Diviya Padman is a U.S.-qualified corporate associate in the London office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she specializes in advising innovative businesses and those who invest in them on general U.S. corporate and transactional matters. She focuses on supporting UK and other European-based companies through their U.S. life cycle—including U.S. expansion, venture and growth capital financings, partnerships, acquisitions, and sale or IPO—and assists management teams, venture capital funds, business angels, angel groups, and other individuals to buy, sell, merge, or fund businesses locally, nationally, and internationally.

In addition to her legal qualifications, Diviya has an academic background in medical sciences, which helps her to work closely with and understand complex language associated with businesses in the technology, pharmaceutical, and life science sectors.

Diviya joined the firm in 2018, having previously worked for several years with UK-based technology companies from corporate formation to exit at a boutique corporate and commercial law firm in Cambridge, UK. Diviya also is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales.