Media and entertainment emerged as one of the important areas of the firm's practice within the last few years with our Delhi and Bangalore office (“the Silicon Valley of India”) doing extensive work in this field. Our Information Technology, Media and Entertainment Group is involved in a wide range of projects. We have advised clients on licensing, securing private and public financing, contractual advice on building networks and advice on regulatory matters. We not only act for companies seeking to exploit their technology assets or develop their businesses using technology but also for joint ventures and start-ups involved in e-commerce ventures, B2B exchanges, emerging media, new media communications, etc.

At Fox Mandal, we have lawyers who are truly focused on the legal and commercial business needs of Media and Entertainment businesses. We are one of the India's leading teams in media, communication and business process outsourcing, advising on innovative technology developments and integration, regulatory and licensing issues, e-commerce, and technology procurement for blue chip clients. We also deal with issues such as licensing, broadcasting regulatory norms, computer games, data protection and encryption.

We strive to keep our lawyers current on the developments and innovations that affect the market. With our expertise we have advised a number of outsourcing, media and information technology and entertainment companies on issues such as IP, transactional, regulatory issues, outsourcing agreements, regulatory and licensing issues, privatizations etc.

At Fox Mandal we cater to the legal requirements of both Indian and International clients. Our legal services team comprises of professional support lawyers and technical specialists, exclusively dedicated to providing high quality services. Our lawyers have been selected from diverse legal backgrounds, with years of experience in their respective fields, ensuring that all of our service areas are well resourced. We take time to understand your business needs and to identify the legal issues that really matter to your business. This enables us to deliver better solutions to clients through our understanding of the industry specific issues and helps us develop tailored strategic advice which address these issues.

The firm's IT, media and entertainment practice team has represented a wide range of companies. Lawyers from different practice groups in the firm work together to provide clients with comprehensive legal services required for successful business ventures.

The team has structured and negotiated on issues that define the expectations and responsibilities for both parties, related remedies in case of failure, ownership and use of intellectual property and data, personnel, real estate, tax implications etc. This multi-disciplinary team specializes in working with clients to identify and anticipate the commercial and legal issues in order to deliver the greatest benefits to clients. We work with procurement and operational teams to identify key requirements, including the services to be outsourced, the most appropriate structure for outsourcing (including the transfer of employees) and the level of service required and price controls.

We see our role as being more than drafting the contracts. We add value by helping to facilitate the transaction and act to become involved as early as possible in the transaction so that we can understand the reasons for the project, the business issues and objectives, the internal resources available and to identify the role and responsibilities to be undertaken by us, thereby assisting us to help our clients assess the issues and the risks involved in the transaction. By combining industry knowledge with strong transactional and advisory capabilities, we are uniquely capable of understanding your business objectives and of developing innovative solutions to legal and commercial issues. In this rapidly evolving environment, it is our ability to anticipate trends coupled with leading-edge know-how, which brings our clients real commercial advantage, making us the firm of choice for e-commerce.

Further, we have undertaken significant investment in Hi-tech equipment to enable us to meet our client’s diverse, current and future needs. All our offices have state-of-the-art technology and each of our professional staff is equipped with latest computer workstations, which enables them to access the firm's integrated management system. Our offices situated in all the important regions of India ensure that our clients receive cost-effective, value added services.

Since its establishment, Fox Mandal has been known for its integrity, efficiency and a high degree of partner involvement, which shows our genuine respect for our clients. Our reputation is founded on the simple philosophy of a personal, prompt service and advice that is relevant to the modern requirements of business. Each client enjoys a high level of personal attention and has the advantage of directly discussing his problems with a partner.

Practice Areas

Fox Mandal is well equipped to provide the following services to its clients: