Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners – Dentons HPRP

Corporate and M&A; Private Equity & Venture Capital; Energy; Industrial

Giovanni Mofsol Muhammad is a partner of Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners (now Dentons HPRP). Joining the firm when he graduated from Universitas Indonesia with a Bachelor of Law degree (S.H.), Giovanni was made a partner at HPRP in 2007.

During his more than 20-year career as a corporate lawyer, Giovanni has gained expertise in corporate and commercial law covering Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Joint Ventures (JV), Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), restructuring, divestment. In particular, Giovanni has worked with and represented numerous Indonesian Governments and State Owned Companies (BUMN). He assisted the Indonesian Ministry of Industry in the shares acquisition of PT INALUM (Indonesia Asahan Aluminium) and the Indonesian Ministry of Finance c.q. Government Investment Centre (PIP – Pusat Investasi Pemerintah) in the planned divestment of shares in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara and several financing projects involving PT PLN (Persero), PT KAI (Persero), and PT INKA; provided legal reviews on the planned restructuring of 62 subsidiary and joint venture companies of PT Pertamina (Persero); assisted in acquisitions of shares in PT AXA Mandiri Financial Services by PT Bank Mandiri (Persero), Tbk. and in PT Bank Agroniaga, Tbk. by PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero), Tbk. (Bank BRI); assisted in the spin-off of assets and liabilities of PT PANN relating to its purposes and objectives and business activities in the field of maritime financing to its subsidiary company PT PANN Pembiayaan Maritim and the divestment of some shares owned by Kopelindo and Yabinstra as the controlling shareholders in PT Bank Bukopin, Tbk.; assisted PT PINS Indonesia – a subsidiary of PT Telkom (Persero) in acquiring PT Tiphone Mobile Indonesia, Tbk., and also various legal works for international companies such as Guangxi LiuGong Machinery Co., Ltd , Bridgestone Corporation, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd., TCL Electronic Group.

Having in-depth knowledge in the resources and infrastructure practice area, Giovanni has assisted in power plant projects: including PT Indika Energy, Tbk., PT Kassa Listrindo, PT Universal Batam Energy, and PT Berkah Tirta Energi. He was also involved in shipping projects with ASL Marine Group, IMC Shipping, PSA Marine, and PT Pertamina Tongkang. In the plantation and mining sectors he has represented among others KLK Berhad, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd., Patni Projects Pvt Ltd., Anik Industries Limited, Bhoruka Overseas Limited, JSW Energy Limited, and MGM Investment Overseas.

Giovanni has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences, seminars, and workshops in both domestic and international forums where he presented and discussed investment, joint ventures, energy and infrastructure from the legal perspective.

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English; Indonesian

University of Indonesia, Bachelor of Laws