Joel Shen is a partner in the corporate team at Withersworldwide. He also leads the firm's Indonesia practice and the Withers Tech Asia team.

Joel advises corporate and venture capital clients in cross-border investments, acquisitions, and joint ventures. He has particular experience in the Indonesian market where his clients include technology majors, conglomerates, financial institutions, payment companies, and venture capital fund managers.

Joel is recommended by Chambers and Legal 500 for his work in M&A, start-ups and emerging companies in Singapore and Indonesia. He has been consistently listed by Chambers since its inaugural Fintech Guide as one of the Notable Fintech Practitioners in Indonesia. 
 
Outside of legal practice, Joel is the vice chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia, a faculty member of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education and tutor for the Advanced Corporate module of the Singapore bar course, as well as a non-faculty lecturer at the Law and Business Faculties of the University of Indonesia, and Universitas Pelita Harapan.