice, advising employers through terminations, industrial relations disputes before the PHI, and the licensing maze new businesses face under Indonesia's OSS regime. She joined CPA Law Firm as a partner in 2021 after nine years as in-house employment counsel for a multinational manufacturer — an experience that gave her a client's-eye view of what businesses actually need from outside counsel: clear risk grading, not just legal citations. She is a frequent speaker at HR and compliance forums in Jakarta.
Associate
Experience Highlights
Aditya advises technology companies and creative businesses on trademark and copyright protection, data protection compliance under Indonesia's PDP Law, and the digital regulation that increasingly touches every online business. He came to law from a background in software engineering, which lets him read a client's technical documentation as fluently as their contracts. He is currently advising several fintech clients on their transition to OJK's updated data governance requirements.
Why CPA
Four commitments that shape how every engagement is run.
A partner leads your matter from first consultation to resolution — never handed down.
Litigators who appear regularly before Indonesian courts and arbitral tribunals.
Advice measured against your business objectives, not only the legal position.
Sensitive matters handled with disciplined information control at every step.
Insights
Analysis and commentary from our lawyers.
After a three-year transition period, Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code took effect in January 2026, replacing colonial-era legislation. Here is what has actually changed in practice.
The transition period for Law No. 27 of 2022 on Personal Data Protection closed in October 2024. With the supervisory authority now fully operational, here is what businesses are actually being asked to demonstrate.
Since January 2025, Indonesia's financial services authority OJK — not commodity regulator Bappebti — has supervised crypto assets as financial instruments. The shift carries real licensing and compliance consequences.
An introduction to our firm and our commitment to principled legal counsel.
Years after the Job Creation Law's employment provisions took hold, we still see the same calculation and documentation errors in termination cases. A practical refresher for HR and management.
KPPU's revised asset and turnover thresholds mean more mid-market transactions now trigger mandatory notification. Deal teams should check thresholds earlier in the process, not at signing.
Tell us what is at issue and we will set out, candidly, how the firm would approach it. Initial consultations are confidential and without obligation.
