Huzefa Tavawalla

Experience listed below is that of the partner before joining the firm.

Advisory

• Anticipating and advising clients on new age regulatory risks in the field of Cognitive AI, SpaceTech, Autonomous cars, Drones, Digital Twins, Cyborgs, Digital M2M, Geospatial Technologies, IOT etc.
• Acted as product counsel for several big techs in identifying legal, tax and regulatory risks for new age digital products.
• Evaluating strategies on governance and liability for intermediaries basis their role in the digital ecosystem (cloud, VPN, market place, social platforms, e-commerce).
• Understanding IP nuances on matters and ring fencing ownership and liability on commercial exploitation.
• Complex fintech advisory on tokenization, data residency, digital lending and implementing innovative models for cross border payments.
• Assisting on setting up captives / GCCs and undertaking end to end advisory (contracts, immoveable property leases, funding, HR, inter-company arrangements etc)
• Advised global clients in sectors such as healthcare, insurance, TMT, space, financial services on sectoral data laws, privacy, data audits / GAP assessments,s transfer impact assessments for cross-border data transfer and related risk mitigation.
• Advised international clients on cyber security and related breach notification / reporting compliances.
• Involved and advised on several cutting edge, complex and cross-border commercial and technology contracts.
• Official representative of the UAV task force committee of the Indian Government in formulating Drone regulations for India.

Notable Clients: Airbnb, Amazon, Edicon, Google, IdeaForge, Intel, Meta, Nvidia, OKI, Skydio, Spotify, Stripe, Verisys, Zipline

Transaction

• Been at the forefront of structuring business models for tech / internet companies especially evaluating the thin line between technology and commerce (along with associated regulatory & tax risks).
• Advised and led strategic acquisitions / joint ventures / M&As for leading technology multinationals across US, Asia and Europe.
• Strategically evaluated and implemented asset sale, business transfers, stock sale, court mergers etc.
• Advisory on talent transfers and acquisition along with ironing issues from an employment law perspective (especially roll over statutory benefits).
• Advised several Silicon Valley and global companies on their Indian strategy along with risks / issues arising from acquisition of Indian technology
• Advised on new age tax risks arising from Indian digital businesses and related expansions.

Notable Clients: Karl Mayer, Mphasis, Point72, Silicon Valley Bank, Siemens, SHI, Tiger Global, VEF, Zensar

• Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa