Shubhi Khare

Commercial lawyer with 9 years drafting, negotiating and redlining contracts across India, UAE, UK, EU and Africa. Specialises in SaaS/commercial agreements, IP/media deals and data protection (DPDP Act 2023 & GDPR). LL.M. Business Laws, NLU Delhi; CopyrightX, Harvard Law School.

Independent Commercial & IP Counsel - Freelance Practice - Mumbai

(2025-01)

• Draft and negotiate MSAs, NDAs, JV, vendor and consultancy agreements for startups and commercial clients across multiple jurisdictions
• Structure OTT/digital and theatrical content-rights deals covering ownership, multi-platform usage, residuals and revenue-share under the Copyright Act, 1957
• Advise on arbitration strategy and dispute-resolution clauses; draft legal notices, replies and pre-arbitration correspondence

Senior Team Member — Legal - L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

(2024-05 - 2024-09)

Ran end-to-end non-litigation legal — drafting, negotiating and executing commercial, financial and loan agreements under RBI regulation (incl. the KFS circular); managed the full loan-documentation lifecycle through to disbursement.

• Advised on RBI Digital Lending Guidelines 2022 — disbursement norms, pricing transparency and LSP–NBFC models for a leading NBFC
• Led DPDP Act 2023 compliance architecture review across financial-services product lines
• Streamlined contract repositories and documentation workflows to ensure audit readiness

Legal Manager (cross-border, reporting to CFO) - Blend Financial Services Ltd.

(2023-03 - 2024-04)

Led structuring, drafting and negotiation of cross-border commercial arrangements (NDAs, NCNDAs, JV, tripartite, business-introducer and consultancy agreements) across India, UAE, UK, EU and Africa.

• Supported incorporation and regulatory onboarding of a DFSA-regulated DIFC entity, structuring cross-border arrangements under FEMA, 1999
• Drafted and managed arbitration agreements, claims, counter-claims and replies across live matters
• Applied Companies Act 2013 and FEMA compliance frameworks, reporting directly to CFO on cross-border legal risk

Advocate — IP & Entertainment - Freelance - Mumbai

(2022-10 - 2023-02)

• Drafted IP licensing, talent engagement and OTT exploitation agreements covering territoriality, sublicensing and revenue-share under the Copyright Act, 1957

Senior Associate - Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan - New Delhi

(2019-12 - 2022-10)

Led anti-dumping, safeguard and countervailing-duty investigations under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975; made representations before the DGTR and Ministry of Commerce, and supported submissions to the US DOC, USITC and European Commission.

• Drafted trade-remedy submissions to Indian and WTO procedural standards at a leading trade-remedies firm; concurrently negotiated NDAs, MOUs and commercial contracts

Associate - Novus Pro LLP - Gurugram

(2019-08 - 2019-12)

Managed e-discovery and document review for US litigation (Relativity, C3); cut pre-litigation costs 20–30% through targeted data analysis.

• Supported commercial and corporate legal matters during a short-term engagement at Novus Pro LLP

Advocate - Ahmadi & Co. - New Delhi

(2015-08 - 2018-02)

• Handled property due diligence, SARFAESI/DRT litigation and commercial drafting (NDAs, MOUs, loan and shareholder agreements) across Supreme Court, High Courts and NCLT/NCLAT

Master of Laws (LL.M.) - Business Laws - National Law University, Delhi (2019)

B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) - Law - Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (2015)

Certificate - CopyrightX - Harvard Law School (2019)

Specialised Cohort Program - Arbitration & Dispute Resolution - Harvard Law School (2026)