Sapna Chaurasia

Sapna Chaurasia is a Partner at TMT Law Practice and leads the Mumbai operations of the Firm. She has an experience of more than 15 years working with law firms and in-house. Her primary area of expertise are Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, Media and Entertainment, employment issues and internal compliances by companies.

Expertise:

Advising clients on pre-production, production and post production of cinematographic film, television shows and web-series and providing end-to-end transactional support including legal review of script, due diligence, structuring, drafting and negotiating development agreements, production agreements, artist agreements, amongst others

– Advising client in relation to acquisition and syndication of content for satellite and/or digital exploitation

– Advising clients on arbitration including initiation of arbitration, securing interim reliefs and representing clients before arbitrators

– Advising clients and representing leading broadcasters on issues relating to amendment introduced by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, royalty issues under the Copyright Act 1957, proceedings seeking to regulate content available on OTT platforms

– Advising clients on commercial disputes including initiation or defending proceedings before Court

– Conducting due diligence of immovable property and drafting Sale Deed, Lease Deed, amongst others

– Advising clients on the compliance requirements under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013 and conducting training

– Advising clients on ethics and integrity compliances such as code of conduct, anti-bribery, conflict of interest, amongst others

– Advising clients on employment issues including perusing the same in Court