JSA Advocates and Solicitors has added Rachana Rautray as a retained partner in its Mumbai office. Rautray is a highly accomplished technology and regulatory lawyer with nearly a decade of post-qualification experience. She brings deep sectoral expertise across data privacy and governance, payments and settlement systems, gaming, content regulation, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, as well as intellectual property and commercial contracts. A graduate of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, Rautray completed her BA LLB (Hons) in 2016, and is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. Prior to joining JSA, she held senior roles at leading law firms, including Trilegal, AZB & Partners, L&L Partners and, most recently, served as Principal and Lead for the Technology Practice at Anagram Partners. Rautray has advised a wide range of domestic and international clients, including global technology companies, fintechs, digital platforms, gaming companies, intermediaries and e-commerce players, on complex regulatory and strategic matters. Her work spans Digital Personal Data Protection Act compliance, cross-border data flows, digital lending, platform governance, payments regulation, crypto and blockchain structuring, and AI-related risk assessment. She has also been closely involved in advising clients on business structuring, product launches, regulatory engagement, and strategic risk mitigation in rapidly evolving regulatory environments.
