Michelle Virgiany

Her practice spans both transactional and advisory work in the financial services and technology sectors.  She is recognised by Chambers and Partners as a Band 1 Fintech Practitioner and an Up and Coming Corporate/M&A Lawyer in Indonesia.

Michelle advises clients in the digital economy sector on investment structuring, licensing, and roll-out of new business models. She represents clients in M&A, fundraising, joint ventures and other corporate transactions, as well as commercial and business collaboration arrangements.

Her clients range from established players including banks, insurance companies, private capital institutions and telecommunication providers, to new market entrants such as e-money and other payment companies, digital platforms and cryptocurrency exchanges.

Background

Michelle graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from the National University of Singapore and a master's degree in law and finance from the University of Oxford (as a recipient of a prestigious Jardine Scholarship). Earlier in her career, Michelle worked at the Singapore and Jakarta offices of an international investment bank, providing advice on bilateral and syndicated lending, data privacy and outsourcing, and corporate banking product roll-outs across APAC. She is bilingual in English and Bahasa Indonesia.