Anti-Doping
Integrity is the essence of sports. The integrity of sports comes under attack by doping by giving athletes to move away from the level playing field. We often advise our clients, pro bono, on complying with the WADA Code and have represented athletes before both, the national anti-doping disciplinary and the appeal panel.
Entertainment Law & Talent Management
Athletes, presenters and creators are media businesses in their own right, yet the agreements governing their appearances, their content and their likeness are frequently drafted by the other side. We cover commercial rights packaging, agency and representation mandates, activations, advertising and influencer compliance, talent and ambassador agreements, image and likeness licensing, and content, format, documentary and life story rights.
Investment, Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions
Sports and media transactions look like ordinary mergers and acquisitions until the sporting layer appears: federation consents, ownership and control rules, multi-club restrictions and media rights that may not be assignable. We handle buy side and sell side mandates, legal due diligence, merger control, inbound investment and FEMA structuring, fund and venue financing, and public listings.
Dispute Resolution
Having represented India's top athletes, like Sushil Kumar, and some of the leading corporates in the business before various high courts and arbitration tribunals, we work with our clients to device litigation strategies and engage with some of the leading counsels in cities across India.
Player Contracts & Athlete Management
We act on both sides of the table, for clubs and for athletes, on playing, coaching and support staff agreements, transfers, loans and buyouts, image rights splits, endorsement deals, agent and intermediary mandates, and contracts involving minors. Most disputes trace back to a handful of clauses left ambiguous at the point of signature, so the work concentrates there.
Intellectual Property
We advise our clients on the management of numerous intellectual property rights including brand & image rights, personality rights along with assisting them in filing applications for trademark, copyright, patent registrations and defend against breaches or infringements of such rights.
Technology & Data Privacy
Sport runs on software: officiating, ticketing, wearables, performance analytics and fan platforms. We negotiate software, SaaS and technology procurement contracts with attention to who owns the resulting data and who carries the risk when a system fails mid-event, and we run data protection compliance under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the Rules notified in November 2025, including children's and athlete health data.