Overview

Abhishek is a seasoned litigator who regularly appears before the Supreme Court, High Courts, and district courts across India, as well as arbitral tribunals (both ad-hoc domestic and institutional arbitrations). He advises and represents clients in commercial and criminal litigation, internet laws (with a focus on platform regulation and intermediary liability) and data privacy issues.

Abhishek also advises Indian and multinational corporations on corruption and wrongdoing, including conducting internal investigations.

Abhishek is a visiting faculty at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, where he teaches a course on Platform Regulation and Intermediary Liability.

Experience Statement

• Successfully defended Google Pay in a writ proceeding alleging that the app violated regulatory and privacy norms under Indian law.
• Successfully defended a French government-owned renewable energy company in a multimillion-dollar proceeding instituted under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules.
• Successfully defended one of the leading business and employment-focused social media platforms in one of India’s first writ petitions filed by a user whose account was permanently suspended for violating the terms of service. Advising the same client in multiple civil proceedings and data privacy issues.
• Advised the Indian subsidiary of one of the world’s leading manufacturing companies in an internal investigation relating to complaints of bribery, systemic corruption, and integrity violations by ‘C-suite’ executives.
• Successfully defended one of the world’s largest renewable energy companies in criminal proceedings initiated against it alleging fraudulent transfer of shares and embezzlement of funds.

Overview

Advait Krishan Luthra is a Partner with Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India, specializing in Telecommunications, Media & Technology Law. His expertise lies in the space of fintech, data privacy, and various other emerging technologies such as e-commerce, cloud-based services, OTT platforms, data centres, AI, crypto currencies, block chain, IoT, health tech, and regulation of outer space such as through regulation of satellite communication technologies. He has also advised clients on matters pertaining to telecommunication licenses and has assisted telecommunication players to obtain various licenses and advised them on matters of spectrum allocation and other relevant regulatory and compliance issues. Advait works closely with industry regulators, associations, and corporate members, and provides legal assistance to all parties across the spectrum of technology related matters. He has also advised some of the largest global and national technology companies and start-ups on regulatory issues, licenses and approvals, policies and contracts. Some of these include Audi Ag, Google India and Airtel Payments among many others.

Experience Statement

• Advised Audi Ag on Indian privacy and data protection laws.
• Advised Google India on fintech laws particularly collection, storage and sharing of KYC details related issues.
• Advised Airtel Bank on data protection laws and compliance.
• Advised Jio Ads on best practices pertaining to data protection, along with advisory on data protection, storage, processing and transfer as per Indian regulations.

Overview

Avisha has over 12 years of experience and specializes in Technology laws including Fintech, Data Privacy, and host of other emerging technologies such as E-Commerce, Cloud based Services, OTT Platforms, AI, Crypto Currencies, Blockchain, IoT, Health Tech, and Digital Maps.

She has advised some of the largest global and national technology companies, start-ups and banks/NBFCs on regulatory issues, licenses and approvals, policies and contracts. Some of these include Google India, Airtel Payments, ANI Technologies (Ola), Yum Brands. 

She also has extensive experience in advising on corporate law issues including securities laws and foreign exchange.

Apart from corporates, Avisha often works with regulators and industry associations on policy issues, such as IAMAI and RBI on Payments Vision (Nov 2021); FICCI and Ministry of Corporate Affairs on M&A Rules (May 2019); SEBI on policy changes to Takeover Regulations (Aug 2016), meaning and scope of “Control” and reclassification of promoter (Sep 2015).

Avisha is frequently quoted in media articles and writes for financial dailies on issues around legal developments for The Economic Times, Financial Express etc. She also regularly delivers guest lectures at business schools - MDI Gurgaon (Sep 2020, Dec 2019, Aug 2019 – MBA and Executive MBA Programs), Jindal Global Business School (Apr 2019), Shiv Nadar University (Feb 2019), Start-up Leadership Program (Sep 2017).

Experience

• Advised Lamborghini S.p.A on software systems to be installed in vehicles from privacy and information technology laws of India.
• Advised Audi Ag on Indian privacy and data protection laws.
• Advised Google India on Fintech laws particularly collection, storage and sharing of KYC details related issues.
• Advised RapiPay Fintech in compliance and structuring related aspects under the Fintech laws and setting up and operationalizing neo banks.
• Advised Microsoft Corporation on mapping policy of India including on collecting/ selling/ licensing map data in India and on ‘remote sensing data’ under the Remote Sensing Data Policy.

Overview

Faisal Sherwani is a Partner in the dispute resolution practice at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India and is an Advocate-On-Record at the Supreme Court of India. 

With an experience of over a decade in the field of dispute resolution and dispute advisory services, he has a deep understanding of procedural and substantive issues of law and is regularly consulted on such issues. He regularly practices before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as well as the Hon’ble High Courts at Delhi, Bombay, Karnataka, Telangana, Allahabad and Madras and also the NCLT and NCLAT. He has a host of reported Judgments to his credit.

Corporates have acknowledged that his true strength lies in his one-stop-shop ability to advise on complex and diverse disciplines of law. Also, that he provides solid, workable and business friendly solutions. As such, he advises and acts for clients on a range of subjects such as constitutional law aspects, government contracts and levies, arbitration laws, corporate, commercial and insolvency laws, transport and motor vehicles laws, technology and gaming laws, labour legislations, white-collar crimes and penal laws. Also, he is frequently engaged to advise in criminal investigations by clients.  He has considerable experience in both domestic and foreign seated arbitrations. He is currently handling a number of complex arbitrations.

Faisal is also a sought-after columnist and speaker. His work runs the gamut from law, history, and satire. His style is one which grapples with the realities and ideals of a modern India. He regularly engages on issues related to law, polity and other socio-economic subjects.

Overview

Itee Singhal is a Partner Designate with the Corporate and Commercial team at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India. Her area of specialization includes company law, securities law, corporate restructuring, fintech, financial services, gaming, legal diligence and general corporate advisory. 

She has extensive experience of advising wide range of domestic and multinational clients, including Fortune 500 companies and key Navratna companies, on a various corporate, legal, and regulatory matters, including related to fintech and financial services regulatory, online gaming, schemes of arrangements, takeover, buy back, winding up, fund raising, foreign – inbound and outbound investments, entry and exit strategies, etc. 

With prior working experience with leading Chartered Accountancy and Company Secretaries firm, she brings a unique mix of finance, corporate law, structuring, strategy, governance and corporate secretarial practice. She has also extensively dealt with various ministries and government departments such as RBI, SEBI, DEA, Registrar of Companies, and MCA. She has also represented on various contemporary legal issues before organized institutions like FICCI, CII, ICSI etc. 

Itee has also authored several research based and op-ed articles on various contemporary subjects in the domain of corporate, securities, fintech, financial services and gaming. She is also a regular invitee for the sessions / seminar on recent legal developments.

Overview

Shikher has demonstrative career with experience of almost a decade at the Bar. He specializes in advising clients on a wide variety a legal issues. Shikher has enabled various companies to establish themselves, especially where there is a lack of proper regulatory regime. Shikher regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court (till date he has appeared before 8 High Courts), districts courts and various tribunals.

At the firm, Shikher has advised and represented some of the most prominent corporates which include Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd., Renault Nissan Automotive India Ltd., ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Ola Cabs), Twitter Communications India Private Limited, M/s Fashnear Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Meesho), Rebel Foods Pvt. Ltd. (Foodpanda), In-shorts Group, Star India Pvt. Ltd., Dish TV India Ltd., etc.

Experience Statement

• Represented former promoter group comprising of KAL Airways and Mr. Kalanithi Maran against SpiceJet Limited and its promoter Mr. Ajay Singh (M/S KAL Airways Ltd. & Anr. v. Spicejet Limited & Ors.). KAL Airways and Mr. Kalanithi Maran initiated arbitration proceedings citing various breaches / non-compliances with the terms of the Share Sale & Purchase Agreement by SpiceJet and Mr. Ajay Singh.
• Representing Crystal Crop Care Protection Ltd. in a complex criminal prosecution launched by CBI, Gandhinagar and Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in relation to alleged fraudulent claim of Terminal Excise Duty running into crores of rupees. Recently, the Adjudicating Authority, PMLA, had passed an order confirming the provisional attachment order whereby ED had attached properties worth crores of rupees. Shikher has successfully obtained a stay on the order passed by the Adjudicating Authority, PMLA. The case is currently pending adjudication before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi.
• Represented Philips India Ltd. (Mr. Mehul Kamik of Philips India Ltd.) successfully in a pending Common-Wealth Games matter (CBI case) before the Special Judge, CBI. Shikher representing the accused on behalf of the Firm and was successfully able to seek discharged of the accused. This was the first occasion where a CBI Special Court had discharged an accused in the Common-Wealth Games scam, purely on merits.
• Advising Twitter India regularlyin relation to various compliances under the regime of the IT Act as well as the recently framed Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digit Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Apart from this, Shikher has also assisted the clients in strategizing and formulating responses to the notices (for e.g., Notice issued u/s 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, take-down notice issued by various law enforcement agencies, etc.) to the client.

Suprio’s career spans over 30 years, in diverse settings. He started his career with United Nations before moving to academics, then in-house and finally transitioned to private practice from general counsel practice of more than 2 decades.

Suprio’s focus areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, general corporate and commercial matters, intellectual property, technology, media & telecommunication, labour & employment, ESG, real estate, anti-corruption & compliance, data privacy and litigations/dispute resolution for clients across the sectors such as pharmaceuticals, life sciences, healthcare, technology, media, entertainment, telecommunication, energy and real estate, etc.

Experience Statement

• Advised Board of the listed companies of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Schneider Electric India, Honeywell JVs in India.

• Advised Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories in M&A and business deals with Wockhardt, UCB, Astra Zeneca, etc and Securities Class Action, Anti-trust litigation and Pricing litigations in the USA and India.

• Advised Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals in pharma statutory compliances, FCPA compliances and data privacy compliances.

• Advised Glenmark Pharmaceuticals in prosecution matters with the Dept. of Justice, USA and IP class actions in USA.

• Advised Schneider Electric in power and renewable energy projects both in utility and solar sectors.

• Advised Honeywell in SEZ related matters, real estate deals, global integration in various acquisitions and technology transfer to NAL and other aerospace commercial deals.

• Advised GE and Honeywell in cross border IP transactions, technology transfer, patent protection, licensing, anti-counterfeit strategy & actions and statutory compliances.

• Advised the Government of India in legislative drafting, profit sharing model for CSIR laboratories, IITs and IISc.

Overview

Vikash is a highly accomplished professional specializing in Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT). With over 20 years of diverse experience, he has demonstrated exceptional expertise in various TMT-related domains, including licensing, policy, regulations, contracts, transactions, compliances, and litigations.

His unwavering focus on the telecommunications, space, and digital infrastructure domain is complemented by a deep understanding of emerging technologies. He possesses a keen interest in cutting-edge advancements such as communication OTTs, OTT platforms, IoT, AI, M2M, robotics, drones, content, smart cities, data centers, cloud-based services, data protection and privacy.

Vikash's skill set extends to handling intricate and high-value contracts, which has been a cornerstone of his successful career. He is adept at handling diverse and complex contracts including GSM (RAN/CORE) contracts, managed service contracts, transmission and bandwidth contracts, passive infrastructure contracts, IT (Information Technology) solutions contracts such as Business Intelligence and Intelligent Network and more.

Furthermore, Vikash has displayed his proficiency as the Local Privacy Officer (LPO) for Telenor's India unit, reflecting his deep knowledge of global privacy frameworks and his commitment to upholding data protection and privacy standards.

With his extensive knowledge and an impeccable track record, Vikash is a highly sought-after professional in the TMT industry. He consistently brings strategic insights, legal acumen, and a results-oriented approach to every project he undertakes, making him an invaluable asset in delivering successful outcomes.