Practice areas

Corporate; M&A; capital markets; corporate finance; project finance

Introduction

Yozua Makes is the founder and managing partner of Makes & Partners, with more than 35 years of experience in corporate law, transnational M&A, and cross-border commercial transactions. In the past 30 years, Yozua has successfully led Makes & Partners to become the top-ranked and award-winning law firm that it is today.

Clients praise him for his exceptional legal acumen, describing him as “razor-sharp” and a “pre-eminent lawyer” with the knowledge and network to drive commercial outcomes. One client notes that Yozua is “one of the best lawyers in Indonesia”.

In 2020, he was appointed as a highly distinguished member of the supervisory board of the Indonesian Investment Authority, the country’s first sovereign wealth fund. Recently, he was appointed as a member of the Temasek Southeast Asia Advisory Panel. Yozua is also a member of the supervisory board of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN).

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