IT &
Data Privacy

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Overview

The firm’s has a niche information technologies and data privacy practice and stands at the forefront of of advising clients navigating the complex and fluid space of fintech, digital assets, blockchain, non-fungible tokens, online gaming, artifical intelligence, and other emerging technologies. The firm supports a diverse set of clients from fintech start-ups to NFT creators working on tokenisation, digital assets, AI service providers, and several others. The firm also advises and represents clients in technology disputes, domestic and international, through its team of specialised arbitration and litigation experts. Additionally, the firm undertakes a fair amount of policy related advisory work in the tech space and advises large multinational as well as domestic players in this sector.

Indicative Experience

IT and Emerging Technologies
  • Advised Plantin Genesis DMCC and provided responses to their queries on setting up Indian infrastructure for crypto currency for network marketing, distribution of software developed overseas and proposed to be distributed in India, compliance with the evolving crypto currency regulations and issued detailed legal opinion on interpretation and viability of commercial transactions, including assessment of legal risks.
  • Advised Hefty Art Inc. in their first ‘Phygital’ auction of M. F. Hussains ‘Fury’ in collaboration with Sotheby’s, its collaboration with Jaipur Rugs and Bangalore Watch company, and provided end to end assistance in drafting and execution of various documents including consignment agreements in relation thereto.
  • Advising Bharatbox DMCC for its collaboration with various production houses and IP holders in developing virtual land and digital game assets on the metaverse based on licensed intellectual property rights, and providing assistance with drafting joint land development agreements in relation thereto.
  • Advised Cryptobiz in compliance with the evolving crypto currency regulations and by issuing detailed legal opinions on interpretation and viability of commercial transactions, including assessment of legal risks.
  • Advised and drafted the terms of use, cookies policy and privacy policy for Hefty Art Inc, House of Gaming, Indyverse, Shortgun amongst several others.
  • Advised and drafted a global data privacy policy for a prominent NGO having its presence in over 180 countries.

Work Highlights