Maulik Mittal

Maulik Mittal

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Maulik is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Commercial, Data and Technology team based in London. He joined Baker McKenzie as a trainee in September 2017 and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in September 2019. During his training Maulik was seconded to Google's commercial legal team for six months, and as an associate was seconded to Three UK's commercial and networks team.

Maulik is ranked in the Legal500 as a Rising Star in IT and Telecoms and as a Key Lawyer in TMT.

Practice Focus

Maulik's practice focuses on drafting, negotiating and advising on complex, international technology and commercial contracts. He also focuses on complex telecoms transactions and regulation, outsourcing arrangements and new technologies, and advises on data protection and platform regulation.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advising on, drafting and negotiating Iberostar's first of its kind commercial agreement for its strategic alliance with IHG.
     
  • Advising on, drafting and negotiating the finance, accounting and procurement business process outsourcing agreement for a large UK energy company.  
     
  • Drafting and negotiating a complex telecoms contract for the sale and lease-back of passive infrastructure network equipment and services.
     
  • Advising on contractual risks and interpretation of various network sharing agreements for UK MNOs.
     
  • Advising on and structuring the IT contracts separation as part of a carve out by a pharmaceutical company.
     
  • Drafting and negotiating complex, cross-border agreements for data centre co-location services.
     
  • Advising on, drafting and negotiating the purchase of active radio access network equipment by a UK MNO.
     
  • Advising on AI regulation, dark web monitoring, VPN regulation and digital assets.
     
  • Advising large US technology companies on EU digital content regulation.
     
  • Advising on a number of GDPR compliance projects for multinational companies.

Professional Honors

  • Rising Star - IT and Telecoms, Legal 500 (2022)
  • Key Lawyer - TMT, Legal 500 (2022)

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional - Europe (CIPP/E)
  • Society for Computers and Law

Admissions

  • England & Wales (2019)

Education

  • BPP University Law School (Legal Practice Course) (2017)
  • University College London (LLB) (2016)

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Author, "EU Blockchain Roundtable meets to discuss future of technology and formation of international association", Baker McKenzie Blockchain Blog, December 2018
  • Author, "Securities stakeholders group recommends that ESMA provides clarity on regulation of cryptoassets", November 2018
  • Author, "The Global Financial Innovation Network: More Than a Global Sandbox", Payments & FinTech Lawyer, October 2018

Firm Committee Memberships

  • Ethnicity Committee Member