Kristoforus Jimmy Yans

Managing Partner

Jimmy obtained his law degree from University of Indonesia. Jimmy has served several multinational companies during his initial three years working period It gave him a lot of experience to handle compliance matter, foreign direct investment and licenses. In 2010, he started his professional career in a prominent law firm specializing in oil & gas industry. During his professional career, he experiences in drafting contract and legal opinion regarding specific legal issues encountered by client, performing legal due diligence to support client with legal data analysis for conducting corporate action, representing client in a contract negotiation, dispute resolution both non-litigation and litigation before Indonesia national court or arbitration. Throughout his career, he has advised Indonesia oil and gas state owned enterprise, regional owned enterprises, special task force for upstream oil and gas business activities Republic of Indonesia (SKK Migas) both domestic and foreign PSCs contractors, Indonesia stated owned electricity company, oil and gas service companies cooperation operation (KSO) partner companies, foreign direct investment companies, startup companies, and also individual who encounter legal matter such as land matter, property, etc. By his experiences and competency, he has a very wide range knowledge and competency in providing of legal service particularly in electricity industry, and oil and gas industry. he has specialization in the area of engineering procurement construction (EPC) project, drilling and drilling support service, unitization of oil and gas fields, cooperation oil and gas operation in Pertamina working area, gas sales and transportation, power purchase. Additionally, he has also experienced in assisting client in conducting or participating in an oil and gas tender.

During his professional career, he has experienced in several projects among others,

• Assist Indonesian authorities in preparing draft of laws and regulations particularly in oil and gas industry.
• Assist PSCs contractor in tender process in compliance with SKK Migas working guidelines.
• Providing legal opinion to Indonesian PSCs contractor concerning interpretation and implementation of PSC and other legal issues occurred in the oil and gas operation.
• Perform legal due diligence prior the participating interest (PI) and share acquisition.
• Provide legal analysis for Korean EPC Company for its plan to enter Indonesian Market.
• Advising regional owned enterprise concerning its cooperation with investor/financier in regard with the management of 10% Indonesian participant.
• Preparing, reviewing and negotiating contracts for Indonesian oil and gas state owned enterprises and other PSCs contractors, such as Oil and Gas Production Sharing Contracts, Joint Operating Agreements, Unitization and Unit Operating Agreements, Facility Sharing Agreements, Farm in Agreements, Engineering Procurement Construction Installation Agreements, Seismic/ drilling/ vessel/ fixed wing agreements, Principle of Agreement for the field development of Liquid Natural Gas, Operational Cooperation Agreement (KSO) Technical Assistance Contract, Enhanced Production Cooperation Agreement, Old Wells Work-over Contracts, Gas Sale Agreements, Gas Transportation Agreements, Partnership Agreements, and other contracts.
• Providing legal services to several investment funds of some major investment companies in terms of its dissolution and liquidation.
• Representing private clients in private law dispute before Indonesia National Court.
• Representing first tier drilling company in a dispute before Indonesia National Arbitration Body (BANI).
• Advising vessel and a construction company to conduct acquisition.
• Secondment as legal counsel at several oil and gas company in Indonesia, to support its legal department.
• Preparing, reviewing and negotiating contracts for Indonesian electricity state owned enterprises, such as Power Purchase Agreement, Gas Sales Agreement, Gas Transportations Agreement, Regasification Facility Agreement.
• Assisting Indonesian electricity state owned enterprises in implementing energy transition program, gasification program for diesel power plant, hydrogen development program.
• Assisting Indonesian electricity state owned enterprises in preparing proposal for several drafts of regulation particularly in renewable power generation sector.
• Assisting Indonesian electricity state owned enterprises in contract negotiation (i.a. regarding Gas Sales, Gas Transportation, Time Charter Party, LNG Infrastructure Services, Indonesia high-speed rail, and settlement agreement with KJG)
• Represent companies in settlement industrial issues with the employee
• Represent companies and private person in dispute resolution both before arbitration tribunal (i.e ICC and SIAC) and also Indonesian National Court