近日，世达国际律师事务所、 美国达维律师事务所、印度尼西亚 Widyawan & Partners 律师事务所助力中国互联网巨头 字节跳动旗下TikTok 与印尼最大数字电商平台PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo)达成战略合作。
据悉，为保护小型商家和用户的数据，印尼已与今年 9 月禁止在社交媒体平台上进行在线购物。随后， TikTok 也被迫关闭了其在印尼刚刚设立的电子商务平台 TikTok Shop。
这项交易中， TikTok 将斥资8.4亿美元收购GoTo旗下电商平台Tokopedia 75% 的股份，Tokopedia 及印尼 TikTok Shop 的业务将合并到现有的 PT Tokopedia 旗下。
据路透社报道，TikTok承诺未来将对PT Tokopedia注资达 15 亿美元。此举或将重振TikTok在印尼这一东南亚最大的经济体的在线购物业务。
本次交易中，世达团队、Widyawan 团队为TikTok提供交易咨询。其中，世达团队由合伙人李海平、Jonathan Stone领导；Widyawan 团队由合伙人 Teguh Arwiko领导。
达维团队则担任GoTo的国际法律顾问，由该所亚洲（日本除外）联席主管、全球合伙人苏雯华领导。
SKADDEN, DAVIS POLK DRIVE $1.5 BLN TIKTOK INVESTMENT IN GOTO
U.S. law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Indonesia's Widyawan & Partners have guided Chinese entertainment giant TikTok's $1.5 billion investment in Indonesia's largest digital and e-commerce platform, GoTo.
TikTok has agreed to spend $840 million to buy most of Indonesian tech conglomerate GoTo's e-commerce unit - a move that appears to allow it to restart its online shopping business in Southeast Asia's largest economy. It also said it will invest further in Tokopedia, which is Indonesia's biggest e-commerce platform, for a total outlay of $1.5 billion, Reuters reported.
TikTok had been forced to close its relatively new e-commerce service, TikTok Shop, in Indonesia after the country banned online shopping on social media platforms in September, citing the need to protect smaller merchants and users' data.
Under this deal, TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will buy 75 percent of Tokopedia. Tokopedia and TikTok Shop Indonesia's businesses will be combined under the existing PT Tokopedia entity. The shopping features within the TikTok app in Indonesia will be operated and maintained by the enlarged entity.
The Skadden team advising TikTok on the deal was led by Hong Kong corporate partners Haiping Li and Jonathan Stone. The supporting team included Hong Kong-based antitrust partner Andrew Foster and London-based tax partner Alex Jupp.
The Widyawan team, which also advised TikTok, was led by corporate partner Teguh Arwiko. Widyawan operates in association with Magic Circle firm Linklaters.
The Davis Polk team representing GoTo on the deal was led by partner Miranda So.
