Vincent Ariesta Lie

Vincent Ariesta Lie is a Partner at Makarim & Taira S. who combines broad legal experience with a keen sense of clients’ business contexts. Vincent can counsel clients with a view to their commercial objectives and the regulatory landscape. Besides handling traditional corporate practice areas, he is also familiar with the fast-evolving growth sectors in Indonesia such as the energy and digital fields.

Over the past 20 years, Vincent’s résumé has developed into an impressive list of substantial legal work and leading industry clients. He has represented prominent companies in a variety of proceedings and transactions such as, but not limited to, corporate and commercial matters including acquisitions and project financing, arbitration including the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, natural resources and energy (mining, oil and gas, power plants), and information technology/startups.

Vincent’s work has been recognized by prestigious legal publications and directories worldwide. Chambers & Partners Global acknowledges him as a Highly Ranked Lawyer in Projects & Energy, while Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific ranks him in Projects & Energy and Corporate and M&A. His work is also acknowledged by IFLR1000 which places him as a Highly Regarded Lawyer in Project Development, Project Finance, and M&A, as well as by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific which regards him as a Recommended Lawyer in Projects & Energy, Corporate M&A, and Capital Markets. Vincent was presented the Rising Star award for Corporate/M&A in 2018 and won the Outstanding Practitioner in Indonesia in the 2019 Asialaw Regional Awards. He is also in the A-list of Indonesia’s Top 100 Lawyers from 2017 to 2021.

Clients praise Vincent for his pragmatic approach and responsiveness, as well as his ability to consistently deliver good service and quality work every year. The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022 research reported feedback from a client complementing Vincent for being able to explain the complex Indonesian laws related to the matter with clarity and to explain difficult legal concepts simply, while presenting excellent due diligence work on the project and recognizing potential issues competently and promptly.

Being an enthusiastic speaker, Vincent also makes time to speak in various webinars, seminars and conferences on power plants, mining, and energy resources arranged by In-House Congress, the Asian Law Students’ Association, and numerous universities in Indonesia, to share his knowledge and experience with legal communities.

• Advised PT Bhumi Jati Power (project company) on every aspect of the development of the Tanjung Jati B 5&6 (Jawa-4), expansion of TJB 3&4 (2 x 1,000 MW power plants);
• Advised China Shenhua Energy Company-led consortium on every aspect of the development of Sumsel-1 Mine Mouth Coal Fired Steam power plant (2 x 300 MW power plants);
• Representing PT Toba Bara Sejahtra on the PPA and project financing for the development of the Sulbagut 1 Coal Fired Steam power plant (2 x 50 MW power plants)
• Representing the Consortium which consists of (i) PT Toba Bara Sejahtra Tbk and (ii) Sinohydro Corporation Limited in the development of 2x50 MW coal fired power plant in North Sulawesi (so called Sulut-3 Coal Fired Project).

• M&A
• Project development
• Project finance

• Energy
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas

• Indonesian Advocates Association (PERADI)

• Association of Indonesia Legal Consultants (AKHI)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Indonesian Mining Assocition (IMA)

• S.H., University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia (2001) (Cum laude)
• LL.M., Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2004) (Honorable mention)