This week's roundup also includes Withers, Bird & Bird and Clifford Chance | 1yr

Big four firm expands its legal offering to Indonesia with domestic firm alliance, next stop Shanghai. | 4yrs

An alliance with Indonesian firm Soemadipradja & Taher expands network, boosted by introduction of new foreign partner. | 4yrs

PwC has entered the Indonesian legal market adding Jakarta law firm Melli Darsa & Co (MDC) to its global network. | 5yrs

The global firm is wrapping up its alliance with Jakarta-based firm Ivan Almaida Baely & Firmansyah. | 6yrs

Hogan Lovells has launched a new app intended to help businesses navigate the legal landscape when in Indonesia. | 6yrs

The firm has finalised its tie-up with Dewi Negara Fachri & Partners (DNFP), eight months after its former association in Indonesia ended. | 7yrs

The Indonesian government has indicated that it plans to bring in 'tax minimums' for companies that continue to operate in the country despite reporting losses year after year. | 7yrs

Siti Nurbaya, the Indonesian environment minister, plans to be directly involved in appealing the court's decision in favour of PT Bumi Mekar Hijau (BMH), a plantation firm accused of clearing land with fire in South Sumatra. | 7yrs

The website of the Palembang District Court in Southern Sumatra has been hacked, in protest of a recent decision to throw out an Indonesian government lawsuit levelled against pulp and paper company PT Bumi Mekar Hijau. | 7yrs

Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has hired Haydn Dare as a partner from Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung, Herbert Smith Freehills' alliance firm in Indonesia. | 7yrs

South East Asia's largest law firm, Rajah & Tann, is planning to send more lawyers to other jurisdictions as growth there continues to outstrip the growth that is possible within Singapore. | 7yrs

The mayor of Surabaya, the departure point for crashed flight QZ8501, has offered to deliver advice through local academics to grieving families after it crashed into the Java Sea on 28 December with 162 people aboard. | 8yrs

ABNR has taken the top slot in the Asia Top 50 rankings, nudging Hadiputranto into second place. | 8yrs

Nishimura & Asahi, Japan's biggest law firm, is spreading into the Indonesian market by setting up an associate office with local practice Rosetini & Partners. | 8yrs

The Indonesian subsidiary of US mining company Newmont is seeking an international arbitration against the Indonesian government even though lawyers say the challenge could backfire. | 8yrs

Bird & Bird has taken the unusual step of adding two firms from the same country, Indonesia, to its Pan-Asian network of allied firms. | 8yrs

US mining company Newmont is considering legal action over the imposition of a new tax on the export of copper concentrate. | 9yrs

Boutique M&A practice Linda Widyati & Partners is Clifford Chance's partner in Indonesia, after the firms signed an association agreement. | 9yrs