Vladimir Adhitya Wicaksono

Vladimir is an Associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation, Antitrust and Insolvency Practice Group. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, financial services litigation, tax litigation, government investigations, white-collar defense, employment law and contentious regulatory matters.
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As an experienced litigator, Vladimir represents clients across a broad range of industries in sophisticated matters involving significant financial, operational, and reputational exposure, and has worked extensively with clients in the financial services, fintech, mining, energy, manufacturing, telco and technology, healthcare and FMCG industries, among others.
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Vladimir handles matters involving complex technical, regulatory, bureaucracy and causation issues and works closely with industry experts, engineers, accountants, and other specialists in developing defense and trial strategies. He has substantial experience handling all phases of litigation, including pre-suit investigations, out-of-court settlements and strategic risk assessment, and is well-versed in managing parallel proceedings involving overlapping civil, regulatory, and reputational risks, and advising clients on litigation strategy in matters with significant operational and business implications.
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His advisory experience includes providing strategic input on issues such as: internal audit, shareholder dispute, IP infringement, asset tracing and recovery, debt restructuring, fraud investigation, product defects, regulatory sanctions and sector-specific government investigation as well as tax and employment matters.
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Vladimir’s contentious experience includes acting for Optichina Technology Limited, a China-based high-tech fiber optic company that specialises in the manufacture and distribution of optical communication products, in a breach of contract dispute against a local telco infrastructure provider and a fiber optic cable manufacturer. He also represented EurAsia Center AG, a Swiss-based commodity trading company with core business in international trading of petrochemicals, energy products, and fertilizers, in a contractual dispute against a domestic mining and exporter of coal and minerals.
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In those cases, Vladimir was substantially involved in the pre-litigation phase to the trial stage, including developing litigation strategy, drafting the lawsuits for court submissions, managing documentary evidence, examinations and cross examinations, preparing witnesses and expert witnesses as well as final conclusions.
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He is also a part of the crisis management team of Foster that advises and represents a major portfolio company of two foreign Sovereign Wealth Funds in a high-stakes white-collar defense and government investigation which involve multifaceted parallel contentious matters, including financial crimes, manpower dispute, complex debt restructuring, corporate reorganisation, and multifaceted asset tracing and recovery and financial services litigation.
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Corporate clients value Vladimir's precise, straightforward advice that is both pragmatic and actionable, with a strong grasp of nuances and an intelligent approach to presenting rock-solid arguments.

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