Fitriana Mahiddin

Practice Areas

Energy and natural resources + Mining + Oil and gas law + Project finance + Corporate and investment law + Franchise law + Insurance + Mergers and acquisitions

Career

Fitriana Mahiddin is the managing partner of SSEK and a supervising partner of the firm’s energy and natural resources (including oil and gas) and mining practices. Fitriana has extensive experience advising multinationals and large Indonesian companies doing business in Indonesia. She is heavily involved in mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial matters, foreign investment, insurance, and project finance, with a focus on the energy and natural resources sector.

In the oil and gas sector, Fitriana has represented numerous leading offshore and local upstream oil and gas companies. Her experience includes assisting investors in acquiring oil and gas blocks, preparing and negotiating farm-in/farmout agreements, joint operating agreements and gas sales contracts, as well as setting up branch offices and project companies for clients. Fitriana has advised numerous production sharing contractors on upstream projects involving SKK Migas, including Mubadala Petroleum, Chevron, Inpex, Mandala Energy, and Total E&P Indonesie.

Fitriana is recognized by legal directories as a leading practitioner in Indonesia for energy and natural resources. She writes regularly on oil and gas, mining and energy regulation in Indonesia.

Professional Memberships

• Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi)

• International Bar Association

Publications

• Oil, Gas and the Transition to Renewables, 2024 (Indonesia chapter), published by Chambers & Partners

• Gross Split Production Sharing Contracts: Commercial Insights from Indonesia’s MEMR Regulation No. 13 of 2024, November 2024

• International Comparative Legal Guide to: Oil & Gas Regulation, 2023 (Indonesia chapter)

• International Comparative Legal Guide to: Renewable Energy, 2023 (Indonesia chapter)

• Legal 500 Insurance & Reinsurance Comparative Guide, 2023 (Indonesia chapter)

• Mondaq Oil and Gas Guide, 2023 (Indonesia chapter)

• Mondaq Insurance Guide, 2023 (Indonesia chapter)

Work Highlights

• Assisted Air Products in connection with their development of coal gasification projects in Indonesia.

• Assisted Mubadala Petroleum on retainer on several matters related to its operations as well as the preparation of an Indonesian Regulatory Data Base for Mubadala’s upstream operations.

• Acted as Indonesian counsel to Medco in its potential acquisition of participating interests in two upstream blocks in Indonesia.

• Advised PT Pertamina International Shipping on the establishment of an Indonesian shipping company and the relevant licenses to be obtained for the company to engage in the transportation of liquefied natural gas.

• Advised and assisted PT Prudential Life Assurance on several corporate matters, including assisting on its marketing arrangements and replication of several hospital and procurement agreements.

• Advised Allianz X, the digital investment unit of the Allianz Group, on its investment in Gojek, the leading Indonesian ride‐hailing platform that also offers various consumer on‐demand and payment services.

Languages Spoken

English, Indonesian

Education