
Location: Bengaluru
Mahit Anand is a Senior Associate at the Bengaluru office of GLA He is a homegrown asset of the Firm, having initially interned with the Firm, before joining as an Associate in 2014.
Over the last 6 years, he has acquired significant experience in servicing the Clients of the Firm on corporate, commercial, employment and technology laws. Some of his prominent clients include a charitable trust that promotes excellence in journalism, a fast-growing cloud services company, and an online digital media platform focused on positive stories.
He has a deep professional and academic interest in Employment Law and Sports Law. He has led the Firm’s teams on several Employment Audit exercises, and advised several clients on the full spectrum of employment law issues. He has also represented marquee Indian football clubs in structuring their player contracts, coaching agreements and support staff agreements, apart from working with Sponsors to structure event sponsorship agreements.
Mahit graduated from the School of Law, Christ University in 2014.
In this podcast, Mahit Anand discusses a few important workplace related obligations that employers may need to consider for providing a safe working environment for their workforce, and also ensuring their well-being.
Read MoreWriting for Football Legal , Shwetha Chandrashekar and Mahit Anand examine the concept of Third-Party Ownership of players' economic rights in the context of the Indian Super League and I-League
Read MoreMahit Anand explains some of the key points that football clubs ought to keep in mind while enforcing the ‘Force Majeure’ provision on account COVID-19, the impact it will have on the players, and the guidelines issued by FIFA with respect to 'expiry and commencement of player contracts' on account of temporary suspension of the sport.
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