Professional Affiliations

• Solicitor of England and Wales – Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
• Member of the Association of Indonesian Advocates (PERADI).

Education

• Faculty of Law, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Bachelor of Laws (S.H.) (magna cum laude) (2009).
• Universidad de Barcelona, Master of Laws (LL.M) (2011).

Awards & Accolades

• Best Essay Award Winner of the CIArb (Singapore Chapter) Essay Competition (sponsored by 39 Essex Chambers) (2015).
• Excellence in Advocacy Award in the Singapore International Arbitration Academy held by the Centre for International Law (2014).
• Best Claimant Memorial Award in the Skadden Arps FDI Moot Court Competition in London, UK (2011).

Oil and Gas

• Defending a global oil and gas company in a dispute concerning a deep-sea offshore oil drilling in a Southeast Asian country in a Singapore-seated arbitration under SIAC Rules.
• Representing major oil and gas companies in a dispute involving a South Asian state in a London-seated LCIA arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules.
• Representing a major oil and gas company in a dispute concerning dredging in a Perth-seated arbitration under ICC Rules.

Automotive

• Representing a global automotive company in claiming against a South Asian state in a Singapore-seated arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules.

Banking

• Representing a major international bank before the Indonesian courts in relation to its customer’s default arising from a derivative transaction.

Capital Market

• Representing a foreign securities company operating in Indonesia in three disputes arising out of breach of contract by its customers.

Manufacturing

• Representing an Indonesian company which is one of key players in steel industry in South East Asia in a dispute against the company’s minority shareholders before the Indonesian courts (ongoing).

Telecommunication

• Representing a major European telecommunication company in a dispute with its contractor relating to its investment in a Southeast Asian country in a Singapore-seated arbitration under SIAC Rules.

Hospitality

• Advising a major hotel chain regarding a potential claim that may be brought against it in a Southeast Asian state by a landowner.
• Advising an Asian state in an investment treaty dispute brought against it by a major Asian developer relating to development of a resort (involvement limited to the preliminary advice).
• Representing a South Asian company in a dispute relating to hotel management with its joint venture partner (in a challenge against an arbitrator) in a Singapore-seated arbitration under ICC Rules.

Energy

• Advising an American company in a potential dispute relating to investment in a solar energy plant against an Asian State under a bilateral investment agreement.

Publication

• “An International Investment Agreement for East Asia: Issues, Recent Developments and Refinements” in L Y Ing, M Richardson, and S Urata, East Asian Integration: Goods, Services and Investment (2019) Routledge-ERIA Studies in Development Economics.
• “A Baseline Study for RCEP’s Investment Chapter: Picking the Right Protection Standards” in J Chaise, T Ishikawa and S Jusoh (eds), Asia’s Changing International Investment Regime: Sustainability, Regionalization and Arbitration (2017) Springer, p. 141-162.
• “Comprehensive or BIT by BIT: The ACIA and Indonesia’s BITs” (2015) 6(1) Asian Journal of International Law 15-45.
• “A Clash of Treaties: The Legitimacy of Countermeasures in International Trade Law and International Investment Law” (2015) 16(2) Journal of World Investment & Trade 274-313 (co-author).
• “Pacific Rim Investment Treaty Practice: Regional Considerations—Reflective or Reactionary? Indonesia’s Approaches to International Investment Agreements and Recommendations for the Future” (2015) 12(1) Transnational Dispute Management Journal (co-author).
• “Difficulties with Decentralization and Due Process: Indonesia’s Recent Experiences with International Investment Agreements and Investor-State Disputes” (2015) 16(5-6) Journal of World Investment & Trade 981-1017 (co-author).
• “Which is to be the Master?: Extra-Arbitral Interpretative Procedures for IIAs” in J Kalicki and A Joubin-Bret (eds), Reshaping the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System: Journeys for the 21st Century (2015) Brill Nijhoff Publishers (co-author).
• “Indonesia and the Establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015: Are We There Yet?” (2014) Policy Brief Paper No. 10, Office of Regional Economic Integration (co-author).
• “The Facilitation of Trade by the Rule of Law: The Cases of Singapore and ASEAN” in M Jansen, MS Jailab and M Smeets (eds), Connecting to Global Market (2014) WTO Publications (co-author).
• “No Coverage for Tobacco Industries With Regard to Tobacco-Control Measures—The Future of International Investment Agreements?” (2012) 9(5) Transnational Dispute Management Journal (co-author).

Public Speaking & Academic Activities

• Speaker in “Policy Dialogue on Trade and Investment Integration”, held by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia to discuss about international investment agreements, investor-state dispute settlement, and related issues (2019).
• Facilitator in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Academy workshop on “Drafting and Handling an Application for Expedited Procedure”, held in Jakarta, Indonesia (2019).
• Speaker in the Society of International Economic Law Conference in Washington DC, USA (2018).
• Speaker in the Singapore International Arbitration Academy in the panel discussing “What You Need to Know about the New Treaty Models” in Singapore (2016).
• Speaker in “Legal Review of Indonesia’s International Investment Agreements”, held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia (2014).
• Speaker in “Training on International Investment Law”, held by Economic Research Institute for East Asia and ASEAN for Myanmar government officials in Yangon, Myanmar (2014).
• Lecturer in Universitas Pelita Harapan (Master’s Programme) (Investment law) (2015-2016).