Tag: Sports
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In Conversation With: Dipti Srivastava, Senior Associate at Citadel Law Chambers, a tennis prodigy turned Corporate Lawyer, who is also an ardent researcher and writer
This interview has been published by Sonali Parashar, Ojuswi Sahay, and the SuperLawyer Team You were a sportsperson during your higher secondary and secondary school competing at the national and international tennis circuit. You have represented and won medals for your state in all age categories and were top 15 in India at one point in time. How…
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Gaurav Shukla, Independent Counsel, on Sports, Media and Entertainment Law, and starting out on his own
Gaurav Shukla graduated from Nagpur University in 2007. After successful stints at Pancrest Pvt. Ltd., Pangea 3, and Exceed Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., he has started independent practice, where his role entails handling both non-litigation and litigation work assignments for various clients in the field of Entertainment, Media and Sports Industry. In this interview we speak to…
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Aahna Mehrotra, Head, Sports Law, TMT Law Practice, on LL.M in sports law from UCLA & ISDE and experience as a sports lawyer
Aahna Mehrotra, the head of Sports Law at TMT Law Practice, is a member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association, International Association of Sports Law, and the ASSOCHAM Sports Council. After graduating from ILS, Pune in 2011, she has attended various prestigious institutions for varying academic laurels from an LL.M in Entertainment, Intellectual Property…
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Vishnu Ravi Shankar, Partner, Ekalavyas on quitting big law to start up, sports management and Basketball
Vishnu Ravi Shankar graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2011. He worked at corporate law firms, beginning with Tempus Law Associates in Hyderabad for a year and a half, post which he worked in the Hyderabad and Delhi offices of Trilegal till 2014. Thereafter, he quit to join as a Partner at Ekalavyas, a sports…
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Namrata Chatterjee, Associate, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, on leaving law firm for FIFA masters, studying law at NLU Jodhpur and cracking job interview
Namrata Chatterjee is a graduate from National Law University, Jodhpur (2013 batch). She worked with Amarchand Mangaldas & Suresh Shroff & Co, Delhi (now Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas) for around two years and has just left the organization to pursue the FIFA Master Program; a masters in humanities, management and law of sports, on a full…
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Roshan Gopalakrishna, Chief Legal Counsel, Copyright Integrity International, on work in sports and entertainment law and law school experience at NLSIU, Bangalore
Roshan Gopalakrishna graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore in 2008 with a keen interest in sports and entertainment law. He is currently the Chief Legal Counsel at Copyright Integrity International and Senior Associate at the Law Offices of Nandan Kamath. He has advised the International Cricket Council on rights protection and is also a member of the…
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Bishen Jeswant, Sub-editor, ESPNcricinfo, on experience at Trilegal and sports journalism
Bishen Jeswant graduated from National Law Institute University, Bhopal in 2011 and is currently working as sub-editor with ESPNCricinfo. He decided to leave his lucrative career with Trilegal to pursue his passion for cricket. He is also qualified to be a coach at Karnataka State Cricket Academy. In this interview, we speak to him about:…
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Gopalakrishnan R, Co-founder, Ekalavyas, on basketball, sports journalism, and founding his startup
Gopalakrishnan R. graduated from NLU, Jodhpur in 2011. He was always keen on journalism, and worked as an Associate Commissioner Editor at LexisNexis for close to two years from May 2011 to February 2013. He later quit it in March 2013 to pursue freelance journalism on a full time basis. Gopal’s interest in Basketball led him to…