Rahmat Sadeli Soebagia Soemadipradja has been practising law for over 30 years and is a recognised leader in the Indonesian energy & natural resources sector, particularly in mining. After his initial four years of practice with a prominent Indonesian law firm, Rahmat joined the leading Australian law firm Freehills, on secondment, at its Sydney office, after establishing Soemadipradja & Taher law firm, along with Hafzan Taher.

He has been appointed as an arbitrator in several Indonesian business dispute cases and has served as an expert in Indonesian mining law, administration law, and finance law in several international arbitration proceedings and court cases outside Indonesia.

Rahmat’s main areas of practice cover energy and natural resources, particularly mining, environmental law, forestry, general corporate and foreign investment into Indonesia, including regulatory and compliance, capital markets and project finance. Rahmat’s experience has been beneficial in advising multinational corporations in handling strategic issues.

Rahmat is recognised by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers as a leading mining lawyer, by Chambers Global as a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial law, by Chambers Asia as one of the leading individuals in Projects & Natural Resources, by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 as a leading corporate, employment and energy lawyer, by IFLR 1000 as a leading lawyer and by PLC Which Lawyer as a leading restructuring and insolvency lawyer and a leading corporate lawyer.

Rahmat is the first point of call on cross border joint venture questions and disputes, contract drafting under Indonesian law and practice, and government related projects.

Work Highlights

• Advised several multinational mining and petroleum companies on various matters relating to their projects in Indonesia.
• Advised on investment treaty arbitration cases.
• Advised a leading Indonesian state–owned enterprise on the establishment of a joint venture chemical processing plant.
• Advised a leading multinational health care company on the disposal of part of its business activities in Indonesia.
• Advised a leading multinational pharmaceutical company in the spin–off of several lines of business of a major Indonesian manufacturing company.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws, University of Indonesia
• Master of Laws, University of Virginia
• Admitted to practice law in Indonesia (1989)
• Sworn translator (1989 to 2020)
• Certified Expert on Public Procurement
• Registered with the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK) as a capital market legal consultant

Languages

Bahasa Indonesia and English

Awards

• Leading Lawyer in Corporate and Commercial Law, and projects and energy by Chambers Global (2023)
• Leading Corporate Lawyer and acceptance into the hall of fame by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2023)
• Leading lawyer and rated as highly regarded by IFLR1000 (2022)

practice area and industry

• Energy, Infrastructure and Projects
• Competition and Antitrust

Publications

• Penjelasan Hukum Tentang Keadaan Memaksa (Syarat syarat Pembatalan Perjanjian Disebabkan Keadaan Memaksa), Legal Elucidation on Force Conditions for Cancelling an Agreement Based on Forced Majeure), published in the Indonesian language. The National Legal Reform Program, Jakarta, 2010.
• Mining Law in Indonesia, a paper for the Indonesian Mining Association (PERHAPI), Jakarta, 2012.
• A New Mining Law for Indonesia, Mining Law Committee Newsletter Vol. 3 No 2, International Bar Association Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law, April 2009.
• Mining 2013 – 2016 – Indonesia. Getting the Deal Through. Publisher: Law Business Research.
• Project Finance 2012 – 2016 – Indonesia. Getting the Deal Through. Publisher: Law Business Research.
• Featured in an article titled “Indonesia: An Overview”, in the E&M, Engineering and Mining Journal, September, 2014.
• The Dominance and Monopolies Review, Third – Fifth Editions, 2015 – 2017 – Indonesia. The Law Reviews. Publisher: Law Business Research.