PROFILE

Christo is an Associate at Makes & Partners Law Firm, where he actively engages in the Firm’s dispute resolution, which is closely integrated with its corporate transactions expertise, with a focus on strategic shareholder and investor disputes. Christo primarily assists in matters involving corporate governance and shareholder arrangements, including working in matters with a focus of identifying potential dispute risks and supporting proactive governance measures for large corporate clients. His experience includes assisting with pre-dispute assessments, reviewing governance structures, and supporting the handling of shareholder-related contentious matters and strategic settlement.

Moreover, Christo also handles general corporate matters, namely conducting complex legal due diligence for M&A and investment matters.

Relevant Experience

Christo has been involved in several high-profile and complex disputes and also transactions. His experience includes representing and advising the following clients, including:

• Key shareholders of Efishery in navigating a nationwide criminal investigation into allegations of complex financial and accounting manipulation, fraud, forgery, embezzlement and money laundering committed within the company
• PT Morula Indonesia in a complex subsidiary-level shareholder dispute involving governance, control, and minority protection issues, requiring strategic advisory across corporate, commercial, and dispute-sensitive considerations within a multi-entity group structure
• Djarum Group in its landmark acquisition of the parent company of Bakmi GM, a legendary and culturally iconic Indonesian restaurant chain, representing a strategic entry into the food and beverage sector and a deliberate diversification of the Group’s portfolio
• PT Humpuss Intermoda Transportasi Tbk (HITS) in its go-private transaction and voluntary delisting from the Indonesia Stock Exchange, involving strategic capital markets considerations in structuring and safeguarding public shareholder interests
• PT Agung Podomoro Land Tbk (APLN), one of Indonesia’s leading large-scale property and real estate developers, in its strategic acquisition of 37 Strata Title Certificates relating to Deli Park Mall Medan from Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp., involving a complex cross-border real estate transaction, detailed land and strata title due diligence, and regulatory considerations applicable to a publicly listed property group
• PT Ciliandra Perkasa, a majority-owned subsidiary of First Resources Limited, in its acquisition of controlling stake in PT Austindo Nusantara Jaya Tbk, a publicly listed agribusiness group, representing Indonesia’s largest acquisition in the first quarter of 2025 and a landmark consolidation in the plantation and agri-commodities sector
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), one of the world’s leading global investment firms, in connection with Indonesian competition law advisory and compliance for its multiple acquisitions in the education, health, laboratory, and technology sectors