Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in association with Herbert Smith Freehills

Senior International Counsel

David is a Herbert Smith Freehills partner heading the firm’s specialist Indonesian practice. He is seconded to associated Indonesian law firm, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in Jakarta and leads a team of lawyers dedicated to Indonesian transactions and projects.

He is fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, both spoken and written, and has practised in Jakarta since the early 1990s, advising on a broad range of cross-border commercial, corporate and financial transactions.

David's key areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions and financing in Indonesia.

He also regularly supports the firm’s specialist Indonesian disputes resolution practice in relation to strategic and commercial aspects of regulatory investigations and dispute proceedings based on his long involvement and experience with Indonesian matters.