Wincen Santoso

Practice Areas

Debt restructuring and insolvency, arbitration, litigation, competition law, foreign investment law, corporate and commercial laws, employment law, and TMT

Professional Memberships

Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI), Deputy Head of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI), Delegate to the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration, American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Personal

Wincen Santoso is a New York and Indonesia-qualified attorney and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He has represented both the sovereign state, the Government of Indonesia, as well as multinational corporations among other sizeable companies.

Wincen represents companies in numerous investigations and enforcement actions. He has represented clients before various law enforcement agencies and before trial and appellate courts in Indonesia including the Supreme Court of Indonesia.

Wincen also has substantial international commercial arbitration experiences. He has represented clients in arbitration proceedings conducted under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), and the Indonesian Domestic Arbitration Centre (BANI).

He has also spoken at the SIAC, the ICC, the Law Society of Singapore, and the Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI). His writings have been published in major publications such as the International Financial Law Review and the Lexis Nexis.

Career

Wincen Santoso is a New York and Indonesia-qualified attorney with more than 15 years of experience. Before joining SMM Advocates, Wincen was associated with the renowned international law firms O’Melveny & Myers and DLA Piper, where he diligently handled a diverse array of legal matters. He was seconded at Pfizer Indonesia, where he handled all of Pfizer’s legal works. He was also seconded at an NYSE technology company in Singapore, where he handled the company’s compliance matters.

Publications

- Chambers on Life Sciences for Indonesia

- Lexis Nexis Advanced for Bankruptcy Law, Competition Law, and Arbitration

- the International Financial Law Review

- the Jakarta Post

Clients

BAE Systems, BASF, Crocs, Formula E, InterContinental Hotels Group, JD Sports, Leidos, LG Electronics, Marriott, Moody's, Phibro, Phoenix Property Investors, Samsung, Rolls Royce, Teleflex, Thermo Fisher

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Indonesia

Education