Cellia Cotan Cognard

Cellia Cotan Cognard is a consultant at Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung.

Cellia has extensive experience in Sydney and Jakarta, most recently as a corporate and M&A partner seconded from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. She focuses on cross-border public and private M&A, private equity, joint ventures and foreign investment transactions, with a particular focus on consumer, pharma/healthcare, financial services/fintech and data privacy.

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.

Member of Indonesian Bar Association (Peradi)

Member of Law Society of New South Wales (Australia)

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