Debora Febrilianti

Debora is an Associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation, Antitrust and Insolvency Practice Group. She regularly deals with a wide range of contentious matters involving significant financial, operational, and reputational exposure, particularly in relation to commercial litigation, criminal investigation, white-collar defense and arbitration, including antitrust investigations before Indonesia's Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition, as well as insolvency and suspension of debt payment obligations before the country's Commercial Court.

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Having worked for two litigation-focused prominent Indonesian law firms, she acts for clients across a variety of sectors, including financial services, fintech, telco, automotive, retail and manufacturing, energy and natural resources. Debora has particular experience in assessing litigation risks and developing pre-emptive strategies while analysing each case individually and weighing the available litigation options to defend against enforcement proceedings or to negotiate favorable settlements. Debora also has familiarity with the issues that drive government investigations and the factors that influence prosecutorial decision-making, using her trial and investigative experience.

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Her litigation and arbitration experience includes representing PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) in court proceedings concerning a tort dispute and in arbitration tribunal at the Indonesian National Board of Arbitration in relation to a cyber security-related dispute. PT International Paint Indonesia, PT Itochu Indonesia, and PT Sekar Fuji Food, are among key clients that she advised in the dispute space.

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Among several notable mandates in antitrust and insolvency matters, Debora represented Danone Indonesia, PT Astra International Tbk and its subsidiaries, including PT Astra Welab Digital Arta and PT Agincourt Resources, in price cartel investigations initiated by the Commission for the Supervision of Business Competition. She also acted as creditor's counsel, representing an affiliate company of Hitachi, a major Japanese multinational conglomerate at bankruptcy proceedings of PT Tribara Karya.

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In response to Foster's exponentially growing white-collar investigation practice, Debora is assigned to assist a portfolio company of two foreign Sovereign Wealth Funds in white-collar investigation in connection with a major fraud allegation involving its former executive in Indonesia. She also advise a local digital lending company in alleged fraudulent misappropriation of funds of its management.

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Beyond dispute resolution arena, Debora also has hands-on experience supporting clients in general corporate and commercial matters. She assisted PT Serasi Autoraya (SERA), a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk, in the context of regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, and negotiation of various commercial and partnership agreements, including land lease and land acquisition deals. She advised the same company on compliance framework and roadmap for its risk-based business licensing processing with the relevant ministries.

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Debora is sought out for her ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a client’s position to ensure that it is able to clearly assess the options at each stage of the litigation cycle and adjust the strategy accordingly. She is also praised for her legal acumen and analysis to cut through the haze and focus on the critical factual and legal issues on which the case turns, to recommend the optimum strategy.

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