25 Asian Legal Business | January-February 2025 ALB Indonesia Rising Stars 2025 Profile Victor Ricardo Partner Victor Ricardo focuses primarily on banking and finance, project development, M&A, and commercial dispute resolutions. Victor Ricardo represents leading Indonesian conglomerates and foreign private funds on complex cross-border transactions and large scale project developments accross Indonesia. Recently, he has been particularly active in hospitality sector, representing hotel owners in hotel developments and negotiating Hotel Management Agreements, as well as handling healthcare sector deals in within various Special Economic Zones. Notable recent work includes a continuation of a national strategic BTS 4G project, and the development of an industrial plant which was nominated for the “Project Finance Deal of the Year” in ALB Indonesia Law Award 2024. In commercial disputes, Victor Ricardo has represented clients in highprofile cases filed with Singapore High Court and SIAC, and the Republic Indonesia in the successful defence against an ICSID award annulment. He also regularly discuss about M&A deals in ET-Asia. Victor obtained his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporation Law from NYU School of Law as the fourth Indonesian selected as the Hauser Global Scholar. Hendra Soenardi Menara Pertiwi, 38th Floor, Jalan Mega Kuningan Barat III No.3, Jakarta 12950 Indonesia (+62) 21 25981896 general@hs.co.id www.hs.co.id Hendra Soenardi handled some of the largest and most complex works in Indonesia, notwithstanding that we are significantly smaller than our major competitors. We are an Indonesian law firm with extensive international experience who works very closely with various top global and regional law firms to add significant values to the transactions and dispute resolutions which it is involved in. One of the top global law firms which Hendra Soenardi has worked with for a long period of time wrote as follows: “We have worked very closely and successfully with Hendra Soenardi over the last decade on various major deals in Indonesia. We work together with Hendra Soenardi to deliver top quality works and experience to the clients”. Additionally, Hendra Soenardi has established non-exclusive cooperations with two prominent Chinese lawfirms, being Fujian Xufeng and Jiangsu Manxiu, while maintaining close working relationship with other leading firms across China. With a dedicated China desk team consisting of a native Mandarin-speaking lawyer and multiple lawyers that speak Mandarin with professional proficiency, Hendra Soenardi has become the trusted advisor for various prominent China-based companies navigating legal matters in Indonesia. Firm Achievements/Practice Areas Hendra Soenardi focuses primarily on: Mergers & Acquisitions; Energy, Project & Infrastructure; Banking & Finance; Dispute Resolution; and Telecommunication, Media & Technology. Some of the transactions which Hendra Soenardi has handled had been recognized as the South East Asia M&A Deal of the Year by Asian Legal Business, the Deal of the Year by Asian Counsel, the Best High Yield Bond by Finance Asia, the Deal of the Year in Asia Pacific for Power by IJGlobal (Project Finance and Infrastructure Journal), the Project Finance Deal of the Year in Asia by International Financial Law Review, the Project Finance Deal of the Year and the Indonesia Deal of the Year by Asian Legal Business. In addition, Hendra Soenardi have also been named as the Award Winning Law Firm for the (i) Restructuring, Refinancing and Insolvency, (ii) Private Equity and Venture Capital, and (iii) Projects and Infrastructure category by Asia Business Law Journal in the Indonesian Law Firm Awards. Victor Juan Tanojo Partner Victor Tanojo was youngest lawyer appointed as partner of Hendra Soenardi Law Firm, at the age of 29 years old. He focuses primarily on corporate and M&A, banking and finance, and International dispute resolution. Victor Tanojo has represented many major Indonesian group companies and worked alongside other international counsels, as many of the deals that he was involved in were cross-border transactions or had international element. He was also involved in several international arbitration disputes where he acted as counsels or assisted his senior partner who was appointed as expert witness on Indonesian law. Victor Tanojo was nominated as “Recommended Lawyer” in in Hukumonline’s In-house Counsel Choice for the year 2022 – 2024 consecutively and recognized as “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation in 2024. Victor Tanojo is also active as speakers in various workshops, seminars, and discussion that are being held in-house or external (such as ET-Asia, ICC, CIETAC, China Chambers of Commerce), on various topics ranging from corporate, civil / contract law, and international arbitrations.
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