Ranajit Dam
Managing Editor, Asian Legal Business
Asian Legal Business
Ranajit Dam is the Managing Editor of Thomson Reuters’ Legal Media Group, which includes Asian Legal Business, Asia’s foremost monthly publication covering the legal industry. A former lawyer, he has been a journalist for more than a decade, after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Since then, he has worked in China, India and Singapore, where he is currently based

Confirmed Speakers

Neil McInnes
Partner
Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP
Neil is a corporate criminal defence specialist with extensive experience of white collar crime investigations across Asia Pacific and Europe. Neil moved to Singapore in 2014 to set up Pinsent Masons' corporate crime practice in the region and assists clients with multi-disciplinary, cross-border investigations involving corruption, fraud, and money laundering and other regulatory issues. He is often instructed to conduct internal investigations for compliance and legal functions within corporates, working alongside forensic IT and accountancy professionals, as well as local lawyers in different jurisdictions throughout South East Asia. Neil's wider experience across a range of sectors includes numerous compliance mandates – such as designing and helping implement corporate compliance programmes; conducting anti-corruption due diligence reviews of local agents and JV partners; advice on anti-corruption issues arising in M&A transactions for businesses; crisis management and compliance advice for senior management teams in various higher risk markets throughout Asia.

Eunice Lim
Senior Associate
Pinsent Masons MPillay LLP
Eunice specialises in corporate crime and related regulatory matters. She acts for clients in cross-border investigations and advises on corporate governance, risk management, compliance and internal investigations. Eunice also provides expertise on investigations and enforcement in the South East Asia region. Her practice includes anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, employee fraud, insider trading and other compliance related areas. Eunice is a former prosecutor and government lawyer at the Attorney-General's Chambers in Singapore, where she advised on investigations and prosecuted fraud, corruption, money-laundering and other serious financial crime. Eunice also advised the Government of Singapore on international law issues including trade, investment, human rights and transnational crime. Eunice has argued appeals before the High Court and appeared as assisting counsel before the Court of Appeal (Singapore). She has dealt with a full range of law enforcement agencies in Singapore and a number of their international counterparts. Eunice is called to the Singapore bar. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Laws (Second Major in Finance).

Reza Topobroto
Director of Legal Affairs
Microsoft Indonesia
Reza P. Topobroto is the Director of Legal Affairs at PT Microsoft Indonesia. He started his career in 1997 at a Soebagjo Roosdiono Jatim Djarot law firm in Jakarta and in 2005 he changed to work as a corporate counsel for Procter & Gamble Home Products Indonesia and Kraft Foods Indonesia prior to joining his current role at Microsoft Indonesia.  As of 2015, Reza sits in the Supervisory Board Board of Indonesia Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA) after holding Chairmanship role of ICCA Executive Board for seven years. 

He obtained his law degree at Trisakti University, Indonesia in 1997 and Master of Laws at Monash University, Australia in 2003.  He regularly become speakers to fellow in-house counsel in the country and overseas.  Reza was admitted by Peradi (Indonesia Bar Association – Persatuan Advokat Indonesia) to Practice Law in Indonesia in 2007.  Last year Reza was awarded as Indonesia In-House Lawyer of the Year 2015 by Asia Legal Business.

Arif Widjaksono
Lead Counsel
Chevron Geothermal Indonesia
Arif graduated as Sarjana Hukum (Law undergraduate) from Law Faculty, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia in 1992 majoring Civil Law, and Master of Law (LL.M) in Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy from the College of Law, Denver University, Denver, Colorado, United States of America in 2001. Arif is also graduated from the Academy of American and International Law, International Comparative Law Center, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America in 1998. Started the professional career in private practice as External Counsel (1994-2003) in an Indonesian law firm (SSEK Legal Consultant) in Jakarta, Indonesia, specializing himself in natural resources, environment, pharmaceuticals, telecommunication, manufacturing (consumer goods), investment, M&A, capital market, and general corporate law. Since 2003 to date, become in-house counsel for various industries, i.e., 2003-2008: Senior Counsel for Philip Morris International (tobacco industry), 2008-2010: Head of Legal and Corporate Secretary for Saudi Telecom and Maxis Communication joint venture company (telecommunication) in Jakarta, and 2010 – present: Lead Counsel for Chevron Indonesia (natural resources), responsible for Chevron geothermal operation in Indonesia. From 1989-1994, working as radio announcer/DJ in a private radio station back in home town, Bandung, West Java. Successful Philip Morris International acquisition of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk. (USD5.2 billion). Lead legal due diligence team, and work with Project Team for due diligence and acquisition project. Successfully completed. Philip Morris International acquisition of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk. is the largest acquisition by Philip Morris International and the largest M&A history in Indonesian investment up to date. Arif was awarded Philip Morris International President Award 2005 for exceptional performance above and beyond normal work requirements. This award relates to acquisition of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk. by PT Philip Morris Indonesia. And followed by Philip Morris International Recognition for Excellent Award 2005 for exceptional performance that has truly demonstrated Philip Morris International values in action. He is the Deputy Secretary General of the Alumni Association of the Academy of American and International Law, International Comparative Law Center, The Southwestern Legal Foundation, Southern Methodist University (1998). And the Founder of the Indonesian Corporate Counsel Association (2003).

Ezra Sibarani
Legal Manger 
PT Arutmin Indonesia
Ezra Sibarani SH LLM ACIArb is a Legal Manager at PT Arutmin Indonesia, one of the biggest coal mining company in Indonesia, and responsible for all legal-related issues within the company. In early 2005, he started his career as a lawyer in a Jakarta-based boutique firm. In order to chase after his passion, understand more about mining law and how it applied in practice, he turned his career from a lawyer into an In-House Legal Counsel at PT Indo Tambangraya Megah, Tbk., that owns 5 open pit mining companies operating in East and South Kalimantan. He spent his tenure with ITM for several years before leaving for a leading coal mining company, PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC), in 2010 as the Head of Litigation and Compliance Section within the Legal Division He graduated from Padjadjaran University in 2005 and obtained his master degree in Nottingham University, United Kingdom in 2015. He is a member of Indonesian Advocate Association (PERADI) since 2008; Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK; Certified as Master of Project Management from Brainbench, USA; and actively participating as Legal Comittee member in Indonesian Mining Association and Indonesian Coal Mining Association.

Michael Goutama Ph.D
Chairman
Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) - Singapore Committee
He has diverse businesses and investments in palm and other food crop plantations, agriculture, life sciences  and investment companies. Several of his businesses have synergistically joint-ventured with several Asian and European companies. He also serves as a Strategic Advisor to various private and public-listed companies.He holds BASc, MASc and PhD engineering degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada. 

Yustinus Prastowo
Executive Director
Indonesia Taxation Center Analysis (CITA)
He was graduated with a Bachelor degree in Taxation, from Indonesian State College of Accountancy and graduated with a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration, from Universitas Indonesia. And he received a second Master’s degree in Philosophy Program, from Driyarkara School of Philosophy. He poses excellent skill in the area of tax dispute resolution, audit, objection, and litigation process. With his extensive knowledge, incisive insights and practical hands-on approach, he is widely recognized as a tax and public policy analyst. Actively engage in formulating tax policy with government, doing research, publish paper and books to support development of Indonesia tax system. He is also reference for mainstream media for tax policy or tax regulations comments. He currently serves as Executive Director of Indonesia Taxation Center Analysis (CITA) and frequently invited as a speaker in seminar or discussion regarding tax conducted by British Council, Bank of Indonesia, American Consulate General, Directorate General of Taxes, Fiscal Policy Agency, Corruption Eradication Commission, Ministry of Finance, Agriterra Cooperatives, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Indonesian Tax Consultants Association, Indonesian Institute of Accountants, Universities, and others. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irma Yunita
VP Legal
PT Teltranet Aplikasi Solusi (TELKOMTELSTRA)
Maria Irma Yunita Ardhiyanti, SH graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Law from University of Indonesia. She has over 12 years working experience as Legal Counsel which she started off working in private practice in Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo Law Firm and PT XL Axiata Tbk as Head of Corporate Legal Non Litigation. She was one of the nominated In-House Counsel of the Year 2014 in the Asian Legal Business Indonesia Law Awards and was the leading in-house Legal Counsel in charge for the XL Axiata’s Acquisition of Axis Telecom which won the M&A Deal of the Year 2014 and Indonesia Deal of The Year 2014 from the Asian Legal Business Indonesia Law Awards in 2014. She is one of the Founder and Board of Patrons of Indonesian Society of International (ISIL), a non-profit organization which dedicates itself to promotion and development of International Law in Indonesia, which is also the official organization appointed in Indonesia to hold the annual National International Law Moot Court Competition using the Phillip C. Jessup Format to send the winners of the national round to the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in the US.

Irma was also one of the four oralists of the first Indonesian team to participate in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in 2001 held in Washington DC, USA. She was also involved in Masyarakat Telematika Indonesia (MASTEL) as Chief of Advocacy Division from 2009-2013.

She is now VP Legal for Telkomtelstra, a joint venture between Telkom and Telstra Australia, a company engage in providing network application solutions to enterprise customers in Indonesia and is currently responsible to lead the legal team and handling all compliance, corporate secretarial matters, legal and regulatory issues of Telkomtelstra’s business in Indonesia and Asia region.