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India's First
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Technology Law Firm

Comprehensive expertise in Technology Law — from startups to global enterprises.

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About the Firm

We connect technology with law, then we build, argue, and deliver.

SB Tech Associates is India's first comprehensive technology law firm. Our lawyers don't just advise on code. Many write it, ship products, and can step into a CTO's chair when your deal, product, or dispute demands it.

We translate architecture, data flows, and platform risk into legal positions that survive negotiations, investor diligence, regulator scrutiny, and the courtroom.

Compliance should enable growth, not paralyse it. We replace fear-driven checklists with counsel that unlocks funding, partnerships, and scale while still being defensible when it matters.

Litigation & Enforcement Cross-Border Arbitration Tech Transfer Disputes CTO-Level Counsel
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Startup India Pro Bono Partner

Official Startup India Pro Bono Partner, offering complimentary legal counsel for DPIIT-recognised startups building India's digital economy.

How we're different

We start with how your product actually works, then structure ownership, contracts, compliance, and dispute strategy around it. Tech first. Law second. Outcomes always.

When disputes arise

From commercial litigation and cross-border arbitration to technology transfer conflicts, we connect the technical record to the legal argument, and fight for positions that hold.

Built for Indian Economy

IPR

Trademarks, copyright, patents, trade secrets and portfolio strategy — from filings and enforcement to licensing and M&A diligence.

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Data Protection & Privacy

DPDP readiness, consent architecture, cross-border transfers and breach strategy — aligned with India and global privacy regimes.

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FinTech Law

RBI, SEBI and DPDP-aligned regulatory counsel — licensing pathways, product conduct, KYC/AML and cross-border expansion.

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Tech & Commercial Contracts

SaaS, outsourcing and platform deals — MSA/SOW stacks, licensing, DPAs and dispute-ready commercial remedies.

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Emerging Tech

Legal strategies for AI, drones, blockchain and frontier technologies — governance frameworks and deployment-ready documentation.

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Cyber Law

CERT-In compliance, incident response, cybercrime enforcement and intermediary liability under the IT Act.

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Gaming Law

Online gaming, esports and RMG compliance — skill vs chance analysis, monetisation defensibility and player protection.

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TMT

Telecom licensing, OTT and broadcast compliance, content rights and digital media intermediary obligations.

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Startup Due Diligence, Regulatory Compliance & Funding

Investor-ready diligence, incorporation to institutional close, governance frameworks, term sheets and FEMA/FDI structuring.

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Thought Leadership

Teaching tech law to the ecosystem.

Our partners are practising academicians, keynote speakers at the AI Summit, Legrand Summit, and leading industry forums on technology law and arbitration.

They deliver expert lectures to government officials, judicial officers, and police on frontier digital law, and run free training programmes to shape the next generation of tech lawyers.

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Keynote Platforms

Industry Summits

AI Summit, Legrand Summit, and other leading forums, addressing founders, policymakers, and counsel on tech law and arbitration.

Public Sector

Institutional Training

Expert tech law lectures for government officials, judicial officers, and police, bridging digital reality with legal frameworks.

Next Generation

Free Tech Law Training

Pro bono programmes and open training for students and early-career professionals entering technology law.

Academia

Scholarship in Practice

Research-led counsel: publishing, lecturing, and advising at the intersection of law, technology, and public policy.

Featured Content

Tech Law News, Tutorials & Hot Research

Regulatory breakdowns, builder tutorials and frontier research across our nine practice areas, written for founders, CTOs and in-house counsel.

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India Online Gaming Rules 2026 regulatory framework
Gaming Law · Featured 12 min read

Online Gaming Rules 2026: RMG Ban, E-Sports Registration & Authority Powers

MeitY notified G.S.R. 303(E) on 22 April 2026, effective 1 May. All online money games are now prohibited regardless of skill or chance. Banks, payment aggregators and advertisers face criminal exposure. E-sports must register with the Online Gaming Authority of India.

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DPDP consent architecture for digital lending apps Tutorial · Data Protection

DPDP Consent Flows for Digital Lending Apps

RBI's 2025 Digital Lending Directions now require DPDP-aligned consent before any data collection. A step-by-step on notice design, purpose limitation, withdrawal flows and 24-hour offshore data deletion.

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RBI digital lending directions and CIMS DLA reporting Tech Law News · FinTech

RBI Digital Lending Directions 2025: DLA Reporting on CIMS

The unified rulebook mandates direct borrower-to-lender fund flows, Key Fact Statements with APR, cooling-off exits, and mandatory reporting of every digital lending app on RBI's CIMS portal.

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TRAI consultation on internet television and FAST streaming regulation Tech Law News · TMT

TRAI's ALTD & FAST Consultation: Internet TV Under Broadcast Rules?

TRAI's April 2026 paper asks whether scheduled internet TV and free ad-supported streaming should face a broadcast-style licence, overlapping with IT Rules 2021. IAMAI and JioStar warn of double regulation.

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CERT-In cyber incident reporting for regulated fintech entities Tutorial · Cyber Law

CERT-In & RBI: Building a 2-Hour Incident Triage Playbook

RBI now expects cyber incident reporting within 2 to 6 hours. A practical SOC workflow for severity classification, board escalation and CERT-In notification for regulated FinTechs and NBFCs.

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Hot Research Topics

One live research thread per practice area, tracked from current regulatory and industry developments.

Gaming Law Online Gaming Authority registry & financial intermediary cut-off for RMG FinTech Law RBI Payment Aggregator Directions 2025: escrow, settlement & KYC overhaul TMT TRAI ALTD/FAST framework vs IT Rules 2021 intermediary obligations Data Protection DPDP Rules: consent manager registration & cross-border transfer gates IPR GenAI training data, output ownership & Indian copyright fair dealing Commercial Contracts SaaS DPAs mapping EU AI Act obligations to DPDP processor clauses Emerging Tech India AI governance framework: risk tiers, sandbox & deployment docs Startup & Funding FC-GPR filing timelines, FEMA pricing & investor due diligence red flags Cyber Law CERT-In log retention, 6-hour reporting & SEBI SBOM for market-linked apps
Our People

Partners who understand the technology, and the law.

The leadership team behind India's first comprehensive technology law firm. Each partner brings deep domain expertise across disputes, regulation and product-level counsel.

Founder Shweta Bansal, Founder & Managing Partner

Shweta Bansal

Founder & Managing Partner

Shweta founded SB Tech Associates to close the gap between how products are built and how law is applied. A technology lawyer at core, she advises on IPR, DPDP, AI governance, platform liability and emerging tech, bringing CTO-level fluency to deal structuring, regulatory strategy and dispute-ready documentation.

Technology Law IPR & DPDP Emerging Tech
Arnav Dasgupta, Partner

Arnav Dasgupta

Partner

Arnav leads the firm's arbitration and disputes practice. He represents clients in cross-border commercial arbitration and technology transfer conflicts, connecting technical evidence to legal argument and advocating before tribunals when negotiations fail and positions must hold.

Arbitration Cross-Border Disputes Tech Transfer
Rashik Goyal, Partner

Rashik Goyal

Partner

Rashik heads regulatory compliance and due diligence, drawing on his experience at KPMG to deliver investor-ready diligence, FEMA/FDI structuring and governance frameworks. He helps startups and growth-stage companies close institutional rounds with defensible compliance postures.

Regulatory Compliance Due Diligence Ex-KPMG
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Investor Due Diligence Growth-Stage Compliance Shutdown Risk Areas

Regulatory complexity is now a product decision.

Legal and compliance gap analysis for founders, CTOs, and growth teams building what's next.

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