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M. Fathan Nautika
Partner

Fathan graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia and obtained his master degree from University of Melbourne, Australia in 2023. In 2012, he joined HHR lawyers as an Associate and promoted as a Partner of HHR Lawyers in 2019.

 

His astute legal approach and unique practice has led him in handling various transactional and transnational projects or case involving multinational as well as domestic companies. His exposure in complex litigation matters focusing on commercial disputes, anti-competition, trade and distributorship. He also has experience in corporate investment, merger & acquisition, project development, banking and finance, and capital market. He has represented clients from various industries, including banking, non-bank financial services, technology, forestry, water infrastructure, and client from other highly regulated industries. 

 

His particular experience in structuring legal frameworks, providing legal opinion and preparing transactions documents for a broad range of transactional and transnational projects/cases within the areas of practice mentioned above has led him to handle various types of international and domestic projects and commercial dispute cases in favor of numerous multinational companies and Indonesian conglomerate group of companies.

 

His most notable cases are among others:

1.    Advising and handling a comprehensive debt restructuring and loan settlement initiative for non-performing loans in PT Bank Muamalat Indonesia Tbk.
2.    Advising and representing one of the largest perfume distributors in Indonesia in unilateral distributorship termination case against Coty Inc., one of the world's largest beauty companies based in the USA.
3.    Advising Asia Cargo Network Sdn Bhd on equity and corporate restructuring involving its Indonesian subsidiary companies, one of the largest aviation companies which provides air cargo and charter in Indonesia.
4.    Advising and defending the interest of PT Global Digital Niaga Tbk. in relation to its anti-competition matter, among others allegation from Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition (KPPU) on cartel arrangement of the cooking oil.
5.    Advise and representing Aura Group, one of the largest distributors of luxury brands in South East Asia, in relation to negotiation on its distribution contracts with principals, among others Loreal, Acqua di Parma, Puig, and Shiseido.
6.    Advising and assisting Rawabi Energy Company LLC., a Saudi Arabia based company, in relation to corporate restructuring of its subsidiary, one of the largest joint venture shipping companies in Indonesia.
7.    Advising PT Bank CIMB Niaga Tbk. on relaxation policy or “countercyclical” policy to restructure existing loan facilities of their debtors/customers.
8.    Advising Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Limited, a Chinese State-Owned Company on the continuation, completion and settlement of the EPC Contract in relation to Blast Furnace Project in Cilegon.
9.    Representing PT Asia Baharu, a long-lasting distributor of Maurer & Writz GmbH & Co on Tabac trade mark perfumery in Indonesia as a plaintiff, against Maurer as the principal/defendant.
10.    Advising subsidiary company of Djarum Group on the development and construction of a private and commercial haul access road across 5 (five) concession areas of forestry companies in Kalimatan Timur.
11.    Advising Manila Water Asia Pacific, Pte. Ltd. in relation to current and upcoming water projects in Indonesia.
12.    Representing KOP Group Pte. Ltd. and its Indonesian subsidiary, PT Teguh Cipta Pratama, in connection with all commercial dispute, corporate as well as real estate related matters in connection with the operation of Montigo Resort, Batam, one of the biggest and luxury resort in Batam.
13.    Representing PT Aura Cantik in relation to the restructuring of concession of the commercial rental areas in the International Airport of Jakarta (Soekarno – Hatta International Airport) with PT Angkasa Pura II (Persero).
14.    Counsel for a joint venture company engaging in the manufacturing and distribution of electricity meters (which is one of the largest electricity meter suppliers to the State Electricity Company), water meter (being one of the largest water meter suppliers to the State Drinking Water Company), gas meter and other metering system, in relation to its corporate matters.
15.    Counsel for a global diversified technology and industrial leader in business efficiency, workplace solutions, automotive experience, and power solutions, in relation to the corporate restructuring, manpower issues and development of their related business activity in Indonesia.
16.    Advising PT Asuransi Jiwa Kresna on restructuring insurance policies with thousands of customers with a total value of 7 trillion Indonesian Rupiah due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
17.    Advising PT Kresna Asset Management on regulatory frameworks for the restructuring of mutual funds under the capital market laws and regulations and assisting client in the negotiation process with its 70 (seventy) holders of mutual funds with a total value of 9 trillion Indonesian Rupiah.
18.    Counsel for one of the largest conglomerate group of companies in Indonesia, in relation to (i) Project Bumblebee I and (ii) Project Bumblebee II, all relates to the acquisition of shares and asset deals of the large plantation areas in West Kalimantan owned by several Indonesian companies, which the total of transaction value is worth for more than 4 (four) trillion Rupiah.
19.    Acted as legal counsel for a local automotive services company in connection with its initial public offering of 450,000,000 newly-issued ordinary shares listed in the Indonesian Stock Exchange.
20.    Acted as legal counsel for Indonesian subsidiary companies in regard to the proposed initial public offering of its parent company in Malaysian Stock Exchange, as well as in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
21.    Acted as legal counsel for a Malaysian leading bank in regard to: (i) an Islamic Financing Facility in the maximum aggregate principal amount of 4 million USD for developing property complex in Bali; and (ii) an islamic financing facility under supplier financing in the maximum aggregate amount of 5 million USD for supply of the digital school solutions in Indonesia.
22.    Acting as legal counsel of an Indonesian company in defending its rights as a shareholder of PT BFI Finance Indonesia Tbk., one of the largest multi-finance companies by taking possible legal actions, including lodging an administrative lawsuit, civil lawsuits and tort lawsuit in Milan, Italy.

 

 

Publications

  • OneTrust on Cybersecurity Guideline – Indonesia Section (2020)
  • Meritas on A Global Roadmap to Personal Data Protection 2019 – Indonesia Section (2019)
  • Practical Law on Product Liability Global Guide – Indonesia Chapter (2017)

 

Professional Membership

  • A Licensed Advocate and member of The Congress of Indonesian Advocates (Kongres Advokat Indonesia – KAI).

 

Accolades

  • Legal 500 Asia-Pacific – Recommended Lawyer in Shipping and Restructuring and Insolvency (2025).
  • IFLR1000 – Rising Star Partner in Capital Markets (2023-2024).
  • Hukumonline Practice Leaders Awards – in Practice Group: Arbitration Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Aviation, Bankruptcy Insolvency & Restructuring, Capital Market Debt & Equity, Competition Antitrust, Corporate/M&A, Labor & Employment, and Property Real Estate (2024).
  • Asian Legal Business – Indonesia Rising Stars (2023).
  • Hukumonline Hall of Fame - Top Indonesian Law Schools (2023).