Asim Abbas
Asim specializes in Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) and has over 25 years of diverse experience in TMT as a civil servant in the Department of Telecommunication, as Vice President (Legal) in the corporate office of Bharti Airtel Ltd and as a Partner with leading law firms of India.
He has domain expertise and extensive experience in TMT related assignments relating to Policy, Regulatory, Contractual, Transactional, Compliance, Approvals, and Litigation. His practice focusses on traditional broadcasting, telecommunication and IT sectors and emerging areas like IOT, OTT Platforms, AI, Robotics, Digital Maps, E-Governance, ECommerce, Cloud based Services, Smart Cities, Fintech, Data Protection and Privacy, etc.
Asim has taught telecom laws at India Law Institute for two years and insurance laws at FORE School of Management for three years. He has attended and made presentations to Study Group-3 of International Telecommunications Union at Geneva.
He is recognised among ‘Top 100 lawyers of India’ by India Business Law Journal's A-List: 2020 and is ranked as ‘Notable Practitioner’ by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2021 and ‘Band-2’ TMT lawyer by Chambers & Partners, Asia-Pacific 2021.