Ishan Banerjee |Curriculum Vitae

1101B, Olympia Towers, Byculla (W), Mumbai 400011

+91 97 315 317 27 ishanb2607@gmail.com

Academic Qualifications
• Government Law College, University of Mumbai Mumbai
LL.B, three years 2017 – 2020
• Christ University, Bengaluru
B.A. Communication and Media, English, Psychology : First Class 2011-2014
• Mahbert High School, Siliguri
ISC, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Biology, Aggregate: 84% 2011

Work Experience and Internships

• Chamber of Adv Shikhar Khare, K&R Advocates, Legal Intern Mumbai: June 2020 - ongoing
- Supported the firm with legal research
- Drafted proposition notes for litigation matters
- Drafted contracts and terms of use for clients
- Tracked case history, orders and arbitral awards for ongoing matters.

• Continuum Media Pvt. Ltd., Legal Intern Mumbai: May 2020 - June 2020
- Drafted film, television, and Broadway theatre contracts for signing
actors, producers and executives
- Researched the procedure for obtaining international copyrights in
different jurisdictions
- Assisted in ongoing legal matters including a case for infringement
of copyrights to film and book title held by the company, pending
litigation in the District Court in Berlin, Germany – procured postponement
of appeal date, coordinating with German counsel on the matter.

• Star India Private Ltd. – Star Sports, Legal Intern Mumbai: Feb 2020 - May 2020
- Corporate law and Drafting, maintaining & creating standard templates for
contracts, terms & conditions
- Drafted a broad range of talent agreements for sports presenters, media rights
agreements as well as service agreements for entities relating to production,
sports and broadcasting
- Created software license agreements, ad sales agreements for games of skill
such as poker and rummy
- Compliance of contracts to bring them in line with payment obligations and
force majeure events including the Coronavirus pandemic; navigating
regulations for sports federations as well as ensuring compliance with
applicable industry-specific legislations such as the Prasar Bharati Act, TRAI
& other broadcasting laws
- Assisted in the daily functioning of the Star Sports legal team including
databasing and compliance work for BCCI regulations, maintaining termination
& tax clauses
- Honed skills in legal research and prepared research propositions on various points
of law affecting the transactional work of the company including IPR, copyright &
trade secrets, IBC, contracts, data privacy, indemnities, reps & warranties, restraint
of trade, set-off and more.

• Chamber of Senior Counsel Rajiv Dutta, Intern Delhi: Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
- Researched for matters in the Supreme Court of India on:
- special leave petition challenging Section 92 of the Indian Evidence Act
- provisions of MSME Development Act, 2006 representing
Micro and Small Enterprise Facilitation Centre at the DIAC
 against BHEL, contesting existing arbitration clause
- remoteness of damages under Section 34 of Indian Contract Act
in order to prevent frivolous suit in the matter before High Court
of Delhi
- provisions of The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers
and their Rehabilitation Act, 1993 in a case representing the NCT of
Delhi in National campaign for dignity & rights of sewerage and allied
workers v NCD
- miscarriage of justice due to abuse of period of limitation in medical
malpractice case at the Delhi HC involving death by negligence under
Section 304(a) of IPC where Metropolitan Magistrate framed charges
under IPC whereas ASJ revised petition erroneously
- Indian Succession Act in a case regarding Letters of Administration in
a matter of Will & estate in front of the High Court of Delhi.

• Sanam Kabre Associates, Intern Pune: Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

- Assisted in incorporating business startups based in Pune
- Drafted direct reseller and purchase agreements for clients in packaging
and other MSME industries around Pune industrial belt.

• Theodon Technologies VR/AR Labs, Business Dev & Legal Pune: July 2018 – March 2019
- Served as BD & Legal head for a VR/AR tech company
- Negotiated business deals and contracts for the firm on notable VR
development projects for organisations such as Archaeological Survey
of India, NCPOR (Antarctica), Mars Society Australia
- Negotiated with real estate builders such as Piramal and Lodha developers for
their architecture visualization projects in VR for model flats/developments.

• LetsIntern, Project Manager Bengaluru: Mar 2014 - Dec 2015

- Designed Marketing Campaigns for clients including
Koovs, Vogue, JBL, Quaquarelli Symonds
- Helped to acquire clients like Chumbak, Momoe as well as various other
start-ups
- Produced high-quality video campaigns for JBL, Koovs and Vogue
for their social media influencer campaigns.

Additional Qualifications
• Diploma in Acting - Actor Prepares, Mumbai – 2016.
• Grade IV Classical Guitar - Trinity College, London.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Proficient in written and spoken English, Bangla, Hindi, Spanish, German and Nepali.

Other Achievements and Extra Curricular Activities

• Research Assistance to Prof. Kishor Adhikari for the paper, "Study of Effect of Vipassana on Anxiety and
Depression", International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 2, No.6, 2012.
• Theatre actor with Christ University Mega Productions.
• Producer, storyboard designer, 360 and interactive VR for several digital films including ads and campaigns for an
independent media house.
• Travel Blogging across India, Nepal, Bhutan, Western Europe, Scandinavia.
• PR Consultancy for Percept Media and Sunburn Festivals.

Referees
Siddharth Dutta Vikrant Patwardhan
Advocate, Indian Law Associates VP Legal, Star Sports – Star India Pvt. Ltd.
no: +91 98 100 71722 no: +91 981 905 9440
email: siddutt@hotmail.com email: vikrant.patwardhan@startv.com