Naik Naik lawyer Lavin Hirani joins MDP & Partners in its Media, Entertainment and Technology vertical

MDP & Partners, Advocates & Solicitors, has hired Lavin Hirani as a Partner in its Media, Entertainment and Technology vertical at the firm’s new office located in Bandra West, Mumbai. .Hirani is a 2007 graduate of University of Mumbai. He also holds an LL.M. from the University of Manchester in Intellectual Property and Business Law..With 12 years of experience with the media sector, Hirani specializes in media, entertainment and technology laws. In the positions that he has formerly held with various leading organizations, he has advised some of the leading local and international studios, platforms, production houses, talent management companies, music labels and celebrities. He has formerly worked with Naik & Naik Co. as an Associate Partner, and with Red Chillies Entertainment as Head of Legal Affairs and as a personal legal advisor to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan..Commenting on Hirani joining the firm, MDP & Partners Managing Partner, Nishit Dhruva said,“We are very happy to have Lavin join us. Lavin comes with many years of experience in this area and comes with a very strong reputation in the market. The opening of the Bandra office and the hiring of Lavin is in keeping with the firm's focus on scaling its technology, media and entertainment practice into a market leading practice. We are confident that his hiring will enable the growth of the firm's M&E and tech practice.”.On his new role, Hirani said, “Having interacted with MDP & Partners and Nishit Dhruva many years now, it was only natural for us to take this step and I believe we are on the right path. Given the tremendous growth the M&E sector has seen in the past few years especially with the constant evolution of technologies and the string of new players with each passing day there has been no better time to explore the potential opportunities with technologies and sectors such as fin-tech, ed-tech , gaming , e-sports and also block chain and NFT related laws which according to me is a very exciting space while also servicing traditional media such as films, web series , music and talent.”.MDP & Partners has also recently hired Abhinav Kumar and Anjana Menon in senior roles and will be expanding the teams further to service the media and entertainment practice..If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.