PROFILE

Fabian is an Associate at Makes & Partners Law Firm, where he focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), foreign investments, and complex corporate transactions.

He began his career with a strong grounding in dispute resolution, including corporate and shareholder disputes and Suspension of Debt Payment Obligations (PKPU) proceedings. This experience sharpened his judgment in identifying latent dispute risks, anticipating enforcement and litigation exposure, and managing transactions involving contested ownership, competing stakeholder interests, and sensitive factual or legal positions. These dispute-driven insights now inform his transactional work, particularly in the design of corporate governance frameworks and protective deal mechanisms intended to mitigate post-closing disputes and address optical and reputational considerations.

Building on this foundation, Fabian now advises on strategic, complex, and distressed M&A transactions, often involving layered intricacies such as corporate reorganizations, disputed structures, and financial distress or restructuring scenarios. Drawing from extensive M&A legal due diligence experience, he equips transactions with tailored risk-allocation tools, governance safeguards, and execution strategies, while navigating evolving regulatory landscapes and broader political dynamics.

Recent Publications

• International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Fintech Laws and Regulations in Indonesia, 2022.
• International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Fintech Laws and Regulations in Indonesia, 2023.
  
  

Relevant Experience

Fabian has been involved in several high-profile and complex transactions. His experience includes representing and advising clients in major acquisitions, strategic investments, corporate transactions and PKPU proceedings, including:

• Medco Group in its pioneering acquisition of prime land parcels in Bali’s Nusa Dua area through a combination of direct acquisition and inbreng structuring, marking the revival of a previously stalled tourism development following a PKPU process involving the former project owner, and representing one of the first strategic divestments by PT Pengembangan Pariwisata Indonesia (ITDC) after a key policy shift – positioning Medco as the new strategic investor salvaging and reactivating an abandoned project and advancing Indonesia’s high-end tourism and destination development agenda
• 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 renowned Indonesian restaurant chain, representing a strategic entry into the food and beverage sector and a deliberate diversification of the Group’s portfolio
• PT Global Berkat Usahatama, in its landmark acquisition of the Indonesian subsidiaries of Sime Darby Plantation, the biggest and most prominent Malaysian conglomerate groups regarded as one of the world’s largest producers of certified sustainable palm oil with a presence in over 100 countries
• 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
• Advantage Partners, a leading private equity investment firm in Japan, in its multi-jurisdiction acquisition of ITS Science and Medical Group, a medical and healthcare equipment distribution business operating across various Southeast Asian markets
• Lei Shing Hong Trading Limited, an international conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong, representing them as the largest unsecured creditor in the PKPU proceedings of PT Limas Tunggal
• PT Morula Indonesia, a subsidiary of Bundamedik Healthcare System (BMHS) focusing on the development of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics, in the entry of a subsidiary of Jinxin Fertility Group Limited as an investor
• Medco Energi Group in its acquisition of PT Mahkota Prima Properti, an investment vehicle of GIC Private Limited and the owner and operator of Capital Place Tower, a premium commercial landmark in Jakarta
• PT Summarecon Agung Tbk., one of Indonesia’s leading property developer company, in the establishment of a strategic joint venture with PT Setiawan Dwi Tunggal (SouthCity) to develop a mall and residential area in Indonesia
• PT Agung Podomoro Land Tbk., one of Indonesia’s leading property developer company, in the establishment of a strategic joint venture with Shimizu Corporation to develop a residential area in Bandung, Indonesia