Technology

We advise AI companies and businesses deploying AI on regulatory compliance, product structuring, IP protection, and data licensing. We help clients navigate AI regulation across India, the EU, the UK, and the US. We advise on data licensing for model training, covering personal data, copyrighted content, proprietary datasets, and open data, and have developed frameworks for lawful data sourcing that hold up across jurisdictions. We also advise on responsible AI frameworks, AI governance policies, and the integration of AI tools into existing products and platforms.

We advise technology companies, software developers, and their clients on the full range of software-related commercial arrangements. This includes software development agreements, work orders, SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS agreements, software maintenance and enhancement contracts, technology transfer agreements, licensing and assignment arrangements, and software escrow structures. We advise both developers and customers, ensuring that IP ownership, deliverables, acceptance criteria, liability, and support obligations are clearly allocated.

We advise technology platforms, marketplace operators, intermediaries, logistics companies, and digital commerce businesses on the full range of regulatory and operational legal issues, including intermediary liability, consumer protection, FSSAI compliance, Legal Metrology requirements, FDI policy, content moderation, takedown obligations, and grievance redressal. We also advise on the evolving obligations for significant social media intermediaries under India’s IT Rules.

We advise companies in the digital assets ecosystem on regulatory structuring, product design, and commercial deployment. Our work covers cryptocurrency exchange establishment and operations, including KYC/AML frameworks, FIU-IND registration, RBI and FEMA considerations, and the taxation of virtual digital assets. We advise on tokenisation, NFT structuring, and fundraising through token offerings. In DeFi, we advise on product structuring for lending protocols, liquidity pools, and yield instruments. We also handle end-to-end corporate, IP, and tax structuring for Web3 businesses, from entity formation and jurisdiction selection through to token economics and cross-border planning.

We advise fintech companies, payment platforms, and digital lending businesses on regulatory compliance, product structuring, and operational legal issues. Our work covers RBI and SEBI frameworks, payment system licensing, digital lending guidelines, NBFC compliance, and the regulatory treatment of virtual digital assets. We also assist fintech companies with consumer protection obligations and contractual frameworks with banking and technology partners.

Getting the legal structure right at the product stage is cheaper than fixing it later. We advise technology companies and platforms on the legal architecture of their products, including terms of service, privacy policies, content moderation frameworks, licensing structures, API terms, and third-party integration agreements. For platforms operating across jurisdictions, we advise on structuring operations to comply with local regulatory requirements without creating unnecessary friction.

We contribute to the development of technology and AI policy through regulatory consultations, industry body submissions, and engagement with policymakers. Our policy work is grounded in our advisory and disputes practice. The positions we take in policy forums are informed by the issues we encounter daily in advising clients and litigating at the frontier of technology law.