Subarkah Syafruddin
Subarkah specialises in complex cross-border disputes, international arbitration and public international law.
Subarkah has acted for States, state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and high net worth individuals in arbitrations in major international centres such as New York, London, Washington DC, The Hague, and Singapore under ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL and other rules. He has also advised governments on matters of public international law, and was the first Indonesian to serve as a judicial law clerk at the International Court of Justice.
In addition to his dispute resolution practice, Subarkah advises clients on dispute avoidance strategies and investment structuring for the purpose of maximising investment treaty protection.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- a Middle Eastern State in a UNCITRAL arbitration concerning the collapse of a resort development
- a European Union member State in an ICSID arbitration challenging state measures that led to revocation of a foreign investment bank's licence by the European Central Bank
- two project companies against an African State in a PCA arbitration concerning the collapse of two cement plant projects
- a German investor against a European Union member State in an ICSID arbitration
- Three mining companies in an ICSID arbitration brought under a bilateral investment treaty against a Latin American State concerning the seizure of four gold mining sites
- a renewable energy company in an ICSID arbitration brought under a bilateral investment treaty against an Asian State arising out of investments in the renewable energy sector
- two project companies in an LCIA arbitration against two African States concerning the collapse of a railway revitalization project in East Africa
- a Chinese manufacturer in an ICC arbitration brought under a distribution agreement
- a US manufacturer in an ICDR arbitration brought under a sale and purchase agreement
- a US medical device company in a CIETAC arbitration brought under a distribution agreement
Sectors
Background
Subarkah is an Indonesian speaker (native), a New York-qualified lawyer, and has a Juris Doctor (first-class honours equivalent) from Columbia University, where he received the Edwin Parker Prize for top performance in international and comparative law courses. Having previously worked in New York and The Hague, Subarkah is currently on secondment from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer to Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung in Jakarta.
Subarkah speaks Indonesian, English, and French.
Education
- (Juris Doctor), Columbia University, 2019
Bar Admissions
Clerkships
- H.E. President Judge Joan Donoghue ,
International Court of Justice
