Cellia Cotan Cognard

Practice Areas

Cellia Cotan Cognard is a corporate partner seconded to Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s associated Indonesian law firm Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung.

With more than 17 years of experience in Sydney and Jakarta, Cellia handles cross-border public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures and foreign investment transactions, with a particular focus on the consumer, healthcare, manufacturing and industrials, and financial services sectors. She also heads our data protection and privacy practice in Jakarta.

Career

Cellia is trilingual (Indonesian, English and French and English) and dual qualified as a solicitor in New South Wales (Australia) and advocate (Peradi) in Indonesia.

Professional Memberships

Member of Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi)

Member of Law Society of New South Wales (Australia)

Publications

Cellia has co-authored the following recent publications:

• Indonesian investment – Six trends to watch

• Data residency laws frustrate Asian banks’ cross border activity (The Banker)

• Indonesia passes historic personal data protection bill

• Reforming Indonesia’s Healthcare System – Key Features of the Health Law

• Future of Indonesian Hospitals Following Recent Regulatory Developments