Practice Expertise
- Intellectual Property Rights
- TMT
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property Rights
- TMT
Profile
Arun is a Partner with the Bangalore office of Kochhar & Co. Arun is dual qualified and holds a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and telecommunication engineering along with his LLB. Arun is also a Certified Ethical Hacker and is a registered Patent Agent with the Indian Patent office.
Arun is regularly involved in reviewing new products and technology solutions of customers and advising on regulatory aspects governing such products and solutions. Arun is an expert on Indian data privacy laws and cyber security regulations, and advises clients on cyber security issues, assists on data breach situations and has also been part of teams assisting clients on data theft matters. He also does substantial telecom regulatory work and is involved in advising offshore operations on their use of voice over IP, cloud PBX providers and video conferencing providers on services to India, and various telecom companies on telecom licensing and product certification requirements under Indian law. Arun has also been involved in advising some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers on Indian drug regulatory laws. Arun has wide experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in India. Arun also has experience in advising on e-commerce laws, fintech laws, outsourcing regulations, and foreign trade laws.
Prior to joining Kochhar & Co., Arun has worked as an in-house counsel with various leading multi-national corporations.
Arun is regularly involved in reviewing new products and technology solutions of customers and advising on regulatory aspects governing such products and solutions. Arun is an expert on Indian data privacy laws and cyber security regulations, and advises clients on cyber security issues, assists on data breach situations and has also been part of teams assisting clients on data theft matters. He also does substantial telecom regulatory work and is involved in advising offshore operations on their use of voice over IP, cloud PBX providers and video conferencing providers on services to India, and various telecom companies on telecom licensing and product certification requirements under Indian law. Arun has also been involved in advising some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers on Indian drug regulatory laws. Arun has wide experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in India. Arun also has experience in advising on e-commerce laws, fintech laws, outsourcing regulations, and foreign trade laws.
Prior to joining Kochhar & Co., Arun has worked as an in-house counsel with various leading multi-national corporations.
Bar Admissions
Bar Council of Kerala
Patent Agent at Indian Patent Office
Education
Certified Ethical Hacker, EC-Council
Master of Business Laws, National Law School of India University
Bachelor of Laws, IIT Kharagpur
Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Cochin University
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property Rights
- TMT
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Legal 500 Asia Pacific : Recommended Lawyer for TMT, Data Privacy 2022 & 2023
Seminars/ Presentation
Speaker at Global GRC, Data Privacy & Cyber Security ConfEx, Bangalore, November 2023.
Speaker at the Indo Australian Chamber of Commerce Webinar on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, September 2023.
Speaker at the Indo American Chamber of Commerce Webinar on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, September 2023
Legal 500 Asia Pacific : Recommended Lawyer for TMT, Data Privacy 2022 & 2023
Seminars/ Presentation
Speaker at Global GRC, Data Privacy & Cyber Security ConfEx, Bangalore, November 2023.
Speaker at the Indo Australian Chamber of Commerce Webinar on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, September 2023.
Speaker at the Indo American Chamber of Commerce Webinar on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, September 2023
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