FinTech Legal

This respected firm works in association with Herbert Smith Freehills and has well-regarded practices in banking and finance, technology, capital markets and M&A. It acts on some of Indonesia's major FinTech transactions and assists local and global names with payments, virtual token and digital financial platform matters.

"Vik Tang and his team are very commercial in their approach to transaction negotiations. They have a strong understanding of the risk areas in transactions for their clients, and how to approach risk-sharing discussions."

"They are certainly market leaders; they are innovators. The clients' trust in them throughout the years is reflective of their position in the market."

Hiswara Bunjamin advised API, a subsidiary of Ant Group, on investments in Indonesian payment services company DANA (Elang Andalan Nusantara).

Michelle Virgiany is senior international counsel at the firm. Her practice is focused on transactional and advisory work relating to the financial services and technology sectors. "Michelle responds quickly and is robust. She deeply understands the Indonesian regulations regarding crypto. I enjoyed working with her very much; she is seasoned in this space." "She provides great advice, has excellent response time and is a very safe pair of hands through our transactions."

Vik Tang is senior international counsel at the firm and heads the Indonesia corporate/M&A practice. He specialises in joint ventures, equity funding rounds and foreign investment transactions. "Vik is our preferred lawyer for our transactions if we can get him before he gets conflicted. And if we are unable to use Vik, we certainly value his commercial acumen when acting for other clients on a transaction." "Vik is a very capable lawyer whose advice we truly valued, especially for the complex deal that we worked on."