PEOPLE

Rajesh Vellakkat

Partner
Bengaluru

M: +91 94498 37538
E: rajesh.vellakkat@foxmandal.in

Rajesh is the go-to lawyer for tech startups and innovators who wish to enter the big league. As a partner at Fox Mandal’s Bengaluru office, he leads the Technology and Startup team while also overseeing the Corporate Governance and Capital Market division. Rajesh plays a significant role in augmenting the thought leadership of the firm and is regularly published in leading newspapers in the country.

EXPERTISE

Rajesh’s expertise lies in providing strategic advice on Intellectual Property, Information Technology Laws, Data privacy and E-Commerce, Investment and Securities law.

He has extensively worked with tech entities in the retail, fashion, finance and defence sectors, advising them on contractual arrangements with various stakeholders and helping them cruise through regulatory and liability issues, preparing policies relating to sourcing, designing, manufacturing, product endorsements, supply chain, warehousing, imaging, content publications cataloguing and copyrights

Over the years, he has provided a range of practical solutions on e-commerce, telecom licencing, software product licensing, software development agreements, ODCs, outsourcing contracts, data privacy & GDPR, IP patents and infringement actions, enforcement of trademarks in the social media environment, trademark registrations, filing and prosecution.

He also helps clients deal with product liability issues, legal metrology and FSSAI-related concerns, raising private equity and debt financing, creating corporate governance structures, SEBI settlement procedures and also takes up oppression and mismanagement matters before NCLT.

Rajesh often represents emerging start-ups and handholds them at an early stage, acting as their mentor in their legal function, many a time pro bono.

EDUCATION

  • LLM – London School of Economics and Political Science 
  • MBL – National Law School of India University
  • BAL, LLB – University of Calicut

ADMISSION

  • Bar Council of Karnataka

AFFILIATION

  • IBA
  • ITECH law
  • IAPP

RECOGNITION

  • Notable practitioner for Project Development, 2023: IFLR1000
  • Recommended Lawyer, TMT, Intellectual Property, Data Protection – Asia Pacific Guide 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021: Legal500.
  • Top 15 TMT Lawyers in India, 2021: Asian Legal Business
  • Expert in the ‘IP Litigation’ practice: Global Law Expert

PRACTICE AREAS

Information Technology and Telecom Law
Data Protection
Intellectual Property Rights
Corporate Governance
Capital Market

SECTORS

Technology, Media & Telecom
Consumer Products & Retail
E-commerce and Digital platforms
Services
Manufacturing