Kavya Katherine Thayil

Senior Associate
[email protected]
+91 80 43503633
Bengaluru

ABOUT
EXPERIENCE

ABOUT

Kavya is a member of JSA’s technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) and corporate commercial practice.

Kavya specializes in corporate commercial, information technology/fintech, venture/private equity and employment.

She advises technology companies (including FinTech companies) on the regulatory and contractual front, including advice on business models; regulatory issues surrounding their businesses; data protection, cyber security data management and data transfer; payment structures in India; e-commerce and launch of product and service offerings in India.

She has assisted and advised global technology companies on structuring of transactions, drafting & negotiating transaction documents and has represented buyers/investors & sellers/target entities in acquisitions, investments, and asset sales & purchases.

Kavya regularly provides advice in relation to employment laws in India including employment compliances, employee benefits, employee termination, conduct of disciplinary proceedings, employee transfer, confidentiality and non-compete obligations, and employment policies.

She has been practicing law since 2015.

Memberships

Karnataka State Bar Council

Publications

Will small e-wallets survive?
Data protection bill: India’s fintech industry has many reasons to worry
All’s Well For Cryptocurrency In India?
Why data privacy must be safeguarded, even in times of COVID-19

Education

B.A., LL.B. from National University of Advance Legal Studies

Languages

English
Hindi
Tamil

EXPERIENCE

Some of the key assignments in these areas handled and being handled by Kavya amongst others, cover the following :-

Advised a US headquartered client extensively on the launch of various payments and FinTech products and features.
Advised an Indian client on compliance with various NPCI circulars and RBI regulations.
Advised a US headquartered client on certification requirements and launch of various hardware products in India.
Advised and assisted a leading global tech company in the sale of its shares held in an Indian company, engaged in the business of operating a fashion e-commerce platform which provides sellers the ability to list their inventory across multiple demand channels for customers to purchase.
Advised and assisted a leading global tech company in the Indian leg of its acquisition of a company, engaged in the business of providing secure, high performance, dedicated environments to run VMware workloads (i.e. virtualization tools) in the cloud.
Advised and assisted a leading global tech company in the acquisition of an Indian company engaged in the business of developing offline peer-to-peer contactless payment authentication and UPI contactless payment authentication solutions through an acqui-hire transaction.
Advised and assisted an early stage VC fund in connection with its investment into a Delaware incorporated company which is engaged in the business of providing a software application that assists candidates in preparing for competitive examinations.