The Lex Witness 10th Annual Media, Advertising & Entertainment Legal Summit 2025 brought together leading industry experts, legal practitioners, and compliance leaders for a landmark gathering focused on India’s rapidly evolving media, advertising, and entertainment legal landscape. The summit offered a comprehensive platform for discussion, covering a wide array of critical topics shaping the industry. Delegates engaged in in-depth conversations on digital content regulation, examining the latest OTT and broadcast norms and the challenges of content governance. Intellectual property, authorship rights, and the protection of creative innovation were explored in detail, highlighting the legal frameworks that safeguard original work. Influencer marketing and advertising compliance also featured prominently, with sessions addressing paid partnerships, disclosure obligations, and accountability measures for brands and creators. Privacy and platform liability discussions offered practical strategies for navigating regulatory risks in an increasingly digital ecosystem. By bringing together diverse perspectives from across the media and legal sectors, the summit created a forum for actionable insights, practical solutions, and strategic guidance. Attendees strengthened professional networks, gained a deeper understanding of emerging trends, and left equipped to address the complex legal challenges shaping India’s media, advertising, and entertainment industries.

STREAMING THE RULEBOOK & REWRITING OTT + BROADCAST NORMS

Vynsley Fernandes, Wholetime Director, Hinduja Global Solutions; MD & CEO, ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD; CEO, NXTDIGITAL Sonal Verma, Partner & Global Leader (Markets & Strategy), Dhir & Dhir Associates Tulika Chakraborty, VP & Head Counsel, Sony LIV & Data Privacy Zameer Nathani, Global General Counsel, DNEG

CODED BY CREATIVITY – OWNERSHIP, AUTHORSHIP & THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION

Ayan Roy Chowdhury, Head Legal & Compliance, BROADCAST AUDIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL Anil Lale, Head Legal – JioHotstar, Sports, Studios & IP, JioStar India Pvt. Ltd. Anurag Kashyap, Lead, Anti-Piracy, DAZN India Prashant Ramdas, VP & Head Legal, ENIL (Mirchi)

NAVIGATING THE REGULATORY MAZE: EVOLVING REGULATIONS

Shivam Vikram Singh, Partner, Remfry & Sagar Kinaat Sisodia, Director Legal, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited

#PAIDPARTNERSHIPS: INFLUENCER & ADVERTISING COMPLIANCE CHALLENGE

Kinaat Sisodia, Director Legal, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited Ashima Obhan, Senior Partner, Obhan & Associates Dr. (Adv.) Shraddha Damle, In-House IP Counsel, JetSynthesys Pvt. Limited Narayan (Ranjan), Head Strategy & Operations, Corporate Brand Custodian, Adani Group Saheli Sinha, Director, Operations, The Advertising Standards Council of India

CREATION TO ACCOUNTABILITY – PRIVACY & PLATFORM LIABILITY IN THE CONTENT AGE

Aamod Gupte, Group General Counsel, Balaji Telefilms Ltd Bishwarup Chakrabarti, General Counsel, Eros Media World PLC Devendra Deshpande, CEO, Friday Filmworks Diwakar Abhishek, Legal Counsel, Swastik Productions Pvt Ltd Michelle D’Penha, Head of Legal, DNEG Thomas George, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

EVENING’S HIGHLIGHT – THE GALA LUCKY DRAW!

Srija Ray, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. Tejveer Singh Bhatia, Law Chambers of Tejveer Singh Bhatia Aishwarya Shettigar, NXTDIGITAL

Insights, Innovation, And Legal Leadership at The 10th Annual Media, Advertising & Entertainment Legal Summit 2025

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