Biography
Andi is a Senior Partner and the Head of the Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Competition at HHP Law Firm. With more than 20 years of experience, he has broad experience in arbitration (domestic and international), litigation (including employment litigation), PKPU/bankruptcy/insolvency and enforcement of collateral, compliance and investigation, corporate crime investigation, insurance disputes, cybersecurity, administrative proceedings against government agencies and judicial review against the government regulations.
Andi is a registered arbitrator at Badan Arbitrase Nasional Indonesia (BANI), Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) and Lembaga Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Sektor Jasa Keuangan (LAPS-SJK).
He is a member of International Insolvency Institute (III). He is also an honorary member to the Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDE) Task Force by the Insolvency Law Academy.
Practice Focus
Arbitration, litigation, PKPU/bankruptcy/insolvency and enforcement of collateral, compliance and investigation, corporate crime investigations, insurance disputes, antitrust and competition, administrative proceedings.
Representative Legal Matters
- Acting as a lead counsel for a US multinational information technology company in BANI proceedings against the customer regarding unlawful termination of software licensing agreement.
- Acting as a lead counsel for an Asian-based real estate holding company in BANI proceedings against Indonesian company in relation to the termination of the CSPA and the shareholders agreement.
- Acting as a lead counsel for a state-owned company in ICC arbitration proceedings seated in London in relation to an oil & gas concession in the SE Asia region.
- Acting as a lead counsel for a major PRC real estate company in SIAC arbitration proceedings seated in Singapore in relation to disputes on procurement agreement regarding sale and purchase of various parcels of land in Indonesia.
- Acting as a lead counsel for a large-scale Indonesia retail company in SIAC arbitration proceedings seated in Singapore concerning change of control of a JV partner under the JV Agreement.
- Representing an Asia-based conglomerate in disputes concerning hostile takeover of a joint venture company in Indonesia. This matter involves SIAC arbitration proceedings, multiple court cases and criminal investigations in Indonesia.
- Representing a power company in defending 4 parallel court litigations in respect of hostile takeover of mining companies in Indonesia.
- Representing various (both international and local) creditors in court proceedings to obtain bankruptcy/PKPU court orders against their debtors at the Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Makassar Commercial Courts. Most of these matters involve a complex settlement structure.
- Defending a number of high net-worth individuals in PKPU proceedings initiated by a major SOE bank.
- Representing a major shipping company listed in Jakarta and Singapore as debtor in approximately USD 2 billion court-sanctioned debt restructuring process. The restructuring is multijurisdictional involving Indonesia, Korea, Singapore and US proceedings.
- Representing a retail company in KPPU and court proceedings concerning predatory pricing.
- Representing a local subsidiary of an Austrian rayon and chemical company in criminal investigation in respect of allegation of illegal dumping and mismanagement of B3 waste initiated by the Police.
- Representing a chemical company in appeal proceedings against the District Court's judgment penalizing the company's director for violating the Environmental Law specifically for mismanagement of B3 waste.
- Advising multinational insurance companies in relation to the claim arises from the slump of a Heap Leach Pad at the insured’s mine site under PAR policy.
- Assisting a multinational insurance company on internal investigation in relation to massive data-breach of consumers to external parties.
- Representing a US insurance company in disputes regarding D&O claims (including mediation, arbitration and regulatory examination by OJK).
- Representing companies in termination process of high-ranking employees (including C-level/directors' level) at both the Industrial Relation Court and the District Court including defending the companies in police investigation process and the Manpower Office's audit initiated by the employees.
Professional Honors
- Band 1 for Dispute Resolution by Chambers Asia Pacific (2019-2024)
- "Leading Individual" for Dispute Resolution and Restructuring & Insolvency in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2021-2024)
- "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation (2019-2021, 2023, 2024)
- Southeast Asia top 15 Litigators by Asian Legal Business (2024)
- "Indonesian Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year" by Asian Legal Business Indonesian Law Awards (2017-2020, 2022)
- Listed in the "A-List of Indonesia's top 100 lawyers" by Asia Business Law Journal (2020-2022)
- Recognized as "Commended External Counsels of the Year" at the In-House Community Counsels of the Year Awards (2020)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI)
- Vice Chairman of Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission of ICC Indonesia
- BANI arbitrator
- Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC) arbitrator
- Lembaga Alternatif Penyelesaian Sengketa Sektor Jasa Keuangan (LAPS-SJK) arbitrator
- Member of tribunals in Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC)
Admissions
Indonesia (2007)
Education
University of Groningen (LL.M.) (2011)
The Islamic Riau University (B.A. Law) (2001)
Languages
English
Indonesian