Winnie Yamashita ROLINDRAWAN

Introduction

Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan is a partner at SSEK Law Firm with extensive experience advising major domestic corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and leading global fintech companies. She helps clients navigate complex regulatory and commercial challenges in Indonesia’s evolving legal landscape, ensuring compliance with key authorities. Her practice spans fintech, data privacy, TMT, healthcare, M&A, and general corporate law.

In the financial services and fintech sector, Rolindrawan advises on digital payments, peer-to-peer lending, digital financial innovation, securities and derivatives, and blockchain technology. She assists clients with licensing, cross-border fintech M&A, and crypto asset regulations.

Recognised as a top tier fintech and blockchain lawyer, Rolindrawan has been ranked in Who’s Who Legal: Fintech & Blockchain for four consecutive years since 2021. Clients commend her sharp business acumen, deep regulatory insight, and ability to bridge legal requirements with practical implementation.

Rolindrawan has also been recognised as a Rising Star Partner by IFLR1000 (2023 and 2024) and is recognised as a notable and recommended practitioner for fintech and TMT by Chambers and Partners and for banking and finance, and IT, telecoms and fintech by The Legal 500.

In the healthcare sector, Rolindrawan has advised pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including manufacturers and distributors, on practical solutions for their day-to-day operations, corporate and commercial contracts, and specific regulatory matters.

She began her career at another prominent corporate law firm in Jakarta, working on foreign investment and capital market transactions. She also handled debt restructuring projects involving the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), established in response to Indonesia’s financial crisis.

Rolindrawan was also appointed as an associate procurement expert for an Asian Development Bank–Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) project. She contributed to developing and drafting model national procurement documents, which became the standard reference for procurement across various Indonesian ministries.

Her deep sector expertise, strategic regulatory guidance, and experience handling high-profile transactions make her a trusted advisor for clients operating in Indonesia’s rapidly evolving digital economy.

Having spent her childhood in Hamburg, Rolindrawan speaks German in addition to English and her native Indonesian.