Lifestyle, Hospitality and Art

The Firm works closely with leading Indian art galleries, to provide a host of advisory services across various functions, from creative, curatorial, to day-to-day maintenance activities. Our expertise across different legal disciplines also enables us to advise artists and galleries on a range of matters including provenance checks, copyright issues in artwork, publication of books containing copyrighted artwork and the consignment and purchase of artwork. It has also been instrumental in structuring commissioning arrangements where leading Indian artists have been engaged to create pieces for exclusive sale by galleries.

The Firm also regularly advises clients in the hospitality industry, closing several deals for the management of hotels, investment in culinary ventures, and restaurant operation and management. The team’s mandates have included transactional work, recipe and trade secret protection, management contracts, and branding arrangements. Our clients in the space continue to engage us to advise on other matters affecting routine operations, including ongoing commercial contract representation, employment-related matters, and monetisation activities.