Bachelor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, graduated in 1977 in civil law studies; awarded the best law student of the University of Indonesia (1977)
LLM (Masters of Law), School of Law, University of Washington, Seattle, USA in 1984 in International Business Transactions – Asian Law Program
Professional Qualification
Admitted to the Indonesian Bar in 1980
Member of the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI), International Bar Association, Asia Pacific Bar Association
Admitted as the Capital Market Legal Consultant at the Indonesian Capital Market Supervising Agency in 1993
Professional Career
Associate - Senior lawyer at Law Firm Prawirabisma & Associates (1977-1978) and Adnan Buyung Nasution and Associates (1979-1984)
Partner at Law Firm Nasution Lubis Hadiputranto (1984)
Founding partner of Law Firm Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (1985-now)
As senior partner of law firm Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS), Mr. Surowidjojo focuses his law practice in the areas of corporate law, corporate and project finance, particularly capital markets, mergers & acquisitions, mining, oil, gas & infrastructure, environmental, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Important Assignments
Lead lawyer in assisting LGS clients in hundreds IPOs, rights issues, and other capital market transactions (1989-now)
Lead lawyer in assisting LGS clients in hundreds of merger and acquisition transactions (1985-now)
Lead lawyer in the negotiation of one of the first complex project finance deals of a pulp and paper company in South Sumatera involving investments of US$ 1.2 billion (1995)
Lead lawyer in assisting the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in restructuring the banking industry during the Asian monetary and economic crisis (1998-2003)
Lead lawyer in restructuring the debts of PT Astra International Tbk., the largest conglomerate in Indonesia (1999 and 2001)
Lead lawyer in assisting the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to exercise governance review on the compliance of bank owners’ obligations to the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (2004)
Lead Lawyer in assisting the Aceh-Nias Board of Rehabilitation and Resonstruction affected by 2004 tsunami
Lead lawyer in assisting the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Central Bank (Committee on the Stabilization of Financial Sectors) in managing the economic crisis that threatened to affect the Indonesia banking industry (2008-2010)
Advising the CEO of PT Newmont Minahasa Raya in a complex criminal environmental case and related tort case before the Indonesian Court systems (2005-2008)
Advising lenders of Adaro group of companies in refinancing the Adaro group of companies (2005-2010)
Coordinator of the defense lawyers team for the criminalization case of Chandra Hamzah and Bibit S Riyanto, two of the commissioners of the Corruption Eradication Commission (2009)
Supervising partner in advising the Indonesian Government and Infrastructure Guarantee Company (IIGF) on the introduction of public-private infrastructure projects under the Government Guarantee Scheme including the first mega project of the Central Java Power Plant (2012)
Representative Clients
Astra International, Sampoerna, Unilever, Government of the Republic of Indonesia, Dow Chemicals, Friesche Flag, Charoen Pokphand, Mandiri, HSBC, IM Skaugen, Shiseido
Business Activities
Vice President Commissioner (independent) and member of the Audit Committee: PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk, a subsidiary of Holcim Ltd., one of the worlds largest cement companies, listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (2001-2014)
Independent Commissioner and Chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee of PT Sampoerna Agro Tbk., a subsidiary of Sampoerna Strategic group of companies, listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (2007-2013)
Independent Commissioner (2009-2016) Vice President Commissioner (2012-2016), Chairman of the Audit Committee (2010-2014) and Chair of the Good Corporate Governance Committee (2014-2016) of PT Vale Indonesia Tbk., the largest nickel mining company in Indonesia
Chairman of the Governance Committee of PT Indika Energy Tbk., one of the largest coal mining companies in Indonesia (2009-2015)
Chairman of the Governance Committee of PT Petrosea Tbk., one of the largest mining service companies in Indonesia (2010-2015)
President Commissioner and Chairman of the Audit & Compliance Committee of PT Agranet Multicitra Sibercom, owner of www.detik.com (http://www.detik.com/), the largest news-based online media in Indonesia (2003-August 2011)
President Commissioner of PT Justika Siar Publika, owner of www.hukumonline.com (http://www.hukumonline.com/), the largest legal database provider in Indonesia (2000-2013)
Independent Commissioner and Chair of Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of PT ABM Investama Tbk (2015–now)
Independent Commissioner of PT Bank BTPN Tbk, Chair of the Risk Monitoring Committee, and Member of the AUdit Committee (2016- now)
Education Activities
Senior law lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia on Business Transactions (1990-now)
Senior law lecturer at the MBA School of the University of Indonesia (1995)
Founder and Chairman of Board of Supervision of the Yayasan Cahaya Guru, a foundation that focuses its activities in the welfare of teachers in Indonesia (2006-now)
Member of the Board of Supervision of the Putera Sampoerna Foundation, a foundation that focuses its activities in the promotion of education in Indonesia and granting of scholarships to talented students (2001-2016)
Member of Yayasan Lontar, a foundation that focuses its activities in the publishing of books on Indonesian literature (2007-now)
Indonesian Editor of the Asia Business Law Review, University of Nanyang, Singapore (1993-1998)
Founder and Editor of Jentera, Indonesian Law Journal published by the Indonesian Law and Public Policy Study Center (2004-now)
Founder and Senior Law Lecturer at the Indonesia Jentera School of Law (2014- now)
Non-Government Organization Activities
Founder and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Transparency International – Indonesia, an Indonesian chapter of Transparency International (2002-2007)
Founder and a member of the Board of Advisory of the Indonesian Society for Transparency, a foundation established for the promotion of good governance and anti-corruption efforts (1998–now)
Founder and Chairman (1998-2015) and a member (2015-now) of the Board of Advisory of the Indonesian Law and Public Policy Study Center (PSHK), a foundation established to engage in legal research, law and institutional (judiciary) reform efforts (1998-now)
Founder and Vice Chairman of the Executive Board (2002-2011) and Chair of the Supervisory Board (2011-now) of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature Indonesia (WWF Indonesia), a foundation established as a part of the global movement (WWF) for conservation
Founder and member of the Board of Supervision of the Indonesian Institute for Corporate Governance, a foundation established to promote good corporate governance principles, including providing a program to do corporate governance rating for publicly-listed companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (2000-now)
Founder of the Center for the Study of Governance – University of Indonesia, a center established by the University of Indonesia in cooperation with the US CSIS - Hill’s Governance Programs to engage in research and studies on governance and anti corruption (2008-now)
Founder and CHair of Sanggabuana Mardika Foundation, a Foundation that supports education politics School of Business and Management Bandung Institute of Technology (2013-now)
Public-related Activities
Indonesian Consultant for the Governance Audit and Reform Efforts of the Indonesian Attorney General (2001)
Member of the Technical Expert Team for the Internal Reform Efforts of the Indonesian Supreme Court (2003-2006)
Supervisor for the Governance Audit of the Military Business, under the auspice of the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Armed Forces (2003)
Member of the Selection Team for the position of deputies and directors of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (2003)
Consultant to the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission for the study of conflicts of interest in public administration (2009)
Member of the Selection Team for the position of the board of advisors to the Commissioners of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (2009)
