Majmudar & Partners
Majmudar & Partners leverages its considerable TMT practice to assist clients in the tech, IT, telecoms, and e-commerce sectors on a range of data protection issues, including regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. Akil Hirani, Neerav Merchant and N. Raja Sujith jointly oversee the practice. Sujith, based in Bengaluru, leads the firm’s South India practice and advises on the data protection elements of corporate transactions. Hirani, triple-qualified in India, England and Wales and California, and Merchant, who draws on in-house experience from the software industry, work alongside Sujith and co-lead the practice from Mumbai.
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Key clients
- Baidu India Internet Private Limited
- Empaxis Data Management India Private Limited
- Maven Silicon Softech Pvt Ltd
Work highlights
- Advising Baidu India Internet Private Limited (subsidiary of Baidu, the Chinese Internet major) on various Indian law matters, including company law, information technology regulations and data protection laws.
- Advising Empaxis Data Management India Private Limited, a subsidiary of Empaxis US, the first middle and back-office outsourcing company designed to deliver offshore services exclusively to asset managers, hedge funds, and wealth managers, on various corporate, technology and employment law matters.
- Advised Maven Silicon Softech Pvt Ltd, an Indian VLSI training company, regarding the master service agreement with Synopsys.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Akil Hirani, Neerav Merchant, N. Raja Sujith