Leveraging the firm’s broader corporate, commercial, and transactional capabilities, Samvad Partners has extensive experience advising on cybersecurity, online privacy, and data protection issues, handling both advisory and contentious matters. The team is jointly led by Rohan George, based in Chennai, and Nivedita Nivargi, in Bengaluru. George advises Indian and international clients in the emerging tech sector on data protection aspects of compliance, licensing, and contracting. TMT specialist Nivargi has a broad practice and advises on data protection issues in the fintech, blockchain, and aerospace industries.
Key clients
- ADReS
- Altlifelab Solutions Private Limited
Work highlights
- Acting as legal advisers for Jio Digital’s portfolio companies, such as Asteria Aerospace Limited, Sankhyasutra Labs, NewJ and Tesseract.
- Advised Algonomy regarding the need for opt-in consent prior to placing of cookies on user devices and advised on how the website could be in adherence to applicable data privacy laws, that is, United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”), Data Protection Act, 2018 (“DPA, 2018”) and The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (“PECR”).