Martin Patrick Nagel

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution | Debt Restructuring and Insolvency | Civil and Criminal Litigation | Construction and Property | Corporate and Investment | Taxation | Employment

Martin Patrick Nagel, a Founder and Partner of FKNK Law Firm, is one of Indonesia’s leading legal practitioners in the fields of restructuring, insolvency, and complex dispute resolution. With unwavering commitment to excellence, strategy, and business impact, Martin is recognized to deliver Indonesia’s most critical corporate issues - from complexity to certainty and success.

Martin’s practice leads the way in Indonesia, spanning the full spectrum of high-stakes restructurings—both contentious and non-contentious—complex cross-border insolvency, commercial litigation, and special situations financing.

Martin played a significant role in many of Indonesia’s most consequential and largest restructuring cases in Indonesia. Martin has acted as counsel and administrator in some of the largest and most high-profile restructuring and insolvency cases in Indonesia, advising on transactions exceeding IDR 250 trillion (over USD 15 billion) in total value for both multinational corporations and major domestic companies across sectors including aviation, marine, investment, manufacturing, banking, energy, media, and property development, such as Garuda Indonesia (IDR 142 trillion), Sri Rejeki Isman/Sritex Group (IDR 26 trillion), Sentul City (IDR 11 trillion), Visi Media Asia Group (IDR 11 trillion), Pan Brothers (IDR 6.8 trillion), Koperasi Indosurya Cipta (IDR 13.8 trillion), PT Narendra Interpacific Indonesia (IDR 4,4 trillion), PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) (IDR 3,7 trillion), and etc.

Martin is widely recognized by clients and peers for his exceptional skill in navigating complex negotiations, underpinned by strategic vision, a pragmatic, business-oriented mindset, and deep expertise in both court-supervised and out-of-court restructurings. His approach consistently delivers successful outcomes. He regularly advises on high-stakes, multi-party negotiations, creditor committee strategies, and formal restructuring processes, having secured maximum creditor approvals across numerous proceedings..

In addition to restructuring and insolvency, Martin’s expertise extends to private debt restructurings, M&A transactions, public-private partnership projects, corporate governance matters, major corporate and transactions, and strategic dispute management advising leading multinational corporations, financial institutions, state-owned enterprises, blue-chip companies and large companies across Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Recognized for his excellence, Martin has been consistently ranked by leading international legal directories, including Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Benchmark Litigation, and Hukumonline. His accolades include Leading Lawyer and Leading Partner in Restructuring and Insolvency in Indonesia, as well as induction into HukumOnline’s Hall of Fame.

A recognized thought leader in his field, Martin is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences on restructuring, insolvency, arbitration, dispute resolution, as well as construction and real estate law.

His academic background includes a Bachelor of Laws (S.H.) from Universitas Parahyangan and a Master of Business Law (M.H.) from Universitas Padjadjaran. He is licensed as an advocate, curator (receiver), and administrator in Indonesia.