Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan

Winnie Yamashita Rolindrawan joined SSEK in 2007.  She represents major domestic firms, Fortune 500 companies and members of CNBC’s top 250 fintech companies in the world in a variety of transactions and in navigating complex legal and commercial challenges to ensure compliance with the relevant authorities in Indonesia’s rapidly changing regulatory environment. Winnie’s practice focuses on fintech, data privacy, TMT, healthcare, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial matters.

Winnie has been named for four consecutive years since 2021 in Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Fintech & Blockchain, which recognizes the leading fintech and blockchain lawyers in the global market. Clients praise Winnie for her “sharp business acumen, deep understanding of the difference between legal requirements and practical implementation, and wide scope of knowledge.” “Winnie earns accolades from peers and clients in the fintech space thanks to her ability to effectively advise on the full spectrum of corporate and commercial matters.” Winnie has been named by IFLR1000 in 2023 and 2024 as a Rising Star Partner and is recognized 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.

Winnie started her career at another prominent corporate law firm in Jakarta, where she was involved in various foreign investment and capital market transactions. She helped handle several debt restructuring projects involving the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), an independent government agency established in response to the Indonesian financial crisis. Winnie was appointed as an associate procurement expert for an Asian Development Bank-Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) project, where she developed and drafted model national procurement documents, which became a standard and reference for procurement documents at various ministries in Indonesia.

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