Practice Areas

                                                                                             




Media and Entertainment

film, music, fashion, comedy, new media, literary writers, media professionals
Drafting and negotiating  
Review and vetting of content for legal compliance including for large scale ad campaigns, feature films, comedy content, social media content including final bound or pre-censor scripts of films/web content/advertisements, fiction/non-fiction books and minimising potential legal risks and preparing legal clearance reports

Advisory services for

End-to-end legal services, including legal advisory on creation, management and protection of IP, in-house as well as external contracts, IP policies, dispute strategies, complex negotiations for
  1. independent production houses working in feature film as well as advertising
  2. media agencies working in client servicing, brand solutions and content development
  3. event companies running live music, film and other outdoor festivals, including franchise agreements
  4. talent agencies representing talent in fashion, film and comedy

Workshops            
Art Law
galleries, artists, museums, collectors, art institutions, archives
End-to-end legal services for set-up and management of artist galleries including representation agreements, consignment agreements, employee agreements, agreements related to commissioned works on behalf of artists

Title due diligence, including authentication and provenance related documents

Drafting and negotiating 
  • artist agreements on behalf of independent artists as well as different organisations including commissioning entities, residencies, museums, private individuals/organisations
  • agreements related to sale, commissions, licensing, loan or consignment of artworks

Advisory services for
  • appropriate structures, formation and management of private museums, foundations, trusts, art collections
  • diverse art institutions such as private museums, collections or public physical/digital archives on internal practices and formulating copyright and IP policies 
  • artists on incorporation of third party materials in artworks, issues related to copyright infringement, fair use and a overall legal vetting of artworks and artist essays
  • design of suitable legal structures for living as well as deceased artists’ estates management including cataloguing assistance, creation of private / public trusts, wills / legacy wills and related documentation
  • opinion and strategy on title, authenticity or bidding disputes, insurance claims, and taking action against infringing works

Workshops     
Design Law

graphic design studios, typeface designers, furniture, textile or object designers, architecture design firms End-to-end legal services for set-up and management of independent design studios including advising on appropriate equity and management structures with multiple design partners, freelancer agreements, vendor agreements

Advisory services for 
  • best measures for protecting designs and other intellectual property, including choosing the appropriate registration strategies
  • opinion and strategy on infringement disputes and appropriate enforcement actions

Drafting and negotiating agreements related to
  • design services 
  • typeface licensing or assignment with type foundries
  • commissioned artistic works 
  • non-disclosure agreements
  • licensing or assignment of IP including art objects, typefaces, illustrations, furniture designs, fashion designs
  • standard templates for use with clients, collaborators or sub-contractors

Workshops     

Intellectual Property

across industries
                                                 Corporate and Commercial

    across industries
    Advising and applicable documentation for
    • best practices for corporate governance, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, board responsibilities, and shareholder rights
    • issues related to India’s evolving FDI landscape, including strategic advice on entry routes, regulatory compliance, and structuring investments to align with local laws
    • outbound investments including strategies for structuring, tax planning, and compliance with foreign regulations
    • commercial contracts across industries covering wide range of transactions from vendor and supplier agreements to joint ventures to employee agreements
    • private equity and venture capital investments
    • partnerships and joint ventures across sectors. 
    • Corporate reorganisations including schemes of arrangement, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, across a wide range of sectors, from initial negotiations to closing, with a focus on risk mitigation, due diligence, regulatory compliance, and transaction structuring
    • technology transfers, licensing agreements, and IP commercialization strategies.
    • asset, business transfers
    • project finance, security creation and enforcement
    • commercial contracts
    • domestic and international transactions
    • Regulatory compliance



    Real Estate
    across India     Due diligence and documentation for
    • banking and non-banking financial institutions 
    • large scale land acquisitions for development and re-development projects in agricultural as well as urban areas across India on behalf of developers
    • private sale, lease, license and mortgage transactions including title certification with comprehensive scrutiny of local language title documents and government records
    • project finance, loan and security documents
    • corporate and retail leases and licenses

    Strategy and documentation for complex transactions including structuring of collaborations and joint ventures amongst landowners, investors (both domestic and international), developers, co-developers, including partnership arrangements, joint venture arrangements, joint development arrangements, investments through SPVs, indirect participation through shareholder arrangements, convertible debt structuring, etc.

    Advising on
    • transaction structuring and documentation for  M&A, investment or  restructuring deals involving RE assets and joint development and redevelopment projects 
    • RERA and other compliance
    • succession and estate planning, including formation of trusts or other modes of wealth planning and procuring succession certificate/probate /LOA
    • conveyancing and development transactions for developers, land owners and industrial houses
    • hand-holding for real-estate projects relating to township development, commercial projects, special economic zones (SEZs), information technology (IT), entertainment, hospitality and infrastructure projects while resolving project specific issues and queries
    • local extant land laws









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