Chandrima Mitra

Chandrima Mitra

Partner

1701, One World Centre, Floor 17, Tower 2B, 841, Senapati Bapat Marg, Mumbai – 400013, India

Key Practice Areas

  • Media and Entertainment
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Dispute Resolution

Key Sectors & Industries

  • Advertising
  • Sports and Gaming

Education

  • Bachelor of Socio-Legal Science and LLB, ILS Law College, Pune University
  • Welingkar Institute of management Development and Research, Mumbai- PG Diploma in Marketing Management

Professional Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Bengali

Experience

Chandrima is a Partner at the firm’s Mumbai office. She has over 19 years of experience and specialises in Media and Entertainment and Sports and Gaming laws. She has body of extensive experience (she was in-house counsel with a leading Indian studio, UTV Motion Pictures and Disney India) across the spectrum of media and entertainment, and now representing some of India’s most compelling storytellers, producers, and much sought after talent and performers. Her focus has been on providing commercial-legal advice and finding practical solutions for all stakeholders involved in this business, in order to avoid the exposure to the stakeholders, which is high and almost always immediate.

In this ever evolving world of Indian media, entertainment, sports and gaming it is critical to be able to negotiate the daily challenges of the business as well as find out of the box solves and represent what is best for the stakeholder as well as try to establish good industry precedents. She has been involved extensively in advising, structuring and negotiating deals across domestic and international players both in the entertainment as well as sports and gaming space.

Chandrima has done both her Bachelor of Socio-Legal Science and LL.B. from ILS Law College, Pune University. She has also done PG Diploma in Marketing Management from Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai.

Recent Key Assignments

  • Acted as counsels for “Laapataa Ladies” and “Santosh” which have been selected as India and UK’s entry to the Oscars 2025, in the Best International Feature Film category.
  • Representing Mrs. Kareena Kapoor Khan and Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in transactions relating to endorsement and ownership of a team in the upcoming Indian Street Premier League.
  • Successfully representing Mr. Karan Johar in Suit before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court to protect his name and personality rights against misuse.
  • Successfully represented Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd in an anti-piracy suit filed before Delhi High Court against over 13000 rogue/non-compliant social media handles/web pages and restraining them from infringing the film “Jawan”
  • Representing Mr. Salman Khan and Salman Khan Ventures Private Limited in a defamation Suit filed before Bombay City Civil Court against Mr. Kamaal R. Khan. The Court passed an interim injunction against Mr. Kamaal R Khan restraining him from making any derogatory or defamatory remarks against Mr. Salman Khan and Salman Khan Ventures Private Limited, their business associations, their present and future projects, etc on any social media platforms.

Recent Awards and Recognition

  • Ranked as a “Leading Lawyer” by Media Law International (MLI) 2026 rankings.
  • Ranked as a “Leading Individual” by Legal500 Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings.
  • Ranked as a “Notable Practitioner” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2026 rankings.
  • Ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings.
  • Ranked as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ by Legal Era Leading Lawyers Rankings 2025.
  • Ranked as one of the India’s Rising Stars 2021 by Asian Legal Business.
  • Ranked as one if the India’s top TMT / Fintech lawyer 2023 by Asian Legal Business.
  • Enlisted in the Legal Powerlist 2021 as Top 100 Lawyers (Above 10 years’ experience) by Forbes India.