Kevin Sidharta

Practice Areas

Corporate & Commercial; Corporate Real Estate; Cybersecurity & Data Protection; Energy, Infrastructure & Projects; International Arbitration; Litigation; Maritime & Aviation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Restructuring & Insolvency; Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Career

Kevin’s areas of practice encompass restructuring and insolvency, technology, media and telecommunications (TMT), cybersecurity & data protection, aviation, mergers and acquisitions, energy, infrastructure and projects, corporate & commercial, corporate real estate, international arbitration and litigation.

He has also been involved in various matters over the past few years including almost all major cross-border debt restructurings in Indonesia entities, multiple restructuring and insolvency matters in Indonesia’s aviation sector, telecommunications regulatory and licensing frameworks (including for submarine cables and satellites), mergers and acquisitions matters such as the sale of PT Nissan Financial Services Indonesia by Nissan group, infrastructure matters such as the US$5.9 billion Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail Project developed by PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China, and the acquisition of several industrial land from GIIC industrial estate by a number of multinational companies.

In the areas of litigation and arbitration, Kevin’s experience involves representing clients in various court proceedings including district courts, commercial courts, administrative courts, high courts, and the Supreme Courts, as well as cases under the rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and the Indonesian National Board of Arbitration (BANI). He has also been engaged as an expert on Indonesian law in a number of foreign legal proceedings.

Professional Memberships

PERADI (Indonesian Advocates Association)

Asosiasi Konsultan Hukum Indonesia (Indonesian Legal Consultants Association)

Publications

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide: Class & Group Actions 2025 (17th Ed), published by Global Legal Group.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide: Cybersecurity 2025 (8th Ed), published by Global Legal Group.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide: Project Finance 2024 (13th Ed), published by Global Legal Group.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of CDR Essential Intelligence: The Belt and Road Initiative 2025, published by Global Legal Group.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of Lexology Panoramic: Risk & Compliance Management 2024, published by Law Business Research.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of Lexology In-Depth: Public Competition Enforcement (16th Ed, 2024), published by Law Business Research.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of Lexology In-Depth: Aviation Finance Law (1st Ed, 2024), published by Law Business Research.

Contributed to the Indonesia chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability 2024 (22nd Ed), published by Global Legal Group.

Contributed to the chapter, ‘The Commercial Courts: A Story of Unfinished Reforms’, in The Politics of Court Reform: Judicial Change and Legal Culture in Indonesia 2019, published by Cambridge University Press.

Contributed to the chapter, ‘Upholding Indonesian Bankruptcy Legislation’, in Business in Indonesia: New Challenges, Old Problems 2003, published by ISEAS Publishing.

Education

Languages Spoken

English; Bahasa Indonesia