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Avi Balendran is a commercial lawyer with experience advising clients on a broad range of commercial contracts, intellectual property, fintech and data privacy matters. He has extensive experience acting for clients ranging from early-stage businesses to multinational corporations across sectors including technology, space, financial services, healthcare and consumer products.

Prior to joining CMS, Avi worked at ICEYE, a leading space technology company that manufactures microsatellites and provides satellite data and analytics to customers in the defence, intelligence, insurance and natural catastrophe sectors. Before moving in-house, he spent seven years at Latham & Watkins across London and Dubai, where he advised on a wide range of complex commercial and technology-related matters. 

Relevant experience

  • ICEYE on go-to-market strategy and product development and expansion, risk management and compliance, and template development and training.*
  • Epiris and Delinian on a carve-out and separation of Fastmarkets, including a transitional services agreement, asset purchase agreements, novations, third party consents and IP assignments.*
  • SaaS platform providers on their subscription terms, website terms of use and privacy notices.*
  • A sovereign wealth fund’s portfolio companies on services agreements, framework agreements, collaboration agreements, consultancy agreements and the structuring of other commercial agreements, with market-leading software providers and management consultancies.*
  • Como 1907 on the development of its first non-fungible token (“NFT”) whereby the NFT entitles the auction winner to luxury benefits.*
  • A leading global accountancy and consultancy firm on its global privacy impact assessment process.*
  • VISA on incentive and banking partner agreements.*
  • A software company on updating its template documents (partner programme agreement, software licence, research agreement, data sharing agreement, IP policy and data processing agreement).*
  • A Saudi giga project on the design, build and implementation of an interactive motorsport experience centre. *

*Prior to joining CMS

Memberships & Roles

  • The Society for Computers and Law .

Education

  • 2017 - Legal Practice Course, BPP University, London.
  • 2016 - LLB, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
     

Insights by Avi

Ofcom calls for phased reform of GSO and NGSO spectrum sharing rules ahead of WRC-27

23 Oct 2026 5 min read
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