Member Profiles

Ms. Malavika T. Vikram, is one of De Penning & De Penning's Senior Attorney, with a wealth of experience in the field of Trademark, Copyright, Domain name protection and enforcement. Ms. Vikram started her career in Law as a Research Scholar in Criminology Department of University of Strathclyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. On her return to India, she was a general practice lawyer before the Madras High Court, with special focus on Constitutional law, Family Law, Company Law and Intellectual Property Law. Malavika Vikram has been associated with De Penning & De Penning since 2002 and is currently the Practice Head of the Trademark & Copyright division. She also heads the IP Litigation department, which handles pre-litigation investigation, discovery and enforcement strategy culminating in Infringement action. Apart from civil action Malavika and team have initiated criminal actions against counterfeit activities on e-commerce sites and in physical stores. She has also led several pre-litigation negotiations to find amicable resolution to IP disputes. Her experience extends to advising clients on IP transactions and maximizing the financial value of IP Assets. Malavika works with Indian clients on trade mark and copyright prosecution and enforcement in APAC countries she is also a regular speaker in various IP sensitization and discussion forums and was a recipient of “Powerful Women in Intellectual Property, 2023“ award by the World IP Forum.

He heads the firm’s ship finance, shipping transport, oil and gas practice groups and co-heads the banking practice group. Advises clients across various industries: Banking, insurance, shipping, subsea engineering and marine services, offshore construction, infrastructure (LNG ports, energy,oil & gas), logistics and transport. Advising ship/rig owners on regulatory issues including flagging, cabotage, applicable taxes while investing in projects including LNG/port projects/FSRU projects, coastal,inland waterways, logistics, CFS & ICDs. Reviewing RFQ, bid documents,assessing risk areas. While structuring investments he deals with competition law issues, red flag items-pollution,product liability, risks which are not insurable etc. Advises Overseas Lenders in India related ship and structured finance for new builts,second hand vessels, offshore structures, sale and lease back. He has extensive ship finance practice, having completed 400 ship finance deals in the past 12 years of new buildings,second-hand vessels, ocean-going vessels and oil rigs, LNG carriers, FSRUs, FPSOs, operating in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone.   Some of the Go Green deals handled by him are:   ·        Actedfor overseas lenders for financing the first four LNG vessels “Disha, Raahi,Aseem, Prachi” flying foreign flags vessels on long term charters to PetronetLNG (2001-2004, 2009, 2016).   ·        Acted for Hoegh LNG in 2020 in regard to a 10-yearcharter with H-Energy for their LNG import terminal at Jaigarh, India. Höegh LNG will be the first FSRU operating in India and will replace a coal consumption with natural gas reducing CO2 emissions of 120 million tonnes etc.   Advises on all types of charterparty contracts,particularly relating to dry cargo (bulk)- iron ore/coal. Integrate subsea and marine service industry for seamless project delivery.   Recently advised private equity fund entering Indian shipping industry.   Mr. Thacker hand lessale and purchase contracts of goods/ services, take or pay, logistics, trade,commodities, supply chain contracts of raw material and finished products,licensing, dealership etc.   His litigation/arbitration practice is domestic& cross-border. Deals with banking & debt disputes, corporate insolvencies & restructurings, enforcement of foreign awards. Advises on managing litigation risks & facilitates negotiations to resolve disputes thus resulting in the least possible adverse effect to clients business &benefit   Lloyd’s List ranked him in the “Top 10 Lawyers” stating “HIGHLY regarded for his work in the LNG sector, particularly for interesting and highly geared finance deals in relation to infrastructure projects, energy, ports and ships.”   Mr Thacker is ranked Band 1 by Chambers: Shipping& Maritime for over last 10 years, and ranked in Banking & Insurance for several years. He is consistently recognized as leading lawyers for Shipping by Legal 500. He has also been ranked by Who’s Who Legal: Banking,Finance and Shipping from 2017 to 2021. Who’s Who Legal says: ‘WWL says: Shardul Thacker is singled out among peers for his "profound knowledge of the local legal environment and transactions" within the shipping industry” He is the India correspondent for Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly. Vice President of Indian Maritime Law Association, affiliated to CMI. Member of Executive Committee of Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration, Maritime Users’ Council. Contributed India Sections: ·        International Maritime Law Handbook, Kluwer ·        Transport Finance Law Review 2021, Law Business Research ·        Chambers Global Practice Legal Guides for Shipping and Insurance 2019 ·        International Comparative Legal Guide for Shipping Law 2019, GLG, UK ·        Time Bar in Insurance& Reinsurance, “An International Comparison”, Clyde & Co’s. Cross-Border Security, Norton Rose & Buttorworths. 800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-priority:99;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}

Arief is the founding partner of HNP. He obtained his law degree (SH) from Trisakti University and his master of laws (LL.M) from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. He is a licensed advocate and a member of Indonesian Advocate Association (Peradi). His areas of expertise include corporate commercial, debt and corporate restructuring, merger & acquisition, agribusiness and media. Arief has represented clients in major corporate and commercial transactions involving private and public listed companies. Prior to founding HNP, Arief worked both in-house counsel for several multi-national and domestic companies in plantation and media industry and private practice at one of the leading commercial law firms in Jakarta where he was mainly involved in corporate commercial and merger & acquisition projects. Particularly, Arief has a strong in-depth knowledge and expertise in palm oil plantation matters and has assisted major clients in various projects including the structuring investment and the acquisition of palm oil plantation companies in Indonesia.

Fredrik Jacob Pinakunary is the founder and partner of Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices. Fredrik is a strong litigator who has been practicing law for more than 25 years, focusing mainly on Civil and Commercial Litigation. Before establishing Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices, Fredrik had established an outstanding reputation as a lawyer for careful preparation, attention to detail, and zealous advocacy in the interests of his clients. Fredrik is heavily involved in several high-profile cases and has a distinguished winning story in defending many large national and international companies/institutions in the Indonesian courts. Cases handled by Fredrik included TIME INC Asia against former President Soeharto. In addition, Fredrik represented multinational companies in various civil lawsuits in Indonesian courts, such as EXXON Mobile, ConocoPhillips, Total E&P, and RIO TINTO p.l.c. Ingersoll Rand. After establishing Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices, Fredrik continued the trust he had built. He remained trusted by multinational companies and prominent law firms to handle cases their clients faced in Indonesia. The most recent case handled by Fredrik is the infamous Bharada E case. The case is about the murder of one of the Police Officers by his Subordinates and Supervisor. Fredrik is one of the attorneys defending Bharada E in the South Jakarta District Court, and the result was Bharada E gets the lightest sentence at only 1,5 years for this murder case, in contrast with other Defendants who get life sentence and years in prison. In the civil case, Fredrik is advising and representing PTTEP Australasia and PTTEP in the civil claim filed by the Government of Indonesia related to the pollution and environmental damage in the Timor Sea at the Central Jakarta District Court, in this case, PTTEP Australasia and PTTEP is sued for almost 2 billion dollars. In addition to civil and criminal cases, Fredrik also helped the community represent the Judicial Review to the Constitutional Court regarding the age limit of presidential and vice-presidential candidates. In addition to the above cases, Fredrik handle soil and gas, aviation, environment, criminal, labor, and industrial relations cases. In aviation, Fredrik has experience handling civil lawsuits in Indonesian courts for airline companies such as Etihad Airways, Mandala Airlines, and Air Asia. Fredrik highly values Integrity and applies it in his business. Besides Integrity, he values Knowledge and Reliability in doing his work. Besides practicing as a lawyer, Fredrik is also active in non-profit organizations such as the Indonesia Christian Legal Society, where he also serves as the Chairman from 2017 until 2023. Fredrik has been invited to teach for several workshops organized by universities and government institutions. He has been selected out of many litigation lawyers in Jakarta and requested by the Judicial Independence Assessment and Advocacy Institute (Lembaga Kajian Advokasi untuk Independensi Peradilan) to share his experiences and opinions in connection with the establishment of the Indonesian Judges Code of Conduct. He holds the PERADI license and is one of its active members.

Mohamed Idwan (‘Kiki’) Ganie is the Managing Partner of Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia and holds a PhD in Law from the University of Hamburg. Dr. Ganie is a Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Anti-Trust Lawyers, a member of the Regional Panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and a fellow (FSIarb) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.