Kritika Bharadwaj

Kritika Bharadwaj is a partner in the firm’s Technology, Telecommunications and Outsourcing practice group and member of the firm’s Data Privacy, Protection and Litigation group. She is the Chair of Day Pitney’s Artificial Intelligence Committee.

Kritika’s legal practice focuses on transactions and advisory in relation to technology, data and intellectual property. She represents national and global corporations, as well as emerging companies across a variety of industries, including technology, energy and utilities, healthcare and life sciences, banking and finance, telecom, manufacturing, fashion and consumer products. She is extensively experienced in structuring and negotiating complex, multiyear, multimillion dollar and business-critical deals involving the development, licensing, outsourcing, procurement and provision of technology and related services. She also advises on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and financing involving companies that are driven by or reliant on technology, data and intellectual property. She regularly advises on matters involving AI, data analytics, e-commerce and digital media, blockchain, digital assets and Web3, and other emerging technology.

In her role as the Chair of the AI Committee, Kritika played an integral role in developing the firm’s policy on responsible use of generative AI tools, and spearheads cross-departmental efforts to encourage utilization of such tools within the firm. As an extension of her technology practice, Kritika also educates and counsels clients on various aspects of AI, including the development or procurement of generative AI tools, and adoption of AI policies. As such, Kritika has emerged as a thought leader on AI within the firm, among the firm’s clients, and externally as well. She has been named to the 2024 Lawdragon 100 Leading Global AI & Legal Tech Advisors list. She was interviewed by the Hartford Business Journal on how attorneys are embracing AI and wrote an article for the New York Law Journal on how generative AI impacts Healthcare. She has also published or presented on AI, topics include NAIC revised model bulletin on AI, AI and the Law, AI and IP, how AI is reshaping the workplace, and Generative AI.

Kritika is an active member of the South Asian Bar Association of New York and New Jersey, and has held various leadership positions in the Board of the organizations. She is dual-qualified to practice in New York and India, and regularly takes on matters involving both countries. Kritika maintains strong ties to the South Asian legal and business communities through participating in bar associations, as well as mentoring young lawyers and entrepreneurs from India. She is fluent in English and Hindi.