You've decided to exit your business in Bali: to sell a cafe, a managed villa, a salon, a studio, an agency, or an entire PT PMA. The question is not whether a buyer will turn up. The question is the price you close at, and whether due diligence uncovers something that wipes out the negotiation.

Legal Indonesia handles the sale of an operating business from the first valuation through to signing and handover of the asset. A lawyer, an accountant, and a tax advisor work on the same project, so you are not assembling contractors piece by piece or explaining the same thing to three different people.

It all starts with a valuation: we calculate what your business is worth today and what it could be worth after preparation.

What we do

We value the business. We determine the real price the asset will sell for in this market, and show you what is pulling that price down.
We prepare the business for sale. We put documents, taxes, and HR matters in order before the buyer gets to them.
We sell it. We take the business to market, screen buyers, run the negotiations, and support the deal and the handover of the asset.

Business valuation

Most deals in Bali fall apart or close at a discount for one reason: the seller cannot explain where the price came from. What you invested does not convince a buyer. What convinces them is revenue, profit, contracts, reporting, and a clear picture of what happens to the business once the owner steps away.

We look at the business through the buyer's eyes and answer three questions:

What the business is worth today. A realistic price range, not the sum of your investments.
What pulls the price down. Unfiled reporting, licenses that do not cover the actual activity, weak lease terms, a business that depends entirely on its owner.
What to do about it. Sell as is, or spend a few weeks on preparation and come out at a higher price.

A valuation is not there to produce a report. It is a decision about the price tag and the shape you go to market in.

Pre-sale preparation: +10–35% to the price

A buyer in Bali always checks the same things: licenses, taxes, the lease, staff, land. Every problem they find becomes a reason to push the price down. Preparation removes those reasons in advance.

What we check and put in order:

Legal structure: PT/PMA, NIB, shareholder resolutions, corporate history.
Licenses and permits: we reinstate, renew, and re-register them, and bring KBLI in line with the actual activity.
Finances and taxes: we file the missing SPT, clear outstanding liabilities with DJP and BPJS, and prepare a P&L for 2–3 years.
Contracts: the lease, suppliers, clients.
Staff and HR: employment contracts, BPJS, severance obligations, non-compete terms for key employees.
Land and premises: SHM/HGB, terms with the landlord, removing the risk of demolition and of claims from neighbors.

In our experience, a prepared business sells for 10–35% more and closes faster: the buyer simply has nothing to challenge.

Turnkey business sale

Beyond the valuation and the pre-sale preparation, we take on the sale itself, the part an owner usually has neither the time nor the patience for.

We take the business to market. We prepare a presentation of the asset and work with buyers through our own channels, so you do not have to post listings yourself or explain to every caller what you are selling.
We filter out the wrong buyers. Only those who have the money and a real intention to buy reach you, not the ones who just want to “look at someone else's numbers”.
We keep the sale confidential. Competitors, employees, the landlord, and suppliers will not hear about the sale before you want them to. Information is released in stages and only under an NDA.
We negotiate for you. We speak to the buyer in the language of facts, push back on attempts to cut the price for no reason, and keep you out of emotional haggling.
We protect your interests in the deal. Payment terms, warranties from both sides, and liability for past periods are drafted so that other people's obligations do not come back to you after signing.
We do not leave the team behind. We help structure the transition so employees keep their jobs and the buyer gets a working business: employment contracts, BPJS, severance obligations.
We save your time and speed up the deal. While the viewings, checks, and correspondence are under way, you keep running the business instead of handling the sale as a full-time job.
We hand over the asset. Re-registration of shares and directors, licenses, accounts, and agreements with the landlord, suppliers, and staff, right up to “the buyer is running it, you are free”.

How the work goes

Valuation. We calculate the real value and decide: sell as is, or sell after preparation.
Preparation. We close the risks, bring reporting up to date, and collect the documents.
Packaging. We put together the package for the buyer so that due diligence does not drag on for months.
Buyer. We take the business to market, shortlist candidates, and run the negotiations.
Deal. Sale and purchase agreement, payment terms, warranties from both sides.
Handover. Re-registration of the company, licenses, accounts, contracts, and staff.

Why Legal Indonesia

One team for the whole project. A lawyer, an accountant, and a tax advisor work within a single project, and you receive the result consolidated, from one provider.
We know what the buyer checks. So we close those points on your side in advance, not at the moment they are already being used to cut the price.
We care about a closed deal, not a report. We see it through to signing, payment, and re-registration.
Local practice instead of general advice. Indonesian corporate, tax, and labor law, OSS/KBLI licensing, land rights: this is our daily work.

Not sure what your business is worth? Start with a valuation.

We will calculate the real value of your business, show you what pulls the price down, and tell you straight: sell now, or prepare first.

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