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Namita is a Partner in the Technology Media and Communications (TMC) practice group at CMS INDUSLAW. Namita has been recognised as a ‘Top Female Lawyer’ and ‘Top TMT Lawyer’ in India, as well as one of the ‘Top 15 TMT Lawyer’ in Asia by Asian Legal Business. Also, ALB Women in Law Awards 2021 shortlisted Namita for Thought Leader of the Year, India and the Middle East. She has also been ranked by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR1000 and Asialaw as one of India’s highly recommended TMT and Data Protection lawyers. Women in Business Law Awards 2023 recognised her as the ‘Information Communication Technology Lawyer of the Year’ in the Asia Pacific region.
Namita is well-regarded for her technology law expertise across all industry sectors. Namita has advised several domestic and international clients from start-ups to mature private and public companies and investors in various technology-driven and technology-consuming industries on issues ranging from setting up an e-commerce business and outsourcing to data governance and cyber security.
She focuses her practice on software, cloud-based services, artificial intelligence and machine learning, information technology, intellectual property, strategic acquisitions of business units/technology platforms and licensing, electronic and mobile commerce, health-tech, intermediary labilities, entertainment and digital business, and all forms of related legal and regulatory compliance and policy and advocacy initiatives. While Namita’s work primarily revolves around all facets of fintech related advice, she frequently advises and assists emerging and established companies on structuring their operations to house fin-tech activities, on new product offering and regulatory advisory services in the fin-tech space.
Namita has also worked on a wide range of commercial contracts, corporate transactions, corporate restructuring assignments and has advised on compliance under corporate and foreign exchange laws, with a special emphasis within the ecommerce, technology, banking and fin-tech sectors.
Namita is at the forefront of data privacy issues in India and is one of the few Indian lawyers to advise on EU-GDPR and the CCPA. She regularly speaks on data privacy, fintech and emerging technology law issues and has authored many academic articles on the subject.
Prior to CMS INDUSLAW, Namita has had the benefit of being associated with the IT and telecom industries right from the very beginning of her career which includes a stint as a senior in-house counsel in Lenovo, Oracle and Bharti Airtel Limited.
