Ruben Soeratman

Ruben Soeratman
renders legal services in the fields of labour and employment, corporate
commercial, capital markets, insurance services, corporate financing and
restructuring, foreign investments, corporate governance, and compliance, as
well as commercial disputes.

Ruben worked at
Nurjadin Sumono Mulyadi & Partners (NSMP) from 2006 to2015. After this, he
worked at PT Indonesian Paradise Property Tbk, with a focus on hospitality. He
re-joined NSMP in 2018. 

Ruben’s
experience on the corporate commercial aspect of his practice has included
advising a Singaporean company with Indonesian subsidiaries; this company was
attempting a listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). To complete the listing
the company had to perform corporate restructuring over its Indonesian entities
to comply with SGX’s requirements whereupon the listing was eventually
concluded. He assisted a state-owned enterprise invest in a government economic
recovery program through another state-owned enterprise. He has represented a
German-based Meeting, Incentive, Convention and Exhibition (MICE) operator in a
long-term operational deal for the MICE facility now known as the Indonesia
Convention Exhibition (ICE), located in BSD City, Tangerang, Indonesia. His
role was assisting in establishing a foreign direct investment company for the
operator to run its business in Indonesia. He also regularly advises clients
concerning corporate law, capital market transactions, listing requirements,
insurance practices, foreign investments, and joint ventures.

In labour and
employment, Ruben has assisted and represented several fast-moving consumer
goods manufacturing and tobacco company(ies) in their employment matters,
reorganization attempts, outsourcing, and employment termination matters,
accompanied with preparing and negotiating their collective labour agreements
with their company’s labour unions, as well as assisting them in their
industrial relations disputes through the bipartite, tripartite and labour
court phases.

He also has a
certain degree of experience in commercial litigation, whereby he assisted
several clients in their criminal defences concerning allegations of corruption
and or absence of business licenses. 

He graduated
and earned his degree in law (SH.) from the Faculty of Law, Parahyangan
Catholic University, in 2005. He earned his Master of Law (LL.M.) from
Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, in 2018.

He is a member
of the Indonesian Advocates Association (Perhimpunan Advokat Indonesia/Peradi),
Indonesian Capital Market Legal Consultants Association (Himpunan Konsultan
Hukum Pasar Modal/HKHPM), Indonesian Labor Law Consultant Association (Himpunan
Konsultan Hukum Ketenagakerjaan Indonesia/HKHKI), and Indonesian Data
Privacy Professional Association (Asosiasi Profesional Privasi Data
Indonesia/APPDI).

Ruben
is fluent in English and Indonesian.