Banking & Finance

Divya is a Partner in the Banking and Finance Department based in Dubai.  She has been practising in the region since 2005 and has extensive experience in specialised areas such as the Regulatory Practice, Private Banking, Structured Finance, Capital Markets including Debt Capital Markets, in addition to general corporate banking and advisory. She regularly advises on matters relating to licensing of financial institutions and the provision of financial services in the UAE and the DIFC; Banking M&A and restructuring; Conduct of business, compliance and AML matters and on FinTech matters.

Divya has in depth knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects of the private banking industry and frequently acts for financial institutions in connection with complex private banking products and structures to secure facilities. She has built a reputation for delivering practical and commercially viable advice.

As part of a secondment by the Firm to Nasdaq Dubai, where she was involved in the legal aspects of setting up the stock exchange in the Dubai International Financial Center including trading, clearing, settlement, membership etc.

Prior to joining Al Tamimi, she practised law in India from 1999 to 2005, working with M/s Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe, a leading Indian solicitor Firm, working both in the Corporate/Commercial and the Banking & Finance departments. She has also worked with ICICI Bank Ltd. as Manager, Legal in their Corporate Banking Department.

1999 - Bar Council, State of Maharashtra, India

Head of Financial Regulation & Securities, Banking & Finance

1999 - LLB, University of Mumbai

1996 - B.Com Major in Financial Accounting and Auditing University of Mumbai