Debby Sulaiman > Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills > Jakarta, Indonesia > Lawyer Profile

Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills
18TH FLOOR, TOWER 1, SUDIRMAN 7.8
JL. JENDRAL SUDIRMAN KAV. 7-8
JAKARTA 10220
Indonesia

Position

Partner

Career

Debby is a partner in our disputes practice specialising in commercial disputes, arbitration, corporate restructuring and insolvency.

Debby’s dispute resolution practice focuses on complex high-value disputes. She has extensive experience representing international clients in handling transnational and complex commercial disputes before Indonesian courts, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. In addition to advising clients on contentious matters, she also provides strategic advice and dispute avoidance tactics, drawing on her distressed market experience.

Debby has particular expertise in restructuring, work-outs and corporate insolvency. She has acted for international clients in a number of high-profile bankruptcy and restructuring cases in Indonesia.

Debby trained with Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung and the London office of associated firm Herbert Smith Freehills in her early years of practice. She was a partner at two other Indonesian firms with international tie-ups before returning to Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in August 2017.

Lawyer Rankings

Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration > Leading firms

In Greater China, Herbert Smith Freehills has a presence spanning Hong Kong, Beijing, and Shanghai, with a practice handling complex SIAC and HKIAC cases. Private equity and funds related arbitrations, alongside expertise in energy, infrastructure, TMT, and pharmaceutical sectors are all key areas of focus of the practice. Simon Chapman KC leads the practice based in Hong Kong, with global CEO Justin D’Agostino, May Tai, and Kathryn Sanger all key names in the jurisdiction. In Australia, Melbourne-based Chad Catterwell is a specialist in cross-border disputes, and heads the arbitration practice. Key arbitration practitioners operating out of the Singapore office include Alastair Henderson, Tomas Furlong, and Gitta Satryani. The experience of the practice across the ASEAN region is expanded by the network of offices across Bangkok, Kuala Lumper, and Jakarta, with Chinnawat Thongpakdee and Warathorn Wongsawangsiri both leading the team in Thailand, and Debby Sulaiman a key contact at the firm’s Indonesian affiliate.

Indonesia > Restructuring and insolvency

(Leading individuals)

Debby Sulaiman – Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills

Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills is experienced in handling the full range of informal financial restructurings, court-supervised debt restructurings, and bankruptcy cases for domestic and international clients. The firm is active across a range of sectors, and is able to draw upon its wider finance and disputes strengths to provide comprehensive assistance to clients. Debby Sulaiman leads the practice, with extensive experience in advising banks and other financial institutions in this work, combined with significant disputes capabilities. Tjahjadi Bunjamin heads up the finance practice, but is also active in this area, much like Adrianus Adritomo, who similarly straddles the finance and debt restructuring spheres.

Indonesia > Dispute resolution

(Leading individuals)

Debby Sulaiman – Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills

Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills fields a team with extensive experience in advising on civil and criminal litigation, as well as domestic and international arbitration. The group’s recent caseload includes high-profile tort disputes and anti-corruption matters. Practice head Debby Sulaiman is well known for her strength in ADR cases, and Prawidha Murti acts for domestic and international clients from a range of sectors, including energy, infrastructure, TMT and aviation. Roni Heilig Marpaung and Tedy Rachmanto are also key names to note.