Maralda H. Kairupan obtained his bachelor of laws in international law (S.H) from Trisakti University, Jakarta and master of laws (LL.M) in international economic and trade law from Brunel University, West London. He is a member of Indonesian Advocate Association (PERADI) and is admitted to practice in Indonesian courts.

He also possesses qualification as a certified court annexed and out of court mediator in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Indonesia, member of the Indonesian Mediation Center (PMN), Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), member of Young International Arbitration Group of the London Court of International Arbitration (YIAG LCIA) and member of Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners of the Austrian Arbitration Association (YAAP AAA).

Maralda H. Kairupan is Christie Alliance’s main corporate advisor and out of court dispute resolver. He has been trusted by various companies to provide legal advice ranging from project administration, contract formation, to arbitration. He has also the expertise of negotiating corporate contracts where he has been successful in negotiating among others EPC contracts, vessel charterparty, and LNG sale and purchase contracts, valued of more than USD 2 billion.

As a dispute resolution practitioner, he has amicably settled many clients’ disputes in an out of court nature, also dealing with some arbitration cases at which he acted as an assistant arbitrator in cases under BANI Rules and ICC Rules.

He had advised Indonesia’s largest state owned gas transmission and distribution company for its South Sumatera West Java Transmission pipeline on both project phase and operation phase. He had worked on two (2) Indonesia’s largest LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Terminal projects also on both project phase and operation phase.

His areas of specialization are Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Oil and Gas Law, Shipping Law, General Corporate Law, Power and Utilities Law, Property and Construction Law, Foreign and Domestic Investment Law and Environmental Law.