Raina Singh

Raina is an Associate in the Commercial team in the Innovation department.

Raina advises clients across a number of sectors, with a particular focus on retail and technology.

She specialises in advising clients on a broad range of commercial and IP related issues. This includes commercial and technology contracts, such as distribution, licensing, supply, brand collaborations, outsourcing and SaaS agreements.

Raina previously worked in-house in the banking industry. She is also an Indian qualified lawyer, and works closely with Indian clients which includes corporations and high net worth individuals.

Key Experience

• Advising a start-up e-commerce retail business on a range of commercial issues and drafted their website terms and conditions, cookies and privacy policy.
• Working on a US telecom company's international expansion project, which involved updating their customer terms to be English law compliant, and coordinating and liaising with foreign counsel on behalf of the company.
• Assisting multiple corporate transactions at the firm by providing specialist commercial contract and IP support, especially in the retail, leisure, technology and real estate sectors.
• Working alongside a number of fast-growth technology and SaaS clients on a range of contractual issues.
• Assisting retail brands (ranging from high street to luxury) on their influencer and brand collaboration agreements, and related IP ownership issues.
• Reviewing a SaaS client's suite of customer onboarding and IT contracts, and preparing a new suite of standardised templates in line with our recommendations.
• Working on a high-street retail clothing brand's collaboration with a luxury brand to release a new line of limited edition high-end skiwear.
• Creating a 'playbook' for a SaaS client's business employees to assist them in negotiating and finalising contracts without legal support, including identifying key terms that need to be agreed, identifying starting and fall-back positions, and explaining limits of what can and cannot be negotiated without legal assistance.
• Working on the acquisition of a luxury high street café with worldwide outlets which involved reviewing and reporting on entire suite of franchising agreements (predominantly Europe and the Middle East).
• Drafting screenplay writer's agreements, and providing commercial advice to clients in the film and media industry.
• Advising and negotiating on-site brand activations for a major real estate investment client of the firm.
• Conducting an IP audit to establish IP ownership of an AI company's suite of products, including a device and the company's website and application, identifying gaps and providing recommendations.

Career History

Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Legal and Transaction Management, Oaknorth Bank plc
Kaplan Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS)
The University of Law, GDL
London School of Economics, LLM
Government Law College, Mumbai, BLS LLB

Articles and Publications

Legalink publication on Cannabis Regulation and Cannabis Derived Products