We’re helping bring what’s next

Space – the final frontier for human ingenuity – has attracted significant entrepreneurial and investor interest in recent years. Space-tech projects are moonshots (quite literally) that involve high risks and technological complexity. But the pay-off is equally high ranging from providing internet access to unserved regions to creating a new home for humanity someday. We help pioneers take this giant leap for mankind through legal and policy support. We have also played a critical role in the evolution of the unmanned aviation industry in India. The Economic Times called us a “pioneer” for our contribution to drone policy and regulation. We have worked with every stakeholder in the space: start-ups, industry associations, think tanks, and regulators. Our drone industry clients include manufacturers, importers, traders, operators, and training organizations. Beyond drones, we also advise mainstream aerospace and aviation companies. Like ground support equipment providers and testing equipment manufacturers.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing at astonishing speed with applications ranging from medical diagnosis to anti-money laundering checks. While AI can make processes more efficient, it also raises concerns about fairness, accountability, and transparency. These are pressing regulatory concerns that don’t have tried and tested solutions. We help clients chart this evolving landscape by recommending best practices that address product liability, data protection, intellectual property, and discrimination concerns. We’ve also helped clients respond to key policy proposals like NITI Aayog’s framework for the regulation of AI and the Telecom Department’s AI stack.

We have been in the trenches with the blockchain and crypto industry for the past five years, having set up India's first multi-currency exchange, structuring the first peer-to-peer exchanges, and representing major exchanges before the Indian Supreme Court in their successful challenge against RBI's ban on banking for the crypto-industry. We also helped structure the first large ICO and IEO from India, and advised on some of the largest venture funding rounds in the crypto industry. We have advised our clients on a wide range of issues including staking, lending, NFTs, DAOs, KYC/AML/CTF compliance, and advertising. Our clients include crypto-native businesses and mainstream businesses interested in entering the space. We provide our clients with a full range of services, including transactional, regulatory, and policy support.

Cloud services let businesses access data and applications from anywhere in the world. They also help businesses scale quickly and affordably in response to changing market conditions. However, cloud services have raised concerns about data breaches, law enforcement access to data, business continuity, and disaster recovery. We advise leading cloud service providers on a wide range of regulatory and policy issues including data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, access to telecom infrastructure, and public procurement.

Real-money gaming apps face a complex and challenging regulatory landscape in India. Each state has its own anti-gambling laws that these apps must comply with. Further, government authorities often fail to differentiate between skill-based gaming and gambling. As a result, there is a push for prohibition or heavy-handed regulation of the industry. We help our gaming clients navigate this difficult terrain through holistic legal and policy support.

Our fintech practice spans payments, lending, neo-banking, wealth tech, and insurtech. We advise our fintech clients on a variety of regulatory, contractual, corporate, and policy issues. We support our clients through the entire product lifecycle from ideation to launch to growth. We also help clients engage with regulatory proposals like the RBI working group’s report on digital lending. We have worked with a wide range of clients including regulated and unregulated entities and B2B and B2C companies.

Technology is improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare services with innovations like electronic health records, telemedicine, wearables, and AI-based diagnostics and treatments. However, since healthcare is a life-or-death matter, innovations in this space are tightly regulated to ensure patient safety. We help clients navigate this high-stakes sector by leveraging our legal and policy expertise in the fields of medical devices, data privacy, consumer protection, and intermediary liability. We also engage with regulators like the National Health Authority and conduct trainings for start-ups.

We work with a wide range of internet businesses including e-commerce marketplaces, online content publishers, and social media companies. Through increased reach, lower costs, greater convenience, and improved customer service, e-commerce has revolutionized the shopping experience for customers and merchants. However, the regulation of large e-commerce platforms has become a hot-button issue in India. The government has stepped in to ensure that e-commerce platforms treat sellers fairly and respect consumer rights. But there are continuous calls for greater regulation. We help e-commerce platforms engage in proactive and reactive policy advocacy to ensure balanced regulation of the sector. We also help clients comply with myriad legal requirements under consumer protection, data governance, competition, payments, intermediary liability, and foreign investment laws.

Climate change is the most pressing existential threat facing humanity. Addressing this challenge requires contribution from every stakeholder. We provide a range of legal and policy services to investors, innovators, and government bodies who are working to ensure a rapid transition to a green economy.

Ed-tech has the potential to transform the way we learn. It can provide students access to resources unavailable in their locality, improve engagement by leveraging multimedia technologies and gamification, and enhance assessment through data analytics. But with increased government scrutiny on the sector, ed-tech businesses must ensure they meet educational quality, consumer protection, and data privacy standards. In a highly competitive market, they must also protect their intellectual property, including proprietary technologies and brand names. We help ed-tech clients ensure compliance and protect their business interests through our legal and policy services including negotiating investment transactions and business contracts.