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Overview

Norma Mutalib is a Senior Associate at Makarim & Taira S., one of Indonesia’s oldest and most highly-regarded law firms. 

Norma has a broad franchising practice focusing mainly on market entry and regulatory issues, contract negotiations and drafting. She also has extensive expertise in hotel franchising and hotel management arrangements including in a wide range of intellectual property, employment and corporate/commercial matters.

Norma contributes frequently to such franchise law publications as, the Franchising Global Guide (Thomson Reuters), Franchise Law Journal (the American Bar Association), Lexology Getting The Deal Through, the International Journal of Franchising Law and Who’s Who Legal. She has been continuously listed in the prestigious Who’s Who Legal Franchise since 2016. 

Norma works seamlessly with her team and, in view of her knowledge and understanding of the special nature of much Indonesian legal work, she can be relied on to provide highly practical and commercial advice following her diligent study of a client’s situation. She has often worked successfully with multinational law firms as well as in-house corporate legal counsel because she thinks creatively to find solutions to problems within the confines of the relevant legal framework.