The Cutting Edge with Joel Shen (Withersworldwide)

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There was a time when a high flying lawyer coming to work in Indonesia from a big international law firm would probably be working on mining deals. While that may still be true, increasingly they look like Joel Shen. Shen, who heads Withersworldwide’s technology practice in Asia is helping shepherd clients and even some regulators through Indonesia’s regulatory thicket to usher in a world where payments, shopping, health and education — to name a few services — are conducted online. To get a deal done, Shen says clients, regulators and the lawyers often find themselves in uncharted territory and have to work together to write the rules that will underpin Indonesia’s transition to the digital economy.