Mining Law and Regulatory Practice in Indonesia

William A. Sullivan is a Licensed Foreign Advocate inIndonesia as well as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New SouthWales; a Solicitor of the High Court of Australia; an attorney andcounselor-at-law in all courts of the State of New York; anattorney and counselor-at-law in the United States District Courtfor the Southern and Eastern Districts; a Solicitor of the SupremeCourt of England and Wales; and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court ofHong Kong, admitted to practice in each of these jurisdictions.Bill's first involvement with Indonesia came in the early 1990swhen he was seconded by an Australian law firm to a leadingIndonesian law firm to provide international legal expertise incorporate and securities with a particular emphasis on corporaterestructuring, the development of new financial products, debt andequity raisings, and other capital markets projects. He also actedfor multinational corporations with substantial investments inIndonesia and for Indonesian companies pursuing major domestic andforeign investments, particularly in the oil and gas and hotelindustries. From 1999 to 2000, Bill acted as the Australiangovernment-funded technical adviser on debt restructuring mattersto Bank Indonesia (the Indonesian central bank). Since 2006, Billhas concentrated increasingly on the Indonesian mining, energy, andresources sector. He has been involved in the negotiation,structuring, and documentation of numerous coal, gold, iron ore,and mineral sands project acquisitions, financings, andinvestments. This work has also included both advising upstream oiland gas companies in connection with their existing operations aswell as advising foreign independent oil and gas companies onpotential new investments in Indonesia, particularly in the coalbed methane gas sector.