Tanu Banerjee joins Jio Studios as Chief Legal Officer

Tanu Banerjee has joined Jio Studios as its Chief Legal Officer (“CLO”). The move follows a five-and-a-half-year tenure at Khaitan & Co, where Banerjee was a Partner in the Corporate & Commercial and Technology, Media and Telecom (“TMT”) practice groups and led the firm’s media and entertainment practice from Mumbai.

At Khaitan & Co, Banerjee’s practice focused on technology, media, entertainment, and general corporate and commercial law. She advised OTT platforms, digital media companies, technology businesses, production houses, and filmmakers on transactions and commercial arrangements, encompassing media and technology M&A, content licensing, acquisition of content rights, film financing, original productions, technology collaborations, advertising and branding arrangements, and talent engagements. She also advised domestic and foreign clients on joint ventures, corporate restructuring, business transfers, commercial contracts, and legal and regulatory compliance in India. Her clients included Reliance Jio and Jio Studios, for whom her work covered regulatory matters relating to digital media platforms and media and entertainment acquisitions.

Prior to Khaitan & Co, Banerjee spent approximately four years as a Partner at IndusLaw in Bengaluru. She had previously held Senior Associate positions at Wadia Ghandy & Co and DSK Legal, and began her career as in-house legal counsel at Reliance ADAG from 2008 to 2010.