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Fredrik Jacob Pinakunary

Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices

Country:

Indonesia

Practice Area:

Commercial Litigation

Website:

fjp-law.com

Phone Number:

+62 21-2933-2990

Email:

pinakunary@fjp-law.com

Fax:

+62 21-2933-2992

Address:

Office 8 Building, 17th Floor, SCBD Lot. 28

Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53

Jakarta

12910

Details

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.

Client List

Some major companies which Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices engaged in since February 2008:

· PTT Exploration and Production Public CompanyLimited

· PTTEP AA

· Northwest Industries NWI SRL

· Hevilift Aviation Indonesia

· Embraer

· Zurich Insurance

· JP Morgan Chase Bank

· LIM Asia Multi Strategi Fund, Inc

· Asian One Air (previously known as Mimika Air)

· Hevilift Aviation Indonesia

· Qatar Telecommunication Corporation

· Singapore Airlines (SQ)

· McDonald Corporations

· ING Bank

· Barilla G. e R. Fratelli Societa per Azioni,Socio Unico

· Morgan Stanley NA

· Morgan Stanley Bank International Limited

· Madad Pty Ltd. (T/A Sealy of Australia)

· Barisan Gold Corporation

· East Asia Mineral Corporation

· Symrise Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

· Symrise AG

· PT Mandala Airlines

· PT Astra International Tbk.

· PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk.

· PT Pertamina (Persero)

· PT Sampoerna

· PT Halliburton Indonesia

· PT GeneCraft Labs

· PT CG Power Systems Indonesia

· PT Samindo Resource Tbk.

· PT Jakarta International Container Terminal

· PT Air Asia Indonesia

· PT Indominco Mandiri

· Subsidiary of Noble Resources InternationalPte., Limited (PT Equatorial Bumi Persada and PT Pinang Coal Indonesia)

· Subsidiary of The Tata Power Company LTD (PTItamaraya Tbk.)

· Subsidiary of Emeco Group (PT Prima TraktorIndonusa)

· Subsidiary of Hitachi (PT Hexindo Adiperkasa,Tbk)

· Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation (PTKaltim Parna Industri and its President Director)

· Subsidiary of Worldwide Machinery Companies(Sumatra Partners LLC)

· Subsidiary of Poly Mining Co., Ltd (China-basedcorporation)

· Subsidiary of China Poly Group Corporation (ChinaState-Owned Company)

· Subsidiaries of Churchill Mining PLC

· Subsidiary of Emeco Group

· Subsidiary of Boart Longyear

· Subsidiary of Tata Power Company Ltd

· Subsidiary of Campbell Arnott’s

· Subsidiary of Scomi Marine Bhd

· Subsidiary of Aljazeera Network

· Subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand Company Limited

· Subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation

· Subsidiary of PT Oorja Group

· Subsidiary of BHP Billiton

· The Governor of Papua Province, Indonesia

Some major companies which Fredrik previously engaged in prior to the establishment of Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices:

· The Asian Wall Street Journal

· The Law Debenture Trust Corporation

· Goldman Sachs (Singapore), Pte.

· Total E&P Indonesia

· Yamaichi Merchant Bank Limited

· Hanil Merchant Bank Limited

· Cargill Corporation

· Time Magazine

· Asian Wall Street Journal

· Tempo Magazine

· Inco

· Kaltim Prima Coal

· Ramayana Insurance

· PT Kideco Jaya Agung

· PT Apac Inti Corpora

· Exxonmobile Oil Indonesia Inc. and itssubsidiaries

· Rio Tinto Plc and its subsidiaries

· BP International Limited and its subsidiaries

· Subsidiary of ConocoPhillips

Some law firms which Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices engaged in since February 2008:

· Herbert Smith Freehills, Singapore

· Kennedys, Singapore

· Clyde and Co, Singapore

· Holman Fenwick Willan, Singapore

· Jones Day, Singapore

· Yoon & Yang LLC; Korean

· Allens Linklaters, Australia

· Clifford Chance, London

· Waterson Hicks, England

· Dewey and LeBoeuf, United States of America

· Hogan Lovells, United States of America

· Locke Lord Bissel & Liddel, United Statesof America

· Mochtar Karuwin Komar, Indonesia

· Widyawan & Partners, Indonesia

· Bahar & Partners, Indonesia

· Hiswara Bunjamin Tanjung, Indonesia

· Soewito Suhardiman Eddymurthy Kardono,Indonesia.

Career History

Founder and Partner – Fredrik J Pinakunary Law Offices, Jakarta, Indonesia, from February 2008 until Present;

Partner of Litigation Department – Lubis, Santosa &Maulana Law Offices, Jakarta, Indonesia, from March 2000 until January 2008;

Associate Lawyer in Several Prominent Law Firms in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 1997 until 2000;

Assistant of Public Defender – Jakarta Legal Aid Institution, from 1996 until 1997.

Career Education

Faculty of Law, Airlangga University, Indonesia. Sarjana Hukum (S.H./equivalent to Bachelor of Law) graduated in 1995

Faculty of Economy, Dr. Sutomo University, Indonesia. Sarjana Ekonomi (S.E./equivalent to Bachelor of Economics) graduated in 1995.

Publications/Articles

Fredrik is a keen writer as well. His writing has been published in Kompas Daily and the prominent legal website in Indonesia, Hukumonline.com, including:

• Lapindo & Strict Liability/Lapindo & Pidana Mutlak (Kompas, 24 November 2006);

• The Ambivalence of the Evidentiary System in the Nuclear Energy Law/Ambivalensi Sistem Pembuktian Dalam Undang-Undang Ketenaganukliran (Kompas, 13 July 2004);

• Protection for Solvent Companies from the Threat of Bankruptcy/Perlindungan Terhadap Perusahaan Solvent Dari Ancaman Kepailitan (Hukumonline.com, 2 December 2005);

• Application of Crime Strict Liability in the Environmental Pollution Case/Penerapan Tanggung Jawab Pidana Mutlak Pada Perkara Pencemaran Lingkungan (Hukumonline.com, 29 July 2004);

• Addressing Controversial Articles in the Broadcasting Law/Menyoal Pasal-Pasal Kontroversial Undang-undang Penyiaran (Hukumonline.com, 14 March 2003);

• Juridical Assessment of the Manulife Life Insurance Bankruptcy/Kajian Yuridis Kepailitan Asuransi Jiwa Manulife (Hukumonline.com, 21 June 2002)

Speaking Engagements

PUBLIC SPEAKER EXPERIENCE

• Case examination held by the IndonesianJudiciary Watch Society (Masyarakat Pemantau Peradilan Indonesia/MAPPI) concerningthe case of PT Semen Gresik (Persero) Tbk. Vs. President Director and PresidentCommissioner of PT Semen Padang, Minang Maimbau Foundation, and PT Semen PadangEmployees Cooperative;

• Public Discussion held by the Center for Democratic Education (Pusat Pendidikan Demokrasi/P2D) concerning the legal aspect of Lapindo Mud Flow in Sidorarjo, East Java.

EXPERT EXPERIENCE

• Coaching the Legal Officers of the Directorate General of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance Republic of Indonesia about Civil Procedural Law;

• Coaching the Legal Officers of Pertamina, aState-Owned Company, about Civil Procedural Law.

• Coaching the Legal Officers of Perusahaan Listrik Negara, a State-Owned Company, about Civil Procedural Law;

• Coaching the Law Students of severaluniversities, such as Pelita Harapan University, Airlangga University, AtmajayaYogyakarta University, Maranatha University, Petra University, and TrisaktiUniversity, about integrity and legal practices.