About this office:
Melli Darsa & Co. or MDC is an Indonesian law firm dedicated to providing quality legal services that meet international standards expectations. Established in November 2002, MDC has already handled some of Indonesia's most high-profile securities, corporate finance and M&A deals. All our senior and mid-level attorneys are experienced lawyers and have extensive expertise and experience in the areas of capital market and securities, corporate finance and banking, project finance, corporate commercial and M&A. Our lawyers are also well versed in a broad range of industry areas which include insurance, mining and energy, property, plantation and telecommunication.
MDC was founded by Ms. Melli Darsa who holds a law degree from the University of Indonesia (1990) and a Master of Law degree from Harvard Law School (1994). She has practiced as a lawyer in Indonesia since 1990 and was admitted in 1996 to practice in the State of New York, USA. In addition, Melli is a registered lawyer with Bapepam - LK or the Indonesian Capital Markets & Financial Institution Supervisory Agency.
Melli has had working experience in the United States and prior to establishing MDC, was an international partner at one of the top global firms active in Indonesia.
As of 1 January 2005, our firm formally changed its name from Melli Darsa & Associates to Melli Darsa & Co. or MDC in line with the introduction of the firm's two-tier partnership system comprising Senior and Junior (Jr.) Partners.
The body of Jr. Partners is currently composed of Ms. Elizabeth Silalahi (since April 2006), Mr. Sugianto Osman (since April 2007), Ms. Zippora Siregar (since April 2007) and Mr. David Siahaan (since September 2007).
Our ultimate aim is to be the firm of choice for those who desire highly competent and responsive lawyers to assist them in their many activities in Indonesia. We take pride in being able to deliver top-notch specialized services in areas mentioned above. Indeed, we honor the trust given by our clients in appointing us. Thus we always commit and strive to give the utmost level of expertise, attention, and supervision to the work which we accept.
We are an independent Indonesian law firm with no formal affiliations with any foreign law firm. However, we do have several close relations and we are able to work seamlessly with many of the major global and foreign law firms which provide legal services into Indonesia or to Indonesian clients. We are able to call on these relationships, including with certain foreign sole practitioners, in order to provide exceptional guidance to our clients. When necessary, we can cooperate or submit a joint offer with them as we believe most appropriate depending on the nature of the transaction and the interests of the client.
The firm has also been named by IFLR as a leading securities and M&A firm, as well as awarded Law Firm of The Year in 2007.