When faced with a dispute that you cannot solve independently, whether it is work- or family-related, AdvintA’s legal associate Patricia & Partners is the appropriate lawyer to act as a mediator or your litigator.

Mediation

Mediation is a non-adversarial method of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party helps to resolve a dispute.

The mediator does not have the power to make a decision on the matter or order an outcome. If a satisfactory resolution cannot be reached, the parties involved can pursue a lawsuit.
Mediation is part of our practice; we are regularly asked to help a divorcing or divorced couple to work out their differences concerning alimony, child custody, visitation and division of property.
In some cases, we use mediation to resolve work-related issues as well.

To save our clients the time and money of a lawsuit, we first examine the possibility of mediation in disputes which meet the preconditions.
In certain cases, also the court in Indonesia can order mediation to provide parties the opportunity to come to an amicable settlement before resorting to a lawsuit.

Litigation

Litigation is any lawsuit or other resort to the courts to determine a legal question or decide on a legal matter.

Attorneys-at-Law who argue disputed cases in court are referred to as litigators.
Attorneys are obligatory to litigate some matters, like in particular cases involving a government body. In nearly all cases, attorneys are simply the preferred option for those who choose not to represent themselves in court, especially in Indonesia.

For private clients, foreign or Indonesian, it is not possible to independently make your way to the courts.
Litigation involves many complex legal issues, which require not only essential knowledge of the laws that presides over the dispute, but also the law governing the procedures to be followed in order to properly litigate a claim.
There are rules governing who may file a claim, where it must be filed, when it must be filed, and how to file it.

We have that knowledge and power-of-attorney. We speak the legal language and know our way around court; how to deal with (apparent) contradictions in Indonesian law, to identify creative solutions in its legal system and how to interpret local customary (adat) laws.