Praised for their ‘deep technical excellence’ and ’crisp understanding’, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co enjoys a strong reputation across content regulation, broadcast licensing, satellite communications and e-commerce arenas, handling a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious issues. Tejas Karia is highly experienced at resolving disputes arising from this field, while the ‘exceptional’ Hemant Krishna is routinely entrusted by tech business for advice on a host of technical gaming, blockchain and fintech work, to name a few. Swati Agarwal bolsters the practice with her expertise in IT and e-commerce and Varun Pathak contributes his strengths in data privacy. Shashank Mishra is also recommended.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The delivery of work is excellent. The team is detail oriented and understand the needs of the client and priorities their demands.’

  • ‘What makes them stand out is that they pay attention to their clients and they are punctual in delivery.’

  • ‘Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas provides innovative solutions that are accurate, crisp, consistent and time efficient. This applies to advice from both a regulatory and litigation point of view. There's great team co-ordination, they work across time zones, across conflicting priorities, several viewpoints from the client and provide the best advice.’

  • ‘Crisp understanding of the problems and issues, of the various nuances in a given problem - they break down multiple problems and then solve them one by one.'

  • 'Always available to discuss any issue and provide solutions that are legally, commercially and operationally succinct, viable and relevant. Seamless, continued service.’

  • ‘Exceptional team - domain expertise and deep technical excellence on the legal ambit of our business.’

  • ‘Hemant Krishna was a standout partner. Hemant’s exceptional performance and expertise left an indelible mark, particularly in the realm of launching technology solutions and applications for various markets.'

  • 'Hemant Krishna’s technical knowledge was instrumental in navigating the complex regulatory landscape, ensuring that our technological initiatives were compliant with current laws and well-positioned for future regulatory developments.'

Key clients

  • Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 Private Limited
  • WhatsApp LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc.
  • WhatsApp LLC
  • Meta Platforms, Inc.
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. and Facebook India Online Services Private Limited
  • Inshorts India Advertising and Services Private Limited and Inshorts Pte. Ltd.
  • GoDaddy.com LLC
  • Tata Capital Limited and Insuresilience Investment Fund Private Equity II SCA SICAV- RAIF
  • Elevation Capital VIII

Work highlights

  • Advised Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 Private Limited in a strategic joint venture of Reliance with Disney valued at $8.5bn, combining the businesses of Viacom18 Private Limited and Star India Private Limited, including an investment of around $ 1.4bn by Reliance Industries Limited.
  • Advised WhatsApp LLC and Meta Platforms in responsibilities of online intermediaries with respect to the circulation of child pornography content on their platforms.
  • Advised Casio India Limited in structuring of its e-commerce business.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Other key lawyers

Tejas Karia, Hemant Krishna, Swati Agarwal, Varun Pathak, Shashank Mishra