The Power of the Pivot: Mastering the Art of Startup Adaptation

Michelle is a corporate lawyer on secondment to Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. She focuses on the financial services and technology sectors, with extensive experience in both transactional and advisory work.

Michelle’s practice spans both transactional and advisory work in the financial services and technology sectors. She is recognised as a Band 1 Fintech practitioner and a leading individual for Corporate/M&A in Indonesia by Chambers. Michelle advises digital economy clients on investment structuring, licensing, and roll-out of new business models. She represents clients in fundraising, joint ventures, M&A and other corporate transactions, as well as commercial and business collaboration arrangements. Her clients range from established players including banks, insurance companies and telecommunication providers to new market entrants such as e-money and other payment companies, digital platforms and cryptocurrency exchanges.