Jovico Nicolaus Honanda

Associate

Mr. Jovico Nicolaus Honanda is a proficient and qualified Indonesian young lawyer. He has served both domestic and multinational clients in M&A, general corporate, foreign investment, financial technology, personal data protection, and real property matters. He is renowned for his proficiency in these sectors.

He graduated cum laude from Universitas Indonesia and actively involved in various organizations and moot court competitions during his academic years and attained his LL.M. in Law and Technology from King’s College London. Moreover, he has completed Indonesian Tax Course (Brevet A & B), showcasing his commitment to a comprehensive understanding of the legal landscape. His diverse range of experiences have earned him the trust of both domestic and multinational clients, particularly in M&A, general corporate, foreign investment, financial technology, personal data protection, and real property matters. 

He has been successfully assisting and advising clients in the following notable works:

  • Advising one of the biggest tier 1 telecommunication service companies on the regulatory framework of its proposed development and provision of in car wi-fi services to Indonesian vehicle owners (as end-users), focusing on legal analysis for its (i) device authentication, spectrum management, value-added services and over-the-top (OTT) services, (ii) processing vehicle owners’ personal data, and (iii) e-SIM’s remote profiling to be embedded into the in car wi-fi devices.
  • Counsel to a Singaporean subsidiary of one of the leading Japanese multinational and multisector company listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, in its coal purchase from a Singaporean trading company, which seller’s obligations are guaranteed by its Indonesian parent company. Our legal support helps the Client to navigate the sale and purchase as well as assessing the enforceability of the guarantee and indemnity provisions, to optimize the buyer’s legal protection.
  • Counsel to PT Bangun Loka Indah, an affiliated company of PT Djarum, a leading Indonesian conglomerate group company, in its approximately IDR 800 billion acquisition of 2.795 hectares of land and real property from PT Bukit Savanna Raya (jointly owned by PT Bukit Uluwatu Villa Tbk. and PT Sirius Surya Sentosa (a member of Vasanta Group).
  • Counsel to PT Bina Mitra Sehati, a prominent telecommunication infrastructure company specializing in providing telecommunication towers, as well as outdoor and indoor building coverage (IBC) across Indonesia in structuring and negotiating transaction documents for the multi-stages sale of its existing and under-construction telecommunication tower infrastructures to PT Centratama Menara Indonesia, a telecommunication tower infrastructures provider, with a purchase price of at least IDR 240,052,680,000.
  • Counsel to PT Dhost Telekomunikasi Nusantara in its acquisition and lease back of indoor telecommunication infrastructure assets located at 850 sites across Indonesia from PT Telekomunikasi Selular (IOH) one of the largest cellular telecommunications networks and services providers in Indonesia.
  • Counsel to Mitbana Pte Ltd, a joint venture company of Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) and Surbana Jurong (SJ), in the biggest (and first of its kind) advance smart and sustainable Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs) in BSD City, South Tangerang, Greater Jakarta, where Mitbana forms a significant partnership with leading Indonesian property developer Sinar Mas Land.
  • Counsel to Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance in its investment in Gojek, as part of its ongoing Serie F funding round, which together with investment of Mitsubishi Corporation have raised over USD1 billion investment. The new investment allows Mitsubishi to tap into Gojek’s expertise and presence in the mobility and consumer services market.
  • Counsel to major Japanese consumer credit supplier Orient Corp in the acquisition of a majority interest in an Indonesian finance company PT. Mizuho Balimor Finance from Mizuho Bank. Established in 1989, PT. Mizuho Balimor Finance has capital of 448 billion rupiah and receivables of around USD 190 million.
  • Advising Bizzy Group in its financing and internal restructuring of 9 e-commerce, logistics and distribution companies, involving acquisitions and capital reductions in various companies, including structuring of more than IDR 600 billion Mudharabah Financing to the acquirors.
  • Assisting Oriente Group, including PT Oriente Mas Sejahtera, a P2P company, in the preparation of its products’ transactional documents.
  • Counsel to Hokkan Holdings Corporation (Hokkan), one of the largest Japanese bottling and packaging maker companies, in its 1,262 billion Indonesian Rupiah or approximately 9.5 billion yen acquisition of beverage package manufacturing business from 7 group companies of PT. Deltapack Industri (DPI group), which includes transfer and assignment of substantial DPI group’s moveable and immovable assets as well as business portfolios.

Seminar and Publications:

  • A co-speaker on “Personal Data Protection” at in-house seminar of Astra and Toyota group companies in 2024. The in-house seminar helped Astra and Toyota group companies to navigate the safeguard personal data processing, especially in relation to the compliance of personal data sharing and role of data protection officer.
  • Sinta Dwi Cestakarani/Anggarara Hamami/Jovico Nicolaus Honanda, Fintech 2020, The International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG), Global Legal Group, 2020.