Publishing Sector

The Firm has been advising leading global publishing houses on their Indian operations for decades, owing to which, it is usually the first-choice amongst global publishing businesses. From advising on the unique speech regulations in India, to creating new avenues of cultural utilisation, we provide end-to-end services in the publishing space. We regularly advise our clients on commercial considerations, including rights in book titles and translated works, author contracts, option agreements for film and television, and licensing arrangements.

Our team of experts is also adept in providing investment and structuring advisory, given the challenging foreign investment norms for the industry, and often assists in ongoing regulatory compliance. A large part of the Firm’s practice concerns content-related advisory, and the Firm has represented clients in several litigations where pre and post publication injunctions have been sought against published works. We also work with editorial teams to create workable solutions for contentious content issues like the publication of Indian maps, unauthorized biographies, and conducting pre-publication legal reviews of manuscripts to advise on legal risks from publication. We are the only practice in India with a dedicated desk for legal reviews of manuscripts in Hindi.