JUDGING PANEL

We are pleased to announce few of the names on the judge panel for ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2021. Rest of the names will be disclosed at evening of the virtual awards.

Antonius Adhitama - Head of Compliance & Corporate Secretary
PT KB Finansia Multi Finance

Seasoned generalist attorney with 17+ years of professional experience in legal, risk management, corporate secretary and compliance areas, strong analytical skills and good interpersonal skills in multicultural environment. 

Antonius Adhitama is listed in Legal500 GC Powerlist - South Asia Teams 2018 as well as Legal SOO GC Powerlist - South Asia 2019, recognized as one of the most influential and innovative in-house counsel working in the region. He is also identified as a corporate counsel that have been instrumental in changing or forming opinions within his company or industry: developing brilliant technical solutions to complex issues: creating innovative structures to ensure that the in- house function is driving the business forward: or providing a business working model that other corporate counsel should follow. 

Andrew Ian Sriro, BA, JD, MH - Senior Foreign Advocate
Satrio Law Firm

Mr. Sriro has practiced law in Indonesia since 1996 in the fields of commercial transactions, corporate compliance, foreign investment, m&a, infrastructure and project finance, labor, litigation and maritime and shipping.
Mr. Sriro reads and speaks Indonesian fluently. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and invited papers and has given more than 30 invited lectures. He served as the reviser to Martindale-Hubbell's Indonesian Law Digest, with annual revisions from 1999 through 2011. He is also the author of two best-selling references on Indonesian law, "Sriro's Desk Reference of Indonesian Law" with annual revisions from 2005 through 2011, "Sriro's Desk Reference of Indonesian Company Law".
Mr. Sriro received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1987, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1993 and the Indonesian degree of Magister Hukum (Masters of Law – LLm equivalent) from Universitas Padjadjaran in 2006.
Mr. Sriro is a member of the California State Bar, and is recognized and licensed as a foreign advocate by the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia.
 

Aldi Pagaryung - Region Counsel
HP Inc. 

Country Counsel for Indonesia, Philippines & Pakistan (IPP) which heads legal business strategies, commercial negotiations, and compliance processes (including trainings, investigations, communications, and policy rollouts). Management of litigation portfolios, external counsels’ engagement, identifying issues and resolutions for advices/ representations. Collaborates with regional and worldwide functions on various international and cross-regional legal, M&A, and compliance matters.

Channel Market Liaison Counsel for Greater Asia & Greater China which oversees governances, programs, processes, strategic alliances and initiatives for both regions.

 
Citta Prasidha - Southeast Asia Counsel
Becton Dickinson

She is an experienced in-house counsel covering various jurisdictions in the Southeast Asian legal markets. She has been Legal Counsel with BD, a US-based medical technology company for around 6 years. Prior to BD, she spent a stint as a country counsel in the oil and gas  sector, and before that she spent over 7 years in various law firms, with more than 5 years with Baker McKenzie. During her law firm life, she mostly did commercial IP work (and says that she still loves it!) and as in-house she has the opportunity to learn every day on various legal and commercial aspects of the company and is proud of being a part of a company that is advancing the world of health. Citta graduated from the law school of Padjadjaran University and obtained her master’s degree from the law school of Queen Mary University of London under the Chevening scholarship scheme. She is a qualified lawyer and registered IP attorney in Indonesia. In her free time, she bakes cake, is a keen yogi and a weekend gardener.

Deny Setiawan - Senior Legal Counsel
Xiaomi Indonesia

Deny is the Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo Award In-House Lawyer of the Year (2017), the ALB In-house 25 (2018), nominated for the In-house Lawyer of the year in ALB Indonesia Law Awards (2019), and he is the Senior Legal Counsel in Xiaomi Indonesia, global hardware, software and internet services company. In Xiaomi Indonesia, he has presented nominations for the Annual ALB South East Asia Law Awards (2020) and the Annual ALB Indonesia Law Awards (2019). Before joint Xiaomi Indonesia, he brought an engineering and consultancy company nominated in the In-House Community Counsels of the Year (2018) and the ALB Indonesia Law Awards (2017). He is an in-house legal counsel for more than 16 years in various companies, a couple of years in a law firm, and a public notary and land deeds officials office.

Dendi Adisuryo
Partner, ADCO Law

Dendi's practice revolves around Natural Resources, Mining, Oil and Gas, and other Major Projects. He also has notable experience in banking and finance as well as corporate commercial practices. He has been representing national and international clients from various industries in every stage of operations starting from financing, licensing, land acquisition and exploration to production.

Dendi was granted an award as ‘a Leading Lawyer’ for the Natural Resources Industry and one of the 10 of ‘Indonesia’s Rising Stars’ by Asian Legal Business.

Education
University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Licenses
Advocate licenses from Indonesia Advocate Association (PERADI)

Areas of Expertise
Corporate Commercial, Natural Resources, Mining Disputes, Construction, Merger and Acquisition, Oil and Gas, Banking and Finance, Forestry and Plantation Commercial, Disputes Resolution Environment

Handa S. Abidin, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D. - Vice Rector
President University

Handa S. Abidin, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D. is the Vice Rector for Academics and Student Affairs at President University. He is one of the judges of the Southeast Asia Law Awards 2018-2020 and Indonesia Law Awards 2015 & 2017-2021. He is a member of the Ethics Council of Indonesia Fintech Lending Association (Asosiasi Fintech Pendanaan Bersama Indonesia). He graduated from Universitas Indonesia, the George Washington University, and the University of Edinburgh. 

Josef Sunario - Group Head of Legal Affairs
PT Datang DSSP Power Indonesia

Josef Sunario is a legal professional with over fifteen years of experience in various industries.
 
He had been entrusted with various roles during his career, starting as an intern at Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners; and then as associate at Bahar & Partners, providing legal advice to various clients which cover a broad range of corporate matters, such as energy, mining, infrastructure, merger and acquisitions, general corporate and project financing.  During his time period working at Bahar and Partners, he was seconded for one year at a major coal mining company on site in East Kalimantan, giving him the opportunity to obtain first-hand knowledge and understanding on the energy industry.
 
Aspiring to become an integral part of the business, he further went in-house as Corporate Legal Manager of PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk, a public listed company engaged in the business of commercial real estates, hospitality (including Gran Melia Jakarta, Melia Bali), construction services and industrial parks.
 
His experience in the energy industry during his early years brings him to the next path as in-house legal counsel at Chevron IndoAsia Business Unit, exposed to various assignments to provide legal support across the business unit's operation from onshore operation to offshore operation, and further expanded to compliance, commercial, development projects, joint operations and PSC-related matters.
 
After more than 10 years with Chevron IndoAsia Business Unit, Josef expanded the spectrum of his legal career by moving to another industry as Head of Legal of PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari (a member of the Zuellig Pharma), a major pharmaceutical distribution company providing healthcare products across all provinces in Indonesia. 

Currently, Josef is entrusted as the Group Head of Legal Affairs of PT Datang DSSP Power Indonesia, leading the Legal Division in providing legal support to the power generation business, operating power plants with total capacity of 600MW in Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Sumatra (Indonesia).” 

Mita Thalib
Legal Professional

Mita Thalib has over 18 years of experience in the legal industry. Mita started her career working in a lawfirm and then continued to work in various companies within multiple industries including Nissan and IBM, and her last position was the Head of Legal of Samsung Electronics Indonesia (SEIN-S) and manages the legal issues of SEIN-S and its related group. Currently, Mita is pursuing her second Master’s Degree at Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan. 

Monika Ida Krisnamurti, S.H.
VP, Corporate Secretary & Head of Legal, PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk

Monika is curently VP, Corporate Secretary & Head of Legal at PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk. 

Starting her career at law firms - DNC Law Firm and William Effendy & Co. Law Office, she moved In-house at PT Pamarpersada Nusantara as Corporate Legal Officer. Since then she has worked with several companies such as PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (prev. PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk), PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk and PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk.

She has been awarded as High Performing Corporate Secretary at the TOP-GRC Awards for the years 2020 and 2021 consecutively.

Nova Herlangga Masrie – Head of Legal Services Division 
Ministry of Investment/Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) 

Nova has been working at BKPM for more than 13 years. In his recent position, he responsible in handling legal issues or disputes associated with BKPM. He also gives advice on legal or regulatory issues to the related unit and other institutions. He recently involved in the implementation of the new Online Single Submission (OSS) System at BKPM. Prior to this position, he was a Head Section in the Investment Cooperation Directorate that has a function in negotiating bilateral and regional investment treaty between Indonesia and dialogue partner. He was a member of Indonesian delegation in some investment treaty/agreement negotiations, e.g. ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, ASEAN-China, ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand, ASEAN-Korea, Indonesia-Kuwait, and Indonesia-EFTA. 

He obtained his law degree from Parahyangan University (2003) and master degree from University of Indonesia (2005). In addition, he also teaches several courses at Faculty of Law, Jakarta University since 2016.

Dr. Ricardo Simanjuntak, Founding Partner
Ricardo Simanjuntak and Partners

Dr. Ricardo Simanjuntak, SH.LL.M is now being trusted as the Vice President of Indonesian Advocate Association (PERADI), The Chairman of Advisory Board of the Indonesian Receivers and Administrators Association (AKPI), the member of Experts Board of the Association of Insurance Management Expert of Indonesia (AAMAI), the member of Experts Board for Business Legal Reform, for bankruptcy law, enforcing contracts and establishing business entities of the National Law Development Body of the Indonesia Ministry of Law and Human Rights, member of the Central Supervisory Council of Notaries of the Indonesia Ministry of Law and Human Rights, member judges of the Asia Business Law, and also the Counsellor at the LawAsia.

His main Job/profession is an advocate, a founder Partner of the Law Firm of Ricardo Simanjuntak and Partners, addressed at Wirausaha Building, Kuningan,South Jakarta. Beside as an Advocate, he is also a Receiver and Administrator at the Indonesia Commercial Court, the Authorised Mediator at the Court of Indonesia, a lecturer for a post graduate program, and the Independent Commissioner of PT.Sunlife Financial Indonesia. He is also invited as a speaker in many national and international seminars, workshops  and conferences. He is also Lecturer of Post graduate program at the University of Airlangga and the University of Sumatera Utara.

Ridha Aditya Nugraha - Faculty Member
Air and Space Law Studies, Universitas Prasetiya Mulya

Ridha Aditya Nugraha is a Faculty Member of the International Business Law Program at Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, Indonesia. Since the beginning of 2018, he played a vital role in the founding and development of air and space law studies in the University. He has published several publications on air and space law issues in academic journals, policy papers, and national newspapers. Prior joining academica, he was a corporate lawyer in a Jakarta-based law firm, aviation specialist in a Danish consulting firm, and had gained experience with an European Union low-cost airline.

He is affiliated with the European Air Law Association (EALA) and German Aviation Research Society (GARS), and is also one of the experts at the Institute of Air and Space Law Aerohelp, Saint Petersburg. In regards to ASEAN aviation, he was involved at the European Union-EASA ARISE Plus Civil Aviation Project on enhancing passenger protection.

Tetty Lubis
Foreign Counsel, Gamseana Maritime International, Malta

Tetty Lubis is a legal educator and practitioner over fifteen years of experience in maritime laws with specialization in Maritime Security Law, Maritime Safety, International Law of the Sea, Marine Environmental Law, and Carriage Goods by Sea. Prior to joining IMO-IMLI Malta, Tetty Lubis worked in a state owned company, Pelindo III, Surabaya, where she handled the corporate international affairs and was the country representative at international port and harbor forums. Upon the completion of her LL.M in London, she joined a United Nations-supported international network of investors, Principle for Responsible Investment (PRI), based in London, while also assuming a position as an associate at Halliwell LLP.  She has taught law and business in prominent universities both in Indonesia and overseas, including Binus Universty International, Prasetiya Mulya University, Chitkara University, New Delhi University and UPF, Barcelona. She obtained her LL.B from UGM, Indonesia, LLM in Commercial & Maritime Law from University College London on a Chevening Award, and an MBA in Marketing from Monash University on ADS scholarship. She also receives a Maritime Women Fellowship to do a PhD study in Barcelona, a joint program between UPF, Leiden University and Columbia University.  In addition to her academic job, Tetty Lubis also served as a foreign counsel at Gamseana Maritime International, a centre of research and capacity building in maritime affairs and law of the sea for small island countries. 

Toby Grainger
Managing Partner, CMS Singapore 

Toby is the Managing Partner of the CMS Singapore office.  With a long-standing record advising on cross-border transactions in the APAC region, in particular, Indonesia, Toby heads up both the corporate practice and Indonesian desk. 

Toby’s core specialism is corporate and M&A transactions with a focus on TMT, natural resources, energy and related industries and he acts for a range of multi-national and regional clients transacting in the APAC region.  Toby is recommended across all key legal ranking directories for his practice, including Chambers (2016-2018 as an expert based abroad for Indonesia - Corporate / M&A) and in Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2018-2019 for Corporate M&A) and is commended as being "very client oriented" and for his "excellent business acumen and understanding of clients’ needs".

Widodo Tri Wibowo - Head of Legal
Novartis

He's a registered Indonesian Advocate, a member of the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI). Currently, works for PT Novartis Indonesia, an affiliate company of Novartis Pharma AG, a global leading pharmaceutical as a Country Legal Head. This position is reporting directly to the Country President Director and functionally to Head Legal of Asia Cluster.
The Country Legal Head is responsible for providing strategic and legal advice in (and for ensuring the legal sufficiency of) all matters that are relevant to Novartis Group business in Indonesia, such as, contracts (e.g. marketing, promotion, purchasing, in-licensing, consultancy, employment, etc.), intellectual property enforcement, litigation, market access, and employment relations. In addition, I am responsible for establishing, promoting, and reinforcing compliance standards, aligned with local laws and regulations and company compliance policies.

He come with more than 16 years of relevant, solid experience in a multinational company and law firm. Prior to joining Novartis, he was Senior Legal Manager at PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari (APL), a member of Zuellig Pharma Groups company, a leading pharmaceutical and healthcare distribution company in the most market in Asian countries. Prior to that, he was Corporate Legal Manager at PT Samudera Indonesia, Tbk. A public listed company with the core business in shipping, integrated logistics, and seaports. 

Before assuming the Senior Corporate Legal Manager, he worked for PT Hexindo Adiperkasa, Tbk and PT Hitachi Construction Machinery Finance Indonesia as the Head of Legal. Previously, he worked at AMROOS & Partners Law Firm (now AMR Partnership), a leading IPR law firm in Indonesia; and in two International Organizations i.e. the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, where he gained international organization’s working experiences.

Yossy Sulistyorini - Director and Head of Legal
UPC Renewables Indonesia

Yossy Sulistyorini (Yossy) is currently a Director and the Head of Legal of UPC Renewables Indonesia. Before joining UPC, Yossy was a Senior Associate at HHP (Baker McKenzie). She was a corporate lawyer with expertise in, among other things, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), ports, constructions, mining, energy and infrastructure sectors.

UPC, through its entities in Indonesia, is developing wind and solar projects in Indonesia - UPC has successfully built and is now operating the first utility scale wind power plant project (PLTB) in Sidenreng Rappang (Sidrap) Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, which was inaugurated by the President of the Republic of Indonesia in July 2018. Other than Indonesia, Yossy has also been involved in other UPC's projects in other regions in Asia.

Yossy has also been selected as a participant in the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program 2021, organized by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) partnered with the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET). The program is designed to accelerate the careers of women in the wind industry, support their pathway to leadership positions and foster a global network of mentorship, knowledge-sharing and empowerment.
 

Yudha Dewangga Kusuma
Group Head Legal - Contract Management, PT. XL Axiata Tbk

Yudha is a professional Legal with almost 15 years experiences in legal field as Director, General Manager Corporate Legal, Corporate Secretary, Head of Legal & Compliance, and Attorney at Law.

Having legal portfolio in various industries including Telecommunication, Aviation, Medical & Healthcare, Property & Construction, and General Corporate.

He started his career in one of Law Firm in Jakarta. Currently serves as Group Head Legal – Contract Management at PT XL Axiata Tbk, one of the leading multinational telco company.

Prior joining XL Axiata, he was a Group General Manager Corporate Legal & Corporate Secretary of OMNI Hospitals Group for more than 4 years, with the main role was leading and handling all of the legal aspects over the 6 entities within the group. At the same period, he was assigned also as the Head Legal of the New Hospital & Real Estate (NHRE) Program under the Property Development Company within the same Holding.

Before his tenure in OMNI Hospitals Group, he has served AirAsia Indonesia as Head of Legal & Compliance for more than 6 years, and assigned a double role as a Director in one of AirAsia affiliate company in property management business.

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