22 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – DECEMBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM from his IP expertise, his communication skills have also been widely praised by clients. In Indonesia, Daru Lukiantono is a senior partner and the head of IP tech practice group at HHP Law Firm in association with Baker McKenzie. He was said to be “terrific” and “bring extensive anti-counterfeiting knowledge and excellent relations with border officials to the table”. He has also been recognised as a “good negotiator” with a “great reputation on the commercial side” of IP. Dewi Kamaratih Soeharto heads the IP practice group at Jakarta-based Assegaf Hamzah & Partner. Among other cases, she is helping RWTH Aachen, Germany’s largest technical university, prepare a PCT patent application entering the national phase in Indonesia for an invention related to a parallel hybrid drive vehicle technology. Dewi also represents China Nuclear Power Engineering, PT Tirta Investama and Lionsgate Entertainment. Dewi used to run her own IP boutique in Indonesia in the early days of her career. Over to Singapore, Lorraine Tay leads Bird & Bird’s IP practice there and has always been an active and highly engaged member of the IP community, not only locally. She is adept at working through local specific issues but equally well placed to assist clients in taking advantage of the international treatises as well. Binance, National Technological University and Maxeon Technologies are among her new clients in the past 12 months. Annie Tsoi in Hong Kong is the co-head of Deacons’ IP department. She also heads the firm’s China IP practice group. Tsoi’s clients include a U.S.-based multinational entertainment company, a Hong Kong-based multinational hotel group and one of the wealthiest families in Asia. Market watchers credit Tsoi for her “experience”, “patience”, “professionalism”, and “informative presentations”, which point out all the challenges and SUBMISSION BREAKDOWN Jurisdiction Submissions Winners Hong Kong 10 2 India 19 2 Indonesia 8 2 Japan 9 2 Malaysia 4 1 Philippines 2 0 Singapore 11 2 South Korea 10 2 Taiwan 1 0 Thailand 6 1 Vietnam 4 1 Total 84 15 What strategies do you credit for your recognition as one of ALB Asia’s Top 15 Intellectual Property Lawyers? I attribute this special recognition to clients that have put trust in us and given us the opportunity to handle and solve their various types of complex and challenging IP work over the last few years. They push us to hone our already diverse IP expertise to another level in delivering strategic legal recommendations for actions with the most effective possible outcomes. This recognition is possible also because of the support from the team of IP professionals, who have a deeprooted commitment to clients, and relentlessly pursue new knowledge and experience. How do you stay updated on industry trends, and how has this commitment influenced your success in intellectual property law? I have been very fortunate to practice in a firm that has various industry focus groups and to be involved in discussions with lawyers specializing in several different practice areas. This allows me to learn and keep abreast of any new regulatory and legal trends in Indonesia relevant to IP issues. This also helps improve our services in solving IP legal issues from the perspective of the clients’ industry and business. The firm encourages anyone to be champions in insights and knowledge necessary to provide our clients with comprehensive and effective legal representation. What advice would you give to aspiring intellectual property lawyers looking to make a mark in the industry? The level of the game in the local IP scene has changed a lot when I compare it with my early years of practicing more than 25 years ago. Nowadays, clients expect to be working with IP legal professionals with broad expertise beyond non-contentious and contentious IP work. Clients also expect lawyers to always have a practical commercial sense. In-depth industry knowledge of the clients’ business, including the ability to foresee potential risks and issues should there be regulation or law changes or relevant court decisions, is now a “must have”, especially in complex IP transactional work. Developing skills in the field of data privacy, media, advanced technologies and AI should also be a focus for aspiring IP lawyers to make a mark in the years to come. As IP laws are expected to change, IP lawyers also have the opportunity to contribute to the IP legal development framework in Indonesia. In short, it is definitely an exciting time for up-and-coming IP lawyers who are practicing and building careers in this ever dynamic and evolving field of law. A conversation with Daru Lukiantono BROUGHT TO YOU BY HHP LAW FIRM specific industries and to commit to keeping up with any development, through either proactive industry research; participation in legal forums; attending industry focus talks, conferences and seminars; and fostering close relationships within the industry community/associations. This unwavering effort has significantly influenced the firm’s success in intellectual property practice by ensuring that we have the latest Daru Lukiantono Senior Partner and Head of IP & Technology (IPTech) Practice Group T: (62) 21 2960 8888 E: daru.lukiantono@hhplawfirm.com HHP Law Firm W: www.hhp.co.id
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