Matthew Goerke
Matthew became a Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partner in 2019 and has been on secondment to Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung for 13 years.
Matthew is a projects, energy and infrastructure lawyer who advises on M&A transactions and project developments in the oil and gas, energy and resources, power and infrastructure sectors.
Matthew has worked primarily on various public and private mergers and acquisitions and project developments in the oil and gas, energy and resources, power, and traditional and digital infrastructure sectors and has provided general Indonesian corporate and foreign investment regulatory advice.
Matthew is described by his clients as "an excellent, commercially minded lawyer with exceptional country and industry knowledge." He is further praised by commentators as "a decision maker who advises us rather than just reciting the law" and who possesses "a photographic memory of everything." Matthew has been commended for providing “both very astute and commercially focused legal advice. He is a solutions-based lawyer who looks for ways to get the deal done.”
Matthew is recognised as a Band 1 Leading Individual for Projects & Energy in Indonesia by Chambers, as a Leading Partner by Legal 500, and as a Rising Star by IFLR1000.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Indonesia Investment Authority and private equity consortium partners on the successful investment cooperation with Waskita Karya for two sections of the Trans Java Toll Road (Kanci-Pejagan and Pejagan-Pemalang) with a total transaction value in excess of US$1 billion
- Indosat Tbk on its joint venture investment with BDx Asia Data Center Holdings Pte Ltd to upgrade and operate multiple data centre businesses in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Fortum in relation to its proposed greenfield development of the first waste-to-energy plant in Indonesia in Sunter, Jakarta in co-operation with a regional-owned enterprise, including in relation to joint venture, power purchase agreement, waste supply arrangements, financing and other operational arrangements
- DP World in relation to the proposed investment, together with the Indonesia Investment Authority in relation to the development, management and expansion of the international port at Belawan, Indonesia
- PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia – a joint venture between Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company and Rosneft – on the reportedly US$16 billion "Grass Root Refinery and Petrochemical Complex" at Tuban, Indonesia
- Sumitomo Metal Mining in relation to its successful divestment of a minority interest in PT Vale Indonesia Tbk, one of Indonesia’s largest nickel mining companies with integrated nickel processing facility, to MIND-ID (the Indonesian state-owned mining company) with a transaction value of US$400 million
Sectors
Background
Matthew is admitted in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Notre Dame. Matthew has also completed a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance with Kaplan Education.
