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Hanna Azkiya is an associate in King & Spalding’s Singapore office and a member of the firm’s International Arbitration group. She has represented clients on investment treaty and commercial arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions, including ICSID, SIAC, ICC, and GAFTA, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL and SCMA Arbitration Rules.
She has experience in practice areas other than arbitration, having worked on complex corporate investigations with the firm’s Special Matters and Government Investigations Group and assisted the firm’s International Trade group with international trade remedies actions related to Indonesia, particularly safeguard proceedings before the Indonesian Trade Security Committee.
In addition to acting as counsel, Hanna accepts arbitrator appointments and is an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI). She is ranked as a “Future Leader” in WhosWhoLegal’s report on Arbitration Future Leaders – Non Partners 2024, with clients and peers saying “Hanna really stands out in the market” and “She is very pleasant and excellent at what she does”. She also regularly engages in substantial pro bono work, earning her the firm’s Pro Bono Service Award in 2021, 2022, and 2023. She has been an adjunct lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia since 2021, teaching courses on international commercial arbitration, carriage of goods, and sale of goods. She has also guest lectured for the course on Indonesian law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore.
She has advised a range of clients such as members of the International Group of P&I Clubs, charterers, shipowners and shipyards on commercial matters and various charterparty and commodities trading disputes. She also enjoyed a secondment at J.P.Morgan’s Commodity Trading legal group in Singapore, where she worked on complex cross-border trades and OTC commodity derivatives transacted under the International Swaps & Derivatives Association master agreements.
Hanna has a Master of Laws in Admiralty from Tulane University Law School, where she was President of the Graduate Lawyers at Tulane, and a Bachelor of Laws from Universitas Indonesia (UI), where she received the Dean’s Award of Appreciation for Academic Excellence and Achievements.
While at UI, Hanna was President of the International Law Moot Court Society, and participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. In 2007, Hanna was awarded the First Best Oralist at the International Rounds in Washington D.C. She also participated in the 2005 International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot Competition, where she was named the Best Speaker in the Finals.
Hanna is admitted to practice in all courts in Indonesia, and speaks English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Publications
- “International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration: Indonesia Chapter” (co-authored with Karen Mills), International Council for Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, 2012
- “Is International Arbitration Shooting Itself in the Foot? The View From the Next Generation” (co-authored with Karen Mills, Ilman Rakhmat, and Priyanka Tobing), Arbitrators’ Insights: Essays in Honour of Neil Kaplan, 2012
- “Asia Arbitration Guide: Indonesia Chapter” (co-authored with Karen Mills and Ilman Rakhmat), Respondek & Fan Pte. Ltd., 2009 & 2011
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