02 · Practice Area
Technology & SaaS
Software licensing, SaaS, data privacy (GDPR/DPDP), IP and technology procurement.
Overview
Technology contracts are where legal, product and commercial meet — and where most in-house teams feel the pressure first. We advise SaaS, platform and deep-tech businesses across the full product-to-market motion: how you license, how you protect your IP, how you handle customer data, and how you buy the third-party tooling that powers all of it.
Our approach is fluent in the mechanics — SDKs, APIs, uptime models, source-code escrow, sub-processing chains — because the drafting only holds up if the underlying architecture is understood. On the buy side, we run procurement diligence that flags real risk (data residency, exit rights, IP leakage) instead of theoretical risk.
For privacy, we operationalise compliance under India's DPDP Act, GDPR and equivalent APAC regimes — building the contracts, notices and internal registers a regulator will actually ask to see.
What we cover
Sub-services.
A representative view of the work we take on within technology & saas. Every engagement is tailored to the specific commercial reality of the business.
SaaS & Platform Agreements
SaaS terms, API and marketplace agreements, developer and platform T&Cs.
Data Privacy & Data Protection
DPDP Act, GDPR, HIPAA-adjacent frameworks — DPAs, SCCs, privacy notices, DPIAs.
IP Strategy & Assignment
IP ownership, work-for-hire, contractor IP assignment, open-source policy and audits.
Technology Procurement
Cloud, infrastructure and SaaS procurement, exit rights, data residency and portability.
AI/ML Contracting
Model licensing, training data rights, output ownership and AI-vendor DPAs.
Cybersecurity & Incident Response
Contractual security standards, breach-notification clauses and IR playbooks.
Cross-Border Data Transfer
SCCs, transfer impact assessments and India-outbound / EU-outbound structuring.
Product-Counsel Advisory
Embedded counsel on new feature launches, terms updates and user-facing flows.
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