Maria Y. Eka Dewi

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Maria Y. Eka Dewi

Maria Yudhitama Eka Dewi is extensively involved in major transactions at SSEK, where she advises multinational and domestic companies on a broad range of matters, including banking and finance, capital markets, foreign investment, insurance, mergers and acquisitions, multifinance, and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending.

Her experience includes representing leading international and domestic companies, and state-owned enterprises, such as Aetna, Allianz, MRT Jakarta, OVO, Pertamina, Prudential, Unilever, Pertamina, Indonesia Financial Group (IFG), Hong Kong Stock Exchange, TSH Berhad, Grab, and MUFG.

Prior to joining SSEK, Maria worked at the Indonesian Capital Market and Financial Institution Supervisory Board (Bapepam-LK) under the Ministry of Finance, now the Financial Services Authority (OJK).

She is a native Indonesian speaker and is fluent in English.

Areas of Focus
  • Banking and finance
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate law
  • Financial technology and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending
  • Foreign investment
  • Insurance and reinsurance
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Multifinance
Representative Matters
  • Advising Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on a policy initiative to expand the list of recognized stock exchanges, which would allow issuers with a primary listing on a recognized stock exchange to seek a secondary listing on HKEX.
  • Advising Link Holdings Limited as Indonesian counsel in connection with its intended listing on the development board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
  • Advising a Singapore-based asset manager on capital market rules in Indonesia for foreign asset managers and the marketing of their products in Indonesia.
  • Assisting The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in evaluating its options for offering wealth management products in Indonesia.
  • Acting as Indonesian counsel for MUFG Bank in an investment into Akulaku, a fintech unicorn that provides consumer credit, digital banking, wealth management and insurance brokerage services, with work including reviewing and commenting on the regulatory and contractual aspects of channeling.
  • Advising CTBC Bank, through a Taiwan law firm, on a financing transaction involving an Indonesian telecommunications company.
  • Assisting the Indonesian subsidiary of Ping An Puhui, the consumer finance arm of Chinese insurer Ping An Group, in obtaining a P2P registration license from the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK).
  • Acting for PT Visionet Internasional Inovasi (VII), part of the OVO group, in the entrance into a joint venture agreement with ZA Global Tech Limited, a joint venture between Chinese online insurer ZhongAn and SoftBank’s Vision Fund, to establish an insurance-technology platform.
  • Acting as Indonesian counsel for Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company of Japan in its US$337 million acquisition of a 40% stake in Indonesia’s PT Panin Life.
  • Acting as Indonesian counsel for China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company Limited, a Hong Kong-domiciled insurer, in connection with its acquisition of 55% of shares in PT China Taiping Insurance Indonesia from the China-based China Taiping Insurance Group Ltd.
  • Advising on the formation of the Indonesian Oil and Gas Holding SOE, a US$4 billion deal that resulted in the creation of Indonesia’s largest state-owned holding company.
  • Assisting multinational reinsurance company Willis in establishing a business presence in Indonesia.
Education
  • Parahyangan Catholic University, S.H. (cum laude), 2009
  • King’s College London, LL.M., international financial law, 2020
Professional Associations and Memberships
  • Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi)
  • Association of Capital Market Legal Consultants (HKHSK)
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