Media & Entertainment Law · Mumbai
Contracts for creators, studios and rights-holders.
A Mumbai entertainment-law studio for film, streaming, music and live — from term sheet to final cut, and every clearance in between.
Where the deal meets the craft
A boutique practice for the people who make the work — and the ones who own it.
Reel & Verse Legal drafts, negotiates and clears the agreements behind film, streaming, music and live entertainment across Mumbai and India. Founded by counsel who spent 15+ years at the Mumbai bar and inside studios and labels.
We read a call sheet as fluently as a term sheet. That means faster clearances, cleaner chain-of-title, and deals that hold up long after the premiere.
The docket
One desk for the whole lifecycle of a title — commissioned, financed, made, cleared and exploited. No hand-offs, no gaps in the paperwork.
§ 01 Production & Licensing
We paper the whole production — development through delivery — so financiers, broadcasters and platforms sign without friction.
§ 02 Music, Talent & Labels
Deals for artists, actors, writers, labels and creators — the ones that decide who gets paid, credited and controlled.
§ 03 Copyright & IP
Registration, assignment and enforcement of the rights your whole business is built on.
§ 04 Clearances & Compliance
Script, title, music and footage cleared before you lock picture — with an E&O file broadcasters trust.
§ 05 Deals & Disputes
Slate financing, and the quiet, decisive handling of the disputes that tend to follow a hit.
Clearances
The unglamorous checklist that keeps a release on schedule. We run it early, close it fast, and hand your platform an E&O file they'll actually accept.
How we work
We map the deal, the rights and the risks — in a free initial consultation.
Tight first drafts, then negotiation that protects your position without stalling the shoot.
Clearances closed and E&O readied so financiers and platforms commit.
Executed documents, chain-of-title and a rights vault you can actually find later.
The practice
Two partners, a tight team, and the kind of attention a boutique gives that a full-service firm can't. You work with the people whose names are on the door.
Managing Partner
15+ years at the Mumbai bar, formerly in business affairs at a leading studio. Leads production, licensing and disputes.
Partner — Music & Rights
Former label counsel. Runs music, publishing, talent and clearance work for artists and rights-holders.
In their words
“They read a call sheet as fluently as a term sheet — clearances closed before we even asked.”Head of Business Affairs / a Mumbai streaming studio
Free initial consultation
Tell us about the project — a film, a slate, a signing, a festival cut. We'll tell you what needs clearing and what needs signing.