Nikki is a Senior Associate of UMBRA – Strategic Legal Solutions. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. As a well-rounded dispute lawyer, Nikki’s experience includes court litigation before district courts, commercial courts, high courts, administrative courts, as well as the Supreme Court. He has also been involved in arbitration cases under the rules of the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC and BANI. With more than five years of experience, Nikki has handled cases involving state-owned and multinational financial institutions and companies in the mining, oil and gas, technology, airline, and banking industry.
Practice Focus
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sub-Practice & Industry
Oil & Gas, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Environment
Language
Indonesian & English
Professional Affiliations
- Member of the Association of Indonesian Advocates (PERADI)
- Regional Representative of the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (2021 – 2023)
Education
- University of Indonesia, Bachelor of Laws (SH) (2014)
- University College London, Master of Laws (LLM) (2019)
Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolutions
- Representing a leading Indian power conglomerate in defending four parallel court litigations and a SIAC arbitration arising out of a failed M&A deal.
- Representing a Singaporean coal company in an arbitration under the HKIAC rules and parallel court proceedings in Indonesia arising out of a shareholder dispute.
- Representing a state-owned enterprise’s subsidiary in an arbitration under the ICC rules arising out of a Production Sharing Contract.
- Assisting an arbitrator appointed by the ICC National Committee in an Indonesian-seated arbitration under the ICC rules arising out of a coal sale and purchase agreement.
- Representing a German manufacturing company in an arbitration under the BANI rules and parallel court proceedings in Indonesia arising out of a manufacturing contract.
- Representing an Indonesian real estate company in an arbitration under the BANI rules arising out of a land acquisition.
- Representing an Italian oil company in a setting aside application of an award issued under the BADAPSKI (Badan Arbitrase dan Alternatif Penyelesaian Konstruksi) rules.
- Representing a major Indonesian airlines company and coordinating various defenses of legal actions filed by lessors in the UK arising out of aircraft lease agreements.
- Representing a secured creditor in a suspension of debt payment obligations process of a telecommunication company.
- Representing a Korean shipping company in a bankruptcy process of its agent.
- COVID-19 Outbreak: Things to Consider Before Declaring Force Majeure – Published as a client alert (2020)
- Legal privilege, confidentiality and professional secrecy Q&A: Indonesia – Published by Practical Law Global, Thomson Reuters (2020)
- The Enforcement of Anti-suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration – Masters of Laws dissertation at University College London (awarded distinction) (2019)
- International and Regional Conventions and Frameworks in Indonesia in “Summary of Applicable International and Regional Conventions and Frameworks for Refugees in Asia” – Published by Thompson Reuters Foundation as part of the TrustLaw global pro bono legal program (2018)
- Indonesia: Dispute Resolution” in “Legal Environment Report of the ‘Belt and Road’ Countries – Published by Peking University Press (ISBN 978-7-301-28304-2) (2017)
- “New Supreme Court Regulation on Corporate Crimes Puts Corporations at Greater Risk of Prosecution” – Published as a client alert (2017)
- “BANI (Indonesian National Arbitration Board) Duality: Between the ‘Original’ and the ‘Renewed’ One” – Published as a client alert (2016)
- “Extended Continental Shelf Regime in International Law: Its Application in Indonesia” – Published in the Indonesian Journal of International Law, Vol. 12.3, (2015), also published at HeinOnline.org (2015)
- ABOUT
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Nikki is a Senior Associate of UMBRA – Strategic Legal Solutions. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. As a well-rounded dispute lawyer, Nikki’s experience includes court litigation before district courts, commercial courts, high courts, administrative courts, as well as the Supreme Court. He has also been involved in arbitration cases under the rules of the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC and BANI. With more than five years of experience, Nikki has handled cases involving state-owned and multinational financial institutions and companies in the mining, oil and gas, technology, airline, and banking industry.
Practice Focus
Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Sub-Practice & Industry
Oil & Gas, Mergers & Acquisitions, Power, Energy & Infrastructure, Environment
Language
Indonesian & English
- PROFILE DETAILS
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Professional Affiliations
- Member of the Association of Indonesian Advocates (PERADI)
- Regional Representative of the International Chamber of Commerce Young Arbitrators Forum (2021 – 2023)
Education
- University of Indonesia, Bachelor of Laws (SH) (2014)
- University College London, Master of Laws (LLM) (2019)
- REPRESENTATIVE DEALS
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Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolutions
- Representing a leading Indian power conglomerate in defending four parallel court litigations and a SIAC arbitration arising out of a failed M&A deal.
- Representing a Singaporean coal company in an arbitration under the HKIAC rules and parallel court proceedings in Indonesia arising out of a shareholder dispute.
- Representing a state-owned enterprise’s subsidiary in an arbitration under the ICC rules arising out of a Production Sharing Contract.
- Assisting an arbitrator appointed by the ICC National Committee in an Indonesian-seated arbitration under the ICC rules arising out of a coal sale and purchase agreement.
- Representing a German manufacturing company in an arbitration under the BANI rules and parallel court proceedings in Indonesia arising out of a manufacturing contract.
- Representing an Indonesian real estate company in an arbitration under the BANI rules arising out of a land acquisition.
- Representing an Italian oil company in a setting aside application of an award issued under the BADAPSKI (Badan Arbitrase dan Alternatif Penyelesaian Konstruksi) rules.
- Representing a major Indonesian airlines company and coordinating various defenses of legal actions filed by lessors in the UK arising out of aircraft lease agreements.
- Representing a secured creditor in a suspension of debt payment obligations process of a telecommunication company.
- Representing a Korean shipping company in a bankruptcy process of its agent.
- PUBLIC SPEAKING & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
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- COVID-19 Outbreak: Things to Consider Before Declaring Force Majeure – Published as a client alert (2020)
- Legal privilege, confidentiality and professional secrecy Q&A: Indonesia – Published by Practical Law Global, Thomson Reuters (2020)
- The Enforcement of Anti-suit Injunctions in Support of Arbitration – Masters of Laws dissertation at University College London (awarded distinction) (2019)
- International and Regional Conventions and Frameworks in Indonesia in “Summary of Applicable International and Regional Conventions and Frameworks for Refugees in Asia” – Published by Thompson Reuters Foundation as part of the TrustLaw global pro bono legal program (2018)
- Indonesia: Dispute Resolution” in “Legal Environment Report of the ‘Belt and Road’ Countries – Published by Peking University Press (ISBN 978-7-301-28304-2) (2017)
- “New Supreme Court Regulation on Corporate Crimes Puts Corporations at Greater Risk of Prosecution” – Published as a client alert (2017)
- “BANI (Indonesian National Arbitration Board) Duality: Between the ‘Original’ and the ‘Renewed’ One” – Published as a client alert (2016)
- “Extended Continental Shelf Regime in International Law: Its Application in Indonesia” – Published in the Indonesian Journal of International Law, Vol. 12.3, (2015), also published at HeinOnline.org (2015)