TikTok has been engulfed in regulatory whirlwinds across the world, which have put a dent in its global ambitions. In the United States, the popular social media app owned by ByteDance faces a ban unless its Beijing-based parent company divests its U.S. operations, and in Indonesia, TikTok had to temporarily quit its e-commerce business as its shopping arm ran into a slew of obstacles.

U.S. law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Indonesia's Widyawan & Partners have guided Chinese entertainment giant TikTok's $1.5 billion investment in Indonesia's largest digital and e-commerce platform, GoTo.