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M. Idwan Ganie

Address: 

Menara Imperium, 30th Floor,
Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said Kav 1
Jakarta 12980
Indonesia

Phone Number: 
+62 21 831 5005
Fax Number: 
+62 21 831 5015
Email: 
ganie@lgslaw.co.id
Born: 
1955, Amsterdam
Languages: 
Indonesian English German Dutch
Nationalities: 
Indonesian
Education: 
Dr. Ganie was raised in the Netherlands, Germany and Indonesia.
He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia (in 1977) and holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg in Germany (1982).
Dr. Ganie has completed further legal research studies at the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies in London (England);
the Max Planck Institute for International Private Law in Hamburg (Germany) and in political studies at the Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät of the University of Zürich (Switzerland)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Indonesian Bar
Licensed Indonesian Capital Market Lawyer
Present Position: 
Founder, Senior Partner & Managing Partner LUBIS GANIE SUROWIDJOJO
Lecturer with the Economic Law Department of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia.
Professional Associations: 

Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers (Perkumpulan Konsultan Hukum Persaingan Usaha); Member of the Asia Pacific Bar Association (IPBA); Member of the Indonesian Association of Capital Market Lawyers (HKHPM); Member of Association for International Arbitration (AIA); Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member of the Regional Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”); Chairman of the Indonesian Sports Arbitration Body (Badan Arbitrase Keolahragaan Indonesia); Fellow (FSIArb) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SiArb); Member of the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI); International Panel Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland

Arbitration Experience: 

In a $25 million case, representing PT Aneka Intipersada, PT Ladangrumpun Suburabadi, PT Teguh Sempurna, and PT Kridatama Lancar (palm oil under Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad / Sime Darby) as the Plaintiffs against PT Adhyasa Saranamas as the Defendant, to challenge the executorial attachments over the Plaintiffs assets in several District Courts, i.e. Kotabaru District Court, Sampit District Court, and Siak Sri Indrapura District Court. This case was finally settled through a Settlement Agreement between Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad and PT Adhyasa Saranamas. (2011, Party-appointed Arbitrator)

In a USD 140 million case, representing Credit Suisse International and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited as creditors in relation to the Suspension of Debt Repayment of PT Kertas Nusantara (formerly known as PT Kiani Kertas) at the Commercial Court of Central Jakarta Indonesia. The Debtor, Kiani, was one of the biggest paper companies in Indonesia. (2011, Party-appointed Arbitrator)

Areas of Specialization: 
Admiralty & Maritime
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
Credit Transactions
International Commercial Transactions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Publications include a variety of Indonesian legal issues, covering mining, shipping, finance and dispute settlement. International publications include:

  • Author of 'Mergers and Acquisitions Under Indonesian Law' (2001, 2008, 2009, 2012/2013), in Peter F.C. Begg (Ed.), Corporate Acquisitions and Mergers (Kluwer Law International BV, Netherlands)
  • Co-author of “Verfrachterkonnossement, Reederkonnossement und Identity-of-Carrier-Klausel (Karsten Schmidt, 1980)
  • Author of “Die Zeitfrachtzahlung and das Zurückziehungsrecht,” Diss. Hamburg 1982
  • Co-author of the Indonesian law carriage of goods by sea law summary for Prof. Tetley’s Marine Cargo Claims, 4 Ed., 2008