• Representing the subsidiary of a well-known Indonesian mining company in defending an arbitration claim made by a Chinese, government-owned, company. The claim was made under Singapore International Arbitration Center (“SIAC”)’s rules at Singapore and the claim related to the sale of coal. Outcome: The claim was dismissed, and the counter claim (made by us) for damages of USD 2.5 millionwas granted;
• Acting as the co-counsel for the clients (as the investors/claimants) over a dispute arising out of repudiations, breach of project agreement and off take agreement As co-counsel, BIL is advising and representing the clients, as claimants, in filing the arbitration before the Singapore International Arbitration Center (“SIAC”) with damages/losses sustained by the clients due to repudiations by the respondents amount to approximately USD100 million. To date, the claimants have successfully procured an order in favour of the claimants where the Tribunal granted the claimants’ application;
• Advising and assisting a multinational mining holding company, in a dispute arising out of a Sale and Purchase of Shares Agreement. Both parties claim for a breach of contract and compensation of losses whereby the case is now being examined in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”). The case turns to technical and procedural aspects of Indonesian law, as the governing law of the contract concerning the fulfillment of condition precedents, which essentially stipulates the rights and procedural requirements connected to the share transfer. BIL’s role to analyze the possible outcomes, the enforceability aspect of the upcoming Final Award and existing court’s decision and Ministry of Law and Human Rights’ decree, including the legal measures that can be undertaken by the parties;
• Providing an expert opinion to Singapore court regarding foreign court service of process in accordance with Indonesian civil procedural laws;
• Providing an expert opinion and acting as the expert witness before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) for a prominent Indonesian gold mining company on certain Indonesian contract and company law issues related to claims by a West African-based mining company worth around USD 2 billion;
• Successfully representing the subsidiary of a well-known Indonesian state-owned mining company in arbitration proceedings before the Singapore International Arbitration Center (“SIAC”) on a coal shipment dispute worth around USD 2.5 million against a People’s Republic of China’s state owned company (buyer);
• Providing an expert opinion and acting as the expert witness before the Federal Court of Australia for a group of insurance companies led by a leading international insurance company on Indonesian law issues in relation to more than USD 50 million in insurance claims;
• Successfully representing and advising the Indonesia’s largest steel plate joint venture company owned by an Indonesian state-owned company and South Korea state-owned company before the Indonesia National Board of Arbitration (BANI) on its contractual dispute with a contractor worth more than IDR 70 billion related to the construction of its facilities in Indonesia;
• Successfully representing a multi-national oil and gas contractor service provider headquartered in the USA against a subsidiary of a well-known Indonesian oil and gas state-owned company in numerous litigation cases in arbitration and Indonesian courts relating to dispute arising out from the services agreement worth around USD 7 million;
• Acting as co-arbitrator in a tribunal in the International Chambers of Commerce (“ICC”) in relation to a contractual dispute brought by a multinational power generation company based in London (as Claimant) against a well known Indonesian electric power company (as Respondent) under 2017 ICC Rules.