Divya Thakur
Divya Thakur leads the firm’s investment management practice in Singapore and co-chairs the firm’s India Initiative. With nearly two decades of experience, she advises both established and first-time fund sponsors and managers on forming and operating a broad range of private funds, including private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, and hedge funds, alongside secondaries, continuation vehicles, and impact, ESG-driven, and semi-liquid/evergreen structures. She advises institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds and development finance institutions, on their fund investments, giving her a two-sided view of the market. Her practice includes counseling clients on carried interest plans, co-investment arrangements, and ongoing operational, management, and compliance matters.
Qualified across New York, England & Wales, India, and Singapore, Divya brings her deep knowledge of international fund offerings and market terms to her representation of sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, investment banks, multinational companies, and US, European, and Asian managers. She has long represented sponsors focused on Asia on their global fundraisings.
Divya serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA), which has helped shape the Variable Capital Company regime and Singapore’s fund tax incentives, and on the Legal & Regulatory Council of the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA). She is recognized as Legal Era’s Cross-Border Lawyer of the Year (Investment Funds) for 2025 and is ranked for investment funds by Chambers Asia-Pacific and The Legal 500, which recognize her experience guiding managers through fund formation, launches, and ongoing governance.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Divya worked in the London and Singapore offices of another global law firm.
