Technology has paved way for innovative business models and constantly evolving ideals in the business world as we know it today. With corporate houses competing with one another to develop the best technologies, disrupt sectors, or even vying to follow the winds of change, there is a need to place reliance on simple, sound and straightforward legal counsel.
The Technology practice of our Firm is spearheaded by a team of dedicated lawyers who possess a unique blend of technological knowledge and sectoral expertise. Our belief in providing clear, effective and business friendly legal advice in alignment with our client’s commercial aspirations and needs, has helped us in becoming ‘trusted advisors’ of our clients.
Our widely-recognised and respected technology team has been providing clients with unrivalled counsel on a range of subject matters spanning across diverse industries and sectors, as briefly explained below:
Our Firm advises start-ups as well as industry heavyweights on myriad commercial transactions that include strategic collaborations, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, technology provider agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, supply chain agreements, technology licensing agreements, outsourcing agreements, amongst others.
We provide end-to-end legal and regulatory advisory relating to development, sourcing, deployment and use of various information technologies, assets, communications, networks and related ecosystems by our clients. We have advised clients on software licensing and development transactions, technology and know-how transfer arrangements, content licensing, website development contracts, master services agreements, etc.
Our data protection practice comprises of the following key service areas, namely, privacy and data protection compliance management (advising on end-to-end data protection framework), transactional advisory (agreements for transfer, storage, disclosure, licensing, etc. of data) and incident response (advisory on security incidents and data breaches).
We advise on all aspects of the FinTech sector and all fintech and payment ecosystem participants including banks, financial institutions, venture capital funds, banks and financial institutions (including non-banking financial companies and technology platforms) looking to invest in venture capital, new technology or innovative strategies, and start-up and emerging growth companies. We also advise established players on leveraging technological innovation, protecting and enhancing their technology and trade secrets and establishing efficient compliance with applicable law and regulation.
With a favourable regulatory framework in India and emerging technologies taking centre-stage, the offline businesses in India in present times seek to achieve a delicate balance between their physical and online presence to utilize the offline footprint of their customers on online mediums for delivering a nuanced customer experience. We provide leading manufacturers, e-commerce marketplaces, retailers, e-tailers, service providers, and other supply chain partners (both offline and online) with the regulatory and legal guidance that is required to navigate through these challenging terrains and execute their online business strategies in India.
The laws governing the technologies in each sector are evolving rapidly and the governments across the world are trying to grapple with the technological advancements in various fields ranging from e-commerce to internet of things to blockchain. As part of a continuous process of maintaining our expertise and credibility, we contribute to various policymaking initiatives including preparation of responses to consultation papers released by the Governments, providing periodic updates to clients on the implications of government proposals, possible legal challenges, etc.
Our Firm’s lawyers are mindful of the needs of the business to check and control the incidence of counterfeiting, piracy and misuse of intellectual property and are well experienced in taking care of such contentious issues before courts and regulators in India. Every incidence of misuse need not land up in court and keeping the needs of business in view, we advise on various alternate dispute resolution strategies to curb such incidence of misuse such as, issuing take-down notices, obtaining injunctive relief, notifying data breach incidents, framing dispute resolution strategies, engaging with regulators, etc.
