Dwi Anita Daruherdani

Dwi Anita Daruherdani (Dwi) is a Senior Partner of Foster who heads the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group. Clients and peers alike recognize Dwi as a leading intellectual property lawyer in Indonesia with almost 30 years of extensive experience, strong expertise and solid track record advising international clients on the full spectrum of intellectual property across a diverse range of highly regulated industries, such as manufacturing, transportation and automotive, financial services, logistics, shipping, energy, mining and plantation. She previously worked at two leading Indonesian law firms associated to prominent international firms, Baker McKenzie and Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW).

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Dwi advises companies and investors in those industries in transactions involving intellectual property including mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, joint ventures and other strategic commercial arrangements. She combines a litigator's perspective with intellectual property expertise to evaluate and identify both risks and opportunities for clients, counsel clients on IP issues that arise during commercial transactions, and to litigate IP and technology contractual disputes. She has acted for high-profile clients on intricate IP strategies, from registration, commercial exploitation to enforcement of IP rights, while also handles various facets of IP commercial transactions such due diligence, negotiations, and drafting and reviewing licensing, franchising, sale and transfer agreements relating to IP rights.

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Her brilliance and prominence in the intellectual property practice is proven and demonstrated by her prestigious leadership role as the Chairman of Indonesian Intellectual Property Attorneys Association for the period of 2024-2028, the only association for the country's licensed intellectual property attorneys that is recognized as the official institutional partner of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Law. A strategic role that serves as a clear testament to her quality of work, impact, credibility and integrity as one of the finest IP attorneys in the country who is trusted by the Ministry of Law of Indonesia.

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Various foreign law firms also turn to Dwi when it comes to comprehensive legal advice and assistance for their clients for IP registration and protection, governance, transaction and regulatory matters, including IP litigation, enforcement and compliance in Indonesia, covering trademark, copyright and patent. Her massively growing multinational clientele include corporate clients and SOEs such as, among others, automotive companies, mining, shipping, manufacturing, industrial, FMCG and technology companies.

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Clients rely on Dwi not just to manage their matters, but as a trusted advisor to advance and protect their business and technology interests. She is adept at managing complex IP disputes including trademark, patent and copyright infringements and validity proceedings, coordinating high-value commercial conflicts with significant IP components, anticipating adversarial tactics and delivering decisive results in high-stakes cases in the most challenging litigation scenarios. Her combination of courtroom experience, technical IP knowledge, and industry insight makes her a trusted partner for companies seeking to protect and enforce their most valuable assets.

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