Legitimacy: Journal of Law and Islamic Law
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Legitimacy: Journal of Law and Islamic Law

Minority Shareholder Protection: Comparative Analysis of Restructuring Laws in Indonesia and Thailand

Yauwnes Angel Wibowo (Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Aug 2026

Abstract

Corporate restructuring, including mergers and spin-offs, inherently risks minority shareholder expropriation, particularly within Indonesia's highly concentrated ownership structures. The Indonesian Company Law exhibits a critical regulatory lacuna regarding objective valuation dispute mechanisms and equitable spin-off compensation frameworks. Employing a doctrinal legal research design with a functional comparative approach, this study evaluates the institutional efficacy of Indonesia's framework against Thailand’s progressive 2023 Civil and Commercial Code amendments. The analysis systematically reveals that Thailand’s automatic deadlock resolution mechanism successfully mitigates valuation disputes by mandating independent appraiser intervention within a strict fourteen-day statutory timeframe, thereby eliminating minority hold-out problems and managerial tunneling. Conversely, Indonesia currently relies heavily upon costly, protracted, and highly asymmetric judicial litigation processes. To ensure substantive justice and align with ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard standards, the Indonesian regulatory regime urgently requires legislative amendments incorporating an automated independent valuation mechanism with a binding thirty-day resolution deadline for all corporate restructuring actions.

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JOLIL

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Religion Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Legitimacy: Journal of Law and Islamic Law is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in both legal studies and Islamic legal studies. Published three times annually in January, June, and August the journal serves as a comprehensive platform for the dissemination ...