Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network 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.