Based on research conducted by Asia Business Law Journal, the following are Indonesia’s top 100 lawyers.
Click here to read the editorial report that accompanies the A-List.
Biographies and contact details, where provided, were written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently verified.
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Bono Daru Adji Assegaf Hamzah & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; telecommunications; banking & finance |
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Lia Alizia Makarim & Taira S Tel: +62 21 5080 8300; +62 21 252 1272 Email: lia.alizia@makarim.com |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & commercial; litigation; foreign investment; restructuring; M&A; competition; compliance |
| Lia Alizia is a talented lawyer, litigator, a leading adviser to many top businesses worldwide, and also one of the country’s foremost legal practitioners, having
been involved in some of the most high-profile matters over the years. She is the managing partner and leads the corporate, commercial, and litigation and dispute resolutions departments of the firm. She provides expert advice and oversight in large, complex corporate negotiations and brings over 20 years of experience managing legal aspects of commercial, transactional and corporate governance matters.Lia adheres to strict ethical principles when representing clients before Indonesian courts and arbitration panels. Her practice does not only focus on litigation but also aims to provide advice to clients on how to minimise potential risks related to employment, anti-bribery, anti-corruption and litigation issues. She is a sworn translator, author of a number of significant publications, and often speaks at local and overseas seminars and training programmes on employment, litigation and corporate matters. She is also an instructor faculty at TRACE Anti-Bribery Specialist Accreditation, an Intellectual Property Rights Consultant and an active member of Indonesia Labour Law Consultant Association.Awards: Asia Business Law Journal • The A-list – Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers (2018-2021)IFLR1000 • Highly Regarded Lawyer in Restructuring & Insolvency and M&A (2021) • Highly Regarded Lawyer in M&A (2019- 2021) Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific Asialaw Euromoney Legal Media Group |
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Miriam Andreta Walalangi & Partners Tel: +62 21 5080 8600 Email: mandreta@wplaws.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, M&A, anti-trust, capital markets, oil & gas |
| Miriam Andreta has extensive knowledge in M&A, banking & finance, oil & gas, capital markets and anti-trust matters.
She has 15 years of experience acting for foreign and domestic lenders in high-profile syndication financing to Indonesian companies and representing reputable foreign investors in upstream and downstream oil and gas projects and multinational companies in their investment in Indonesia. She was among the shortlisted in the rising star awards (corporate and finance) by Women in Business Law 2021 and part of the Asia Business Law Journal’s A-List Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers for three consecutive years (2019-2021). She was also listed as ALB’s Rising Star Indonesia of 2019 and in Asian Legal Business’ “40 under 40” as an outstanding legal professional in Asia. A client was quoted in an international independent legal directory: “Miriam Andreta is very responsive, has a commercial lens and strong communication skills.” |
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Ignatius Andy Ignatius Andy Law Office Tel: +62 21 515 0350 Email: ignatius.andy@ignatiusandy.com |
| Key practice areas: Anti-trust/ business competition; dispute resolutions (civil and commercial proceedings); domestic & international arbitration; debt restructuring, bankruptcy & moratorium; corporate/commercial matters. |
| Ignatius Andy graduated cum laude in 1992 from Parahyangan Catholic University and started his legal career at Makarim & Taira S. He moved to Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners (HHP) (Baker McKenzie Jakarta) in 1996 and played a significant role in the establishment of HHP’s litigation practice group. He is listed as arbitrator at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre and Indonesian Arbitration and Mediation Centre. He has just been appointed as an ICC World Council member.
In July 2004, he established Ignatius Andy Law Offices (IALO), which focuses its practice on anti-trust issues, dispute resolutions, debt restructuring and corporate and commercial matters. Ignatius is listed in Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers and IALO have received various reputable awards among others from Asialaw Leading Lawyers, Chambers Asia-Pacific and Corporate INTL. Some reputable clients are Citibank, Coca-Cola, Carrefour, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, the World Bank, Prudential and Pfizer. He has also been acting as an expert witness in various international courts and arbitration proceedings. |
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Arie Armand Armand Yapsunto Muharamsyah |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, capital markets, M&A, securitisation & structured finance, TMT |
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Ahmad Fikri Assega Assegaf Hamzah & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; corporate/M&A; debt restructuring; project finance; capital markets |
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Ibrahim Sjarief Assegaf Assegaf Hamzah & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking; project finance; structured finance; debt restructuring & insolvency; corporate M&A |
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Ivan Ferdiansyah Baely IABF Tel: +62 21 5790 5090, +62 812 916 6705 Email: baely@iab-net.com |
| Key practice areas: M&A; banking & finance; foreign investment; corporate & commercial; labour, employment & immigration |
| Ivan Ferdiansyah Baely obtained his Master of Laws degree at the University of Melbourne on completion of his law degree from the University of Indonesia. He is fluent in both Indonesian and English.
Before establishing IABF, his professional experience extends acrossa number of major firms in Jakarta, a government agency (the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency/IBRA) and a foreign consulting company. He has particular expertise in advising on mergers and acquisitions; banking and finance; debt restructuring; foreign investment; energy and mining; corporate and commercial law; labour, employment and immigration; bankruptcy and corporate secretarial work. Baely is a licensed capital markets lawyer, along with being a receiver and administrator for bankruptcy. He is an active member of several professional organisations, including the Indonesian Advocates Association (Perhimpunan Advokat Indonesia), the Capital Market Legal Consultants Association (Himpunan Konsultan Hukum Pasar Modal), the Indonesian Competition Lawyer Association (ICLA), the Indonesian Receiver and Administrator Association (Asosiasi Kurator dan Pengurus Indonesia) and a registered consultant for Commercial Paper Transaction at Money Market (Lembaga Pendukung Pasar Uang yang Melakukan Kegiatan terkait Surat Berharga Komersial di Pasar Uang). |
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Wahyuni Bahar Bahar |
| Key practice areas: Infrastructure; project finance; restructuring & insolvency; TMT |
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Theodoor Bakker ABNR |
| Key practice areas: Banking, capital markets, M&A, restructuring & insolvency, securitisation |
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Tony Budidjaja Tony Budidjaja Lawyers |
| Key practice areas: Commercial dispute resolution, bankruptcy & corporate restructuring, environment & natural resources, construction, real estate & hotels |
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Tjahjadi Bunjamin Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border financing and banking regulatory, corporate/M&A, restructuring, private wealth, capital markets |
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Bagus Nur Buwono Bagus Enrico & Partners Tel: +62 21 2988 5959 Email: bagus@bepartners.co.id |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, corporate & commercial, insurance & reinsurance, M&A |
| Bagus Nur Buwono is a founding and managing partner of Bagus Enrico & Partners. He has more than 25 years of advisory works, spanning in multinationals and domestic transactions. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, construction, strategic investment, and general corporate or commercial matters, including corporate restructuring, insolvency, and employment, across various sectors of industries throughout Indonesia.
He has also acquired broad and practical corporate, banking and finance experience in various businesses. These include in- house counsel at the Bank Central Asia, senior vice president at Bank Mizuho Indonesia, where he received several management awards for his significant contributions, the country head of legal at Bank Barclays Indonesia, an independent member of the Audit Committee and Risk Monitoring Committee of DBS Bank. His clients praise him for his business knowledge and legal expertise in recognition of his years of continued excellent work and expertise. He also has some accolades. The Asia-Pacific Legal 500 – The Guide to Asia’s Commercial Law Firm (2011/2012 – 2019/2020 editions) has acknowledged him as a recommended lawyer in the practice areas of corporate, M&A, employment, and restructuring and insolvency; AsiaLaw – Euromoney Asia recognised him as a leading lawyer 2014/2015 – 2019/2020 in the areas of banking and finance, and corporate, M&A and as the expert in commercial law; and Asia Business Law Journal has been awarding him as one of Indonesia’s 100 Top Lawyers since 2018-2021. Bagus graduated from the Faculty of Law at Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia in 1996. Subsequently, he received the Chevening Scholarship to undertake the International Business Law (LLM) from the University of Manchester, the UK in 2005. He also attended a Mini – MBA programme held by Mizuho Corporate Bank in cooperation with Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, in 2009. He is a member of the Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi) and is also a co-lecturer on company law at Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Law. He is also the founder and the chairman of the Advisory Board of the Indonesia Innovative Foundation, a non-profit organisation in Indonesia to develop an online platform “Optimis Academy” and collaborate with universities to provide higher education at affordable prices. |
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Michael Carl SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; projects, energy and infrastructure; real estate; restructuring & insolvency; technology, media and telecommunications |
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Oscar Damarjati Hendra Soenardi |
| Key practice areas: Corporate; banking & finance; project, energy & infrastructure; M&A; telecommunication, media & technology |
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Iqbal Darmawan HHP |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets, corporate governance, equity & debt transactions, public company M&A, securitisation & structured finance |
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Melli Darsa Melli Darsa & Co Tel: +62 21 5099 2901 Email: melli.darsa@pwc.com |
| Key practice areas: State-owned enterprise transformations & public infrastructure work, regulatory compliance, mergers & acquisitions, securities & capital markets |
| Melli Darsa is a lawyer with a legal career spanning over 30 years. Founder and senior partner of Melli Darsa & Co Advocates & Legal Consultants (MDC) and a member of the global network of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) since 2017, she also serves as the leader of PwC Indonesia’s legal line of service.
Her specialisation is in investment law issues, as well as M&A transactions, financing and securities. Melli’s industrial focus since 1998 has been primarily on the banking and financial industry, shifting to state-owned clients over the past 15 years. Her work is generally transactional, but Melli’s expertise is often used in complex legal studies and in identifying and mitigating legal risks, as well as ensuring regulatory compliance. Since joining PwC, she has increasingly worked on the transformation and restructuring of government institutions, and SOEs. Starting as a general commercial lawyer and capital markets expert in the early 90s, she handled some of the largest corporate restructuring and transactions in banking and financial services after the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the country’s transformation post-Reformasi, and continued to conduct M&A and securities work across various industries, including non-financial services such as telecommunications, integrated mining industries, oil and gas. A graduate of the Faculty of Law of University of Indonesia and Harvard Law School, Darsa is qualified to practice both in Indonesia and New York. She founded MDC in November 2002 after being an international partner at Baker McKenzie. Many MDC alumni have become leaders in global law firms and general counsels in Indonesian state-owned enterprises and unicorns. Melli is currently vice-chairperson of the legal and regulatory affairs of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN). In addition, She is also president of Harvard Club Indonesia and an Asia-Pacific regional director of the Harvard Alumni Association. She is an Eisenhower Fellow, a fellowship for international leaders. |
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Agus Ahadi Deradjat ABNR |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; foreign direct investment; technology, media & telecommunications; life sciences; e-commerce |
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Luke Devine HHP |
| Key practice areas: Power, renewable energy, mining, oil & gas, infrastructure |
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Chandrawati Dewi ABNR |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, capital markets, inbound investment, M&A, fintech |
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Mita Djajadiredja HHP |
| Key practice areas: Insurance & reinsurance; M&A; real estate; technology, media & telecommunications |
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Ira Eddymurthy SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Anti-corruption & anti-bribery; capital markets; competition and anti-trust; corporate/M&A; insurance and reinsurance |
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Fransisca Makes & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, M&A, private equity, venture capital & funds, real estate, restructuring & insolvency |
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Mohamed Idwan Ganie Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo |
| Key practice areas: Commercial transactions, commercial litigation, ADR, corporate & company, mining |
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Daniel Ginting Ginting & Reksodiputro |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, project finance & development, capital markets, corporate & commercial, M&A & joint ventures |
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Bonie Guido Guido Hidayanto & Partners |
| Key practice areas: M&A, project financing, compliance & investigation, general corporate matters, shipping |
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Indri Pramitaswari Guritno HHP |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, project finance, restructuring & insolvency, securitisation & structured finance, Islamic finance |
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Iqbal Hadromi Hadromi & Partners Tel: +62 21 520 7040 Email: iqbal@hadromi.com / hadromi@ centrin.net.id |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border M&A, litigation & international arbitration, finance & projects, oil & gas, maritime & shipping, mining & natural resources |
| Iqbal Hadromi is the founder of Hadromi & Partners Law Firm, which was established in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis.
He now has well over two decades of experience in the legal practice and has received many accolades from various international and local organisations for his expertise and achievements. He is an advocate licensed to practice law in Indonesia, a member of the Indonesian Advocate Association, and the International Bar Association. Over the years, he has assisted and represented various multinational and local companies on various legal cases. His expertise and advice have been sought by international non-commercial organisations on issues of Indonesian law as well as its development. He has contributed his legal knowledge and expertise by writing various articles and speaking at various seminars on Indonesian law. Iqbal currently still acts as the managing partner of Hadromi and Partners law firm, which consists of highly competent management, lawyers, consultants and supporting staff, and continues to meet clients’ needs while maintaining the firm’s core values of professionalism and integrity. Due to his vision and leadership, the firm has grown into a reputable law firm in Indonesia, recognised locally and internationally. Aside from managing the firm, he continues to guide and represent clients through Indonesia’s complex and dynamic regulatory system and provides sound and solution-oriented legal advice. He frequently works with other reputable international law firms on multi and cross-border transactions. He has also acted as an independent director and commissioner for several multinational subsidiary companies in Indonesia due to his knowledge and experience. |
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Tarsis Halintar Ginting & Reksodiputro |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, projects |
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Chandra Martha Hamzah Assegaf Hamzah & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Litigation, anti- corruption |
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Al Hakim Hanafiah Dentons HPRP |
| Key practice areas: Natural resources, corporate/M&A, banking & finance, real property, hotel & leisure |
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Dianyndra Kusuma Hardy Suhardi Somomoeljono & Associates Tel: +62 21 2555 8827 Email: dianyndra@ssa-advocates.com |
| Key practice areas: Commercial dispute resolution, real estate, construction, restructuring & insolvency, employment |
| Dianyndra Kusuma Hardy is an expert in commercial dispute resolution, real estate, construction, restructuring, and insolvency. Besides his extensive experience in dispute resolution, he supervises construction projects and real estate transactions and operations. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Trisakti University and his masters from Indonesia University. Dianyndra is a member of the Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi) and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He was appointed as head of the education and training department at PERADI Young Lawyers Committee.
Dianyndra has been named in Indonesia’s A-List: Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal (2019-2021), awarded dispute resolution star for construction and insolvency by Benchmark Litigation (2019), notable practitioner by Asialaw, recommended lawyer for dispute resolution by Legal 500 Asia Pacific and nominated as the lawyer of the year by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific Awards 2019. He was also named as an Indonesia rising star by 2021 Asian Legal Business. |
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Andreas Hartono Andreas, Sheila & Partners Tel: +62 816 728001 Email: andreas@asplawoffices.com |
| Key practice areas: M&A, capital markets; energy & natural resources; construction; project financing; restructuring & insolvency; dispute resolutions |
| Andreas Hartono has been in legal practice since 2000, and has assisted multinational corporations, publicly listed companies and privately owned companies in Indonesia and the region, with Indonesian operations in fast moving consumer goods, tyre manufacturing and distribution, energy and natural resources, shipping, cable manufacturing, chemical trading, asset management, construction, retail business, music recording and publishing, and the multimedia industry (including digital). He has advised these clients in their corporate actions as well as in day-to-day operations. He has also successfully represented clients in various court cases (civil, criminal, bankruptcy, debt moratorium and restructuring).
In the past five years, Andreas has successfully brought numerous Indonesian companies, from property development, transportation, IT hardware rental and distribution services, hotel, tobacco shack manufacturing, logistics, cosmetics, laboratory services, computer and computer peripheral manufacturing, car body manufacturing and the medical cotton manufacturing sector, to undertake public offerings and list their shares on the Indonesian stock exchanges, as well as to undertake reverse takeovers of Indonesian listed companies. He has also been very active in the sectors of foreign investment, cross-border M&A, project financing, employment, dispute resolution as well as bankruptcy and temporary suspension of debt payment obligation. He is a member of the Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi), the Indonesian Advocates Association (AAI), the Capital Market Lawyers Association (HKHPM), the International Bar Association (IBA), the Indonesian Receiver and Administrator Association (AKPI), and the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb). He graduated from the Law Faculty of Tarumanagara University in 1997, and from the Master of Laws programme in International Banking Law at the Boston University School of Law in 1999. In 2001, he took an Integrated Tax (Brevet) A & B Course held by the Artha Bakti Financial Training Institute, Ministry of Finance. In 2012, he attended a diploma course in the International Commercial Arbitration at St Anne’s College, Oxford University, held by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London. In 2015, he attended a receiver and administrator course, and obtained a qualification as a receiver and administrator from the Indonesian Receiver and Administrator Association (AKPI). |
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Stefanus Haryanto Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto |
| Key practice areas: arbitration & ADR, bankruptcy & insolvency, competition & antitrust, insurance & reinsurance, litigation |
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Eddy Hendra Hendra Soenardi |
| Key practice areas: Corporate, M&A, banking & finance |
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Irawati Hermawan Hermawan Juniarto & Partners Tel: +62 21 5081 8865 Email: irahermawan@hjplaw-deloitte.com |
| Key practice areas: Infrastructure, project finance, regulatory, IP |
| Irawati Hermawan is highly experienced in infrastructure, project finance, regulatory and policy, and public procurement. She is recognised as one of the leading lawyers in infrastructure and project finance. Irawati’s clients include international banking and financial institutions, multinational companies, state-owned enterprises, and national companies.
Irawati is one of the few lawyers in Indonesia experienced in public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure. She has assisted central and local governments in tendering major infrastructure projects. Her experiences vary from assisting the government of Indonesia (Ministry of Finance, the National Planning Agency and the Coordinating Minister of Economic Affairs) to contributing to the regulatory framework on infrastructure. She also assisted with the formulation of the Indonesia Infrastructure Finance and the establishment of the Indonesia PPP Unit within the Ministry of Finance. Irawati is currently active in several organisations such as the Indonesia Chambers of Commerce (as the head of the Committee for International Organisation for the Middle East and OIC countries), the Indonesia Transport Society (as vice secretary-general), and the Indonesia Advocates Association (as part of the Foreign Counsel Assessment Committee). |
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Bintang Hidayanto Guido Hidayanto & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Cross-border M&A, inbound investment, structured finance, oil & gas, fintech & emerging business |
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Iril Hiswara Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung |
| Key practice areas: Corporate (M&A), real estate, privatisations, infrastructure, capital markets |
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Rahayu Ningsih Hoed Makarim & Taira S Tel: +62 21 5080 8300; +62 21 252 1272 Email: rahayu.hoed@makarim.com |
| Key practice areas: Project finance, litigation & dispute resolution, employment, property, energy & natural resources |
| Rahayu Ningsih Hoed has been with Makarim & Taira S for more than 30 years rendering her the most senior partner at the firm. She has extensive experience in almost every aspect of legal practice due to her background as journalist and paralegal and is a widely recognised authority on corporate and M&A transactions, arbitration, employment, and project financing. Praise for Yayuk’s advice from clients include: “incredible, extremely well-considered advice”, “ensuring that deals always involve remarkable levels of risk management.”
Rahayu has represented many major multinational companies such as Sumitomo Corporation, Halliburton, Marubeni Corporation, Shell, GAP Inc, Kellog Brown & Root and more. Her achievements include project financing for the 1,320MW large capacity Tanjung Jati B power plant and its expansions, major land acquisitions for infrastructure and mining projects, and highly sensitive mass terminations of employees. Her expertise is recognised in major international legal directories such as Chambers and Partners Global as Highly Ranked and Recommended Lawyer for Projects & Energy, Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific as Highly Ranked and Recommended Lawyer for Dispute Resolutions and Real Estate. She is also recognised as Elite Practitioner in Project Development, Project Finance, and M&A by IFLR1000 and Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation. Asialaw has also ranked her Elite Practitioner in Corporate and M&A. She has also been ranked as Leading Individual in Corporate M&A, Projects & Energy, Employment and Real Estate and honoured the highest award, a Hall of Fame for Projects & Energy by the Legal 500 Asia-Pacific. Awards: Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific IFLR1000 Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific Asialaw Asia Business Law Journal |
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Aurora Nia Holm Kyora Law Tel: +62 813 8595 1229 Email: aurora@kyoralaw.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, corporate, internet & tech, M&A, real estate |
| Aurora Nia Holm is the managing partner and co-founder of Kyora Law – formerly ANC Attorneys at Law – a boutique law firm. With more than a decade of practising law, she possesses specific expertise in corporate law. In past years, she has experience working on a range of legal services, including handling mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, capital markets and foreign investment cases. She also handled a number of cross- border transactions in Southeast Asia.
Her most prominent experiences include her engagement with Indonesia’s Trade and Communication and Information ministries in developing the country’s electronic commerce (e-commerce) legal framework and roadmap, as well as the review of Indonesia’s data protection legal framework. She has also worked with the Indonesian Investment Co-ordinating Board (BKPM) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK). Aurora’s extensive legal work does not only engage her with government entities. She has also built impressive milestones in providing counsel to a range of domestic and foreign private companies from various industries in managing their businesses. In 2013, she provided her legal expertise around Indonesia’s biggest foreign direct investment involving top Chinese and Indonesian state-owned companies. Her experiences have also brought her to a number of high-profile transactions with companies from Germany, France, Australia and other European countries. She has been among the A-List of Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers since 2019. This year, she made it to the same list for the third time. |
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Zacky Zainal Husein Assegaf Hamzah & Partners |
| Key practice areas: TMT, data protection/privacy, regulatory, general corporate, arbitration |
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Pheo Hutabarat Hutabarat Halim & Rekan |
| Key practice areas: Arbitration & ADR, banking & finance, capital markets, corporate & commercial, insolvency |
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Arie Hutagalung Arie Hutagalung & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Agrarian law’ |
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Hotman Paris Hutapea Hotman Paris & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Arbitration & ADR, bankruptcy & insolvency, competition & antitrust, litigation, restructuring & insolvency |
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Enrico Iskandar Bagus Enrico & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Data protection, e-commerce, fintech, blockchain & cryptos, M&A, real estate, TMT |
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Prudence Jahja Januar Jahja & Partners |
| Key practice areas: IP, licensing & franchising, litigation, IP transactions |
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Darrell Johnson SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, bankruptcy & insolvency, corporate governance, insurance & reinsurance, M&A |
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Cornel Juniarto Hermawan Juniarto & Partners Tel: +62 21 5081 8000 Email: cbjuniarto@hjplaw-deloitte.com |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & commercial; capital markets; employment; bankruptcy, insolvency and debt restructuring; dispute resolution |
| Cornel Juniarto has been practising law for 24 years and currently leads a team of partners, counsel and associates in the practice groups of corporate and commercial (including company formation and licensing, corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisitions), capital markets, banking & finance, employment, bankruptcy, insolvency and debt restructuring, legal management consulting, and dispute resolution.
He regularly advises clients on corporate and commercial regulatory issues and has extensive experience in various capital markets transactions, including IPOs, rights issues, bond issues, and acquisitions of public companies. He has worked on numerous corporate and commercial transactions serving both domestic and international clients. Cornel has also advised various companies on corporate restructuring and debt restructuring, either through court-sanctioned restructuring or out-of-court proceedings. His ability to provide comprehensive, holistic and integrated advice on a broad range of foreign investment structures has brought him to serve as head of the permanent committee on licensing and investment regulation in the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), where he plays an active role in promoting foreign investment in Indonesia. He is also active in the Association of Capital Market Legal Consultants as head of the professional institution and authorities affairs and currently a member of the judging panel in the Indonesia Property Awards (part of the Asia Property Awards). Cornel is an active member of various associations, namely the Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi), Indonesian Receiver and Administrator (AKPI), International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL), International Bar Association. He also a member of the executive committee of the Alumni Association of the National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia (LEMHANNAS RI), Class of 53 (2015). |
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Andi Kadir HHP |
| Key practice areas: Litigation, arbitration, restructuring & insolvency, compliance & regulatory investigation, employment litigation |
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Mohamad Kadri Guido Hidayanto & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, debt restructurings, bank acquisitions, M&A, capital markets |
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Freddy Karyadi ABNR Tel: +62 819 1010 3949 Email: fkaryadi@abnrlaw.com |
| Key practice areas: M&A, investment, employment, tax and restructuring |
| Freddy Karyadi has over two decades of practising law in Indonesia, and has been heavily involved in numerous complex cross-border deals including fintech, tax, restructuring, distressed assets, M&A, investment, employment and dispute settlement/ bankruptcy.
He was one of the pioneers who focused on the digital industry, and has handled many transactions involving technology and fintech/health-tech/edu-tech/media/ TMT companies, from early-stage fund raising, integration, exit and public offering preparation to regulatory compliance. Freddy’s clients vary from multinationals to startups, spanning a wide range of industries including natural resources, electricity, financial institutions (including multifinance, P2P, insurance, brokerage), banks (including digital and Shariah banks), private equity-venture capital, and property. With a strong knowledge of legal, commercial, tax and accounting issues that these industries encounter, he can quickly identify the key issues and offer practical business-oriented legal solutions. On litigation matters, he handled various suspensions of payment and bankruptcy proceedings of various industries including the aviation, shipping and mining sectors, and also assisted clients in tax disputes. He is a member of the Ethic Board of AFTECH (Indonesian FINTECH Association) and the editorial board of the Derivatives and Financial Instrument Journal of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentations. He contributes numerous legal and tax articles to IFLR, International Tax Review, Lexology, Conventus Law, Thomson Reuters, International Comparative Legal Guide and Getting the Deal Through. Freddy was also a speaker at IBA, IPBA, IFA and IFLR events, and gave seminars for tech startup communities. His professional membership includes Indonesian Capital Market Legal Consultant, Indonesian Tax Consultant, International Fiscal Association, International Federation of Accountants. He is fluent in English and Bahasa. Freddy read law at the University of Indonesia (1998) and earned an LLM international tax from Leiden University (2002). He also graduated cum laude in 1997 from the faculty of economics of Trisakti University in Jakarta, holds an MBA degree from Peking University (2015), and is a licensed tax consultant and a chartered accountant. In 2010, he was seconded to a leading Dutch law and tax firm. |
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Andy Kelan Adnan Kelana Haryanto & Hermanto |
| Key practice areas: Energy & natural resources, IT, TMT, general corporate, M&A, plantation & forestry |
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Herry Kurniawan ABNR |
| Key practice areas: Bankruptcy & insolvency, M&A, power & energy, project finance, real estate |
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Emir Kusumaatmadja Mochtar Karuwin Komar |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, mining & project development, general corporate matters |
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Justisiari Kusumah K & K Advocates Tel: +62 21 2902 3331 Email: justi.kusumah@kk-advocates.com |
| Key practice areas: IP, litigation & enforcement, arbitration; commercial IP, TMT |
| Justisiari Kusumah has a long and distinguished career in intellectual property (IP) law and is recognised as one of Indonesia’s leading figures in the area. He is recognised by WTR 1000 as The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals and a highly recommended lawyer in IP by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific for more than three consecutive years. He is also recognised as one of Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.
In addition to being the managing partner, Justi’s main role in the firm is to lead and oversee the litigation and arbitration practices and the commercial IP and corporate and technology practice groups. He has been actively involved in promoting IP protection or awareness in Indonesia. He currently serves as chairman of the MIAP (Indonesia Anti-Counterfeiting Society). He is also a regular instructor for various training programmes organised by and for the Indonesian Police Force and a visiting lecturer at Pelita Harapan University in Jakarta. |
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Rio Lassatrio LHBM Counsel Tel: +62 21 5010 1396 Email: rio.lassatrio@lhbmlaw.com |
| Key practice areas: Corporate and M&A, project and infrastructure, commercial litigation |
| Rio Lassatrio is a founder and partner of LHBM Counsel. He is a qualified lawyer with more than a decade of experience.
He specialises in corporate and M&A, project and infrastructure, and commercial litigation.He has extensive experience in representing and advising national and multinational companies in Indonesia. He has advised and acted as an Indonesian counsel in numerous projects, such as syndicated financing of a geothermal project worth a maximum aggerate amount of US$1.12 billion; the construction of 150 kV/20 kV transmission lines and a substations facility at Kota Bukit Indah Industrial Estate, West Java province, with a considerable amount of more than US$22 million; the construction of New Steel Bar and Steel Section Mill of a joint venture between state-owned and Japan-based companies; and the proposed acquisition of shares of an Indonesian financial services firm by a listed financial services company based in Japan. Rio has been named one of Indonesia’s A-list of Top 100 lawyers for 2020-2021 by Asia Business Law Journal, named Indonesia’s Rising Star for 2019 by Asian Legal Business and was chosen by his clients as Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2012 based on Asialaw Profiles Survey 2012. In addition, Rio is an exclusive member of IR Global, the world’s largest exclusive network of advisory firms for the M&A area in Indonesia, and a frequent contributor to the World Bank Group’s Doing Business project. Rio graduated from the Faculty of Law of Universitas Katolik Parahyangan in Indonesia and received his Master of Law degree from the University of Queensland in Australia. |
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Eddy Marek Leks Leks & Co |
| Key practice areas: Real estate, M&A, commercial dispute resolution, general corporate/commercial, finance |
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Vincent Ariesta Lie Makarim & Taira S Tel: +62 21 5080 8300; +62 21 252 1272 Email: vincent.lie@makarim.com |
| Key practice areas: Project financing, power project, M&A, general mining, corporate/commercial dispute resolution |
| Vincent Lie is a Partner at Makarim & Taira S who combines broad legal experience with a keen sense for clients’ business context. Vincent is able to counsel clients with a view to their commercial objectives and the regulatory landscape. Besides handling traditional corporate practice areas, he is also familiar with fast-evolving growth sectors in Indonesia such as energy and the digital.
He has represented prominent companies in a variety of proceedings and transactions such as, but not limited to, corporate and commercial matters including acquisitions and project financing, arbitration including enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, natural resources and energy (mining, oil and gas, power plants), and information technology/startups. Vincent has spoken at various seminars and conferences on power plants, mining, and energy resources arranged by In-House Congress, the Asian Law Students’ Association, Padjajaran University and Pelita Harapan University. Awards: Chambers & Partners Global IFLR1000 Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Asialaw Asian Legal Business |
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Todung Mulya Lubis Lubis Santosa & Maramis |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & commercial, dispute resolution |
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Daru Lukiantono HHP |
| Key practice areas: IP; trademark enforcement & litigation; digital media, data, copyrights & domain name; licensing & franchising |
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Yozua Makes Makes & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets, M&A, banking & finance, restructuring & reorganisation, foreign investment |
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Insan Budi Maulana Maulana & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & commercial, IP, licensing & franchising, litigation |
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Giovanni Mofsol Muhammad Dentons HPRP |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A, energy, infrastructure, natural resources, government contract |
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Ratih Nawangsari Oentoeng Suria & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Corporate M&A, projects & energy, banking & finance, dispute resolution, capital market |
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Putu Raditya Nugraha UMBRA Tel: +62 21 5082 0999, +62 812 9410 3923 Email: raditya@umbra.law |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, technology, real estate, fintech, financial services |
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Emir Nurmansyah ABNR |
| Key practice areas: Project finance & development, banking & finance, M&A, FDI, projects & energy |
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Pramudya Oktavinanda UMBRA Tel: +62 21 5082 0999, +628 1116 5906 Email: pramoctavy@umbra.law |
| Key practice areas: M&A; capital markets & securities; telecommunications, media and technology; corporate and debt restructuring; corporate compliance and special situations |
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Sugianto Osman Ginting & Reksodiputro |
| Key practice areas: M&A, joint ventures, private equity, foreign investment, equity & debt capital markets |
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Luhut Pangaribuan Luhut Marihot Parulian Pangaribuan |
| Key practice areas: Litigation, dispute resolution |
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Soenardi Pardi Hendra Soenardi |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution, banking & finance, M&A, property, bankruptcy & insolvency |
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Denny Rahmansyah SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; corporate/M&A; foreign investment & JV; projects, energy and infrastructure; real estate & property; technology, media and telecommunications (including data protection/privacy) |
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Robert Reid Soemadipradja & Taher |
| Key practice areas: Corporate & commercial, environment, joint ventures, labour & employment, M&A |
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Harun Reksodiputro Ginting & Reksodiputro |
| Key practice areas: M&A, joint ventures, corporate, foreign investment, equity & debt capital markets |
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Abdul Haris Muhammad Rum AHRP |
| Key practice areas: General corporate, restructuring, investment, capital markets, M&A, project finance |
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Johannes Sahetapy-Engel AKSET Law |
| Key practice areas: Labour & employment, M&A, bankruptcy & insolvency, litigation, corporate & commercial |
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Kirana Diah Sastrawijaya UMBRA Tel: +62 21 5082 0999, +62 819 3246 4089 Email: kirana@umbra.law |
| Key practice areas: Project finance; power (renewables); power (non-renewables); energy; construction, infrastructure and public-private partnership |
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Iwan Setiawan Makes & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets, general corporate, foreign & domestic investment, M&A, corporate restructuring |
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Leoni Silitonga Roosdiono & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, corporate finance & securities, Islamic finance, debt capital markets, equity capital markets |
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Kemalsjah Siregar Kemalsjah & Associates |
| Key practice areas: Labour & employment |
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Tasdikiah Siregar TNB & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Asset finance, banking & finance, airports, banking & finance regulatory advice, debt restructuring |
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Zippora Siregar Siregar & Djojonegoro Tel: +62 21 5797 3855, +62 81 113 8825 Email: zippora_siregar@sdlaw.co |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, infrastructure, maritime, healthcare, M&A |
| Zippora Siregar is the founder and managing partner of Siregar & Djojonegoro law firm. She has practised law for more than 25 years. Throughout her law practices, she has been involved in many prestigious transactions, both representing local and foreign clients. She is perceived as an impeccable lawyer in concluding key financing transactions in project finance, structure finance and acquisition finance. Her other expertise is infrastructure, maritime, healthcare and M&A.
She excels in handling and finding the solution for complex legal matters with her solid legal knowledge and experience. She is also capable of interpreting the client’s concern to achieve smooth transaction processes. She often plays a significant role in negotiation to obtain favourable solutions. Zippora was nominated as the top finalist for the Woman Lawyer of the Year Award in 2016-2019 and Managing Partner of the Year Award in 2018- 2019 by Asian Legal Business. She has also been included in Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers 2021 by Asia Business Law Journal. |
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Rahmat Soemadipradja Soemadipradja & Taher |
| Key practice areas: Foreign investment, energy & resources, general corporate, M&A, project finance |
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Dyah Soewito SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Construction, corporate/M&A, oil & gas, real estate, shipping |
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Suhardi Somomoeljono Suhardi Somomoeljono & Associates |
| Key practice areas: Anti-corruption & anti-bribery, bankruptcy & insolvency, litigation, restructuring & insolvency, white-collar crime |
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Jonathan Streifer SSEK Legal Consultant Tel: +62 21 521 2038, 2953 2000 Email: jonathanstreifer@ssek.com |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; energy & natural resources; projects & infrastructure development; real estate; technology, media and telecommunications |
| Jonathan Streifer is a senior foreign counsel at SSEK Legal Consultants. He has more than 20 years of experience living and working in Jakarta as a corporate lawyer, during which time he has assisted numerous multinationals and domestic companies with projects and transactions across nearly every sector of the Indonesian economy.
He assists clients on strategic investments in the technology sector, infrastructure projects, private equity and venture capital financings, direct foreign investment, corporate finance, and labour and employment matters. He has been recognised as a leading practitioner in Indonesia for corporate law and M&A, financial and corporate law, and projects and natural resources by independent legal directories including Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000 and Asialaw. Clients, in discussing his work, told IFLR1000 that he is “experienced in handling international clients and provided sophisticated answers to our queries,” and that he is “very capable and responsive.” Jonathan’s experience includes acting as Indonesian counsel to Qualcomm Incorporated in its strategic investment in Mobile-8 Telecom (also known as Smartfren), Neovia Group (also kniwn as InVivo NSA) in reorganising its Indonesia operations, Shinhan Financial Group in its acquisition of Makinta Securities, Lotte Corporation in its online marketplace joint venture with Salim Group, JX Nippon and a number of other Japanese companies. Among others, he represented Showa Denko in its US$500 million chemical grade alumina project in Kalimantan. Jonathan earned his JD from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law in 1992 and is a member of the State Bar of California. He previously worked with the San Francisco firm of Shartsis Friese on venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. He has been with SSEK since 2002. |
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Timur Sukirno HHP |
| Key practice areas: Litigation, arbitration, restructuring & insolvency, compliance & regulatory investigation, employment litigation |
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Arief Tarunakarya Surowidjojo Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo |
| Key practice areas: Corporate law; corporate and project finance; capital markets; M&A; mining, oil, gas & infrastructure |
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Gunawan Suryomurcito Rouse |
| Key practice areas: IP |
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Hafzan Taher Soemadipradja & Taher |
| Key practice areas: Litigation & ADR, corporate restructuring & insolvency, general corporate and M&A, IP, capital markets |
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Christian Teo Christian Teo & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Joint ventures, Licensing & franchising, Real estate, Technology, media & telecommunications |
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Abadi Abi Tisnadisastra AKSET Law |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; data protection; e-commerce; fintech, blockchain & cryptos; M&A; technology, media & telecommunications |
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Rambun Tjajo Tjajo & partners |
| Key practice areas: Corporate and M&A, capital markets, projects, energy & infrastructure, banking & finance |
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Fred Tumbuan Tumbuan & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, capital markets, M&A, debt & corporate restructuring, commercial arbitration |
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Jennifer Tumbuan Tumbuan & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; capital markets; M&A; private equity, venture capital & funds; restructuring & insolvency |
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Michael Twomey SSEK Legal Consultant |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; oil and gas; power and energy; project finance; real estate & property |
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Luky Walalangi Walalangi & Partners Tel: +62 21 5080 8600 Email: lwalalangi@wplaws.com |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, inbound investment, joint ventures, M&A, real estate |
| Luky Walalangi is an expert and a leading lawyer in M&A, banking and finance, and real estate transactions with two decades of experience. He is cited as Indonesian Lawyer of the Year by Asialaw and selected as one of top 15 M&A Lawyers across Asia 2021 by Asian Legal Business. Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers FinTech have been continuously recognised him in corporate/M&A and in fintech.
Legal500 recognises him as a recommended lawyer, and he has been in the A-List Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal and highly regarded as a leading lawyer by IFLR1000. An international legal directory quotes a client: “Very responsive and puts a lot of personal attention in every matter. Shows 100% commitment and very commercial and prepared to accommodate out of scope requests from instructing counsel. Apart from being an exceptional lawyer, Luky’s drive attributes this firm to achieve its boutique standing in such a short time.” |
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Linda Widyati Linda Widyati & Pusponegoro |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance, capital markets, corporate & commercial, joint ventures, M&A |
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Widyawan Widyawan & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Banking, capital markets, corporate M&A, projects, dispute resolution |
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Frans Winarta Frans Winarta & Partners |
| Key practice areas: Civil & criminal litigation, corporate law, IP, labour & employment, arbitration & ADR |
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Ary Zulfikar AZP Legal Consultants |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets (debt & equity); banking & finance; infrastructure & energy; restructuring, insolvency & asset resolution; litigation & dispute resolution |
