Abhilipsa Panda is Of Counsel in the Commercial, Privacy, and AI Governance practice at Inventus Law, where she advises emerging and growth stage companies on complex commercial transactions, global data protection compliance, and regulatory risk associated with advanced technologies. Her practice focuses on supporting technology-driven businesses in scaling responsibly while navigating evolving regulatory and contractual landscapes.
Abhilipsa serves as strategic counsel to startups and scaling companies across SaaS, AI, healthcare, digital health, medtech, and data analytics sectors. She regularly advises on U.S. and international privacy and data protection frameworks, including GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA and CPRA, HIPAA, and other global privacy regimes, and works closely with founders, product, engineering, and compliance teams to design business-aligned governance structures, internal compliance programs, and regulatory risk management strategies.
Her experience includes leading the structuring, drafting, and negotiation of a wide range of commercial and technology agreements, including SaaS and cloud services agreements, master services agreements, data processing agreements, pilot and design partner agreements, licensing arrangements, and intellectual property and confidentiality frameworks. She also advises on privacy by design, AI and automated decision-making considerations, cross-border data transfers, and regulatory diligence in connection with financings, strategic partnerships, and M&A transactions.
In addition to client advisory work, Abhilipsa plays an active role in developing Inventus Law’s commercial and technology practices, including building internal templates, negotiation playbooks, and privacy and AI governance frameworks used across the firm. She regularly mentors associates and supports cross-practice collaboration on complex matters involving regulatory, intellectual property, and transactional risk.
Abhilipsa holds multiple Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) credentials and the Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) certification, reflecting her specialized focus on privacy engineering, AI governance, and emerging regulatory frameworks.
Prior to joining Inventus Law, Abhilipsa trained with intellectual property, litigation, and privacy-focused law firms, where she assisted on patent prosecution, PTAB proceedings, trademark filings, and comparative GDPR research.
Abhilipsa holds a B.B.A. LL.B. (Honors) from NMIMS School of Law, Mumbai, and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from Santa Clara University School of Law. She is fluent in English, Hindi, Odia, and Bengali.
Outside of her legal practice, Abhilipsa enjoys staying active through fitness and hiking, follows Formula 1, and is passionate about animal welfare and cats.