Riva Bhalla

Riva Bhalla is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as an Associate in Corporate and Private Equity at Milbank LLP since October 2025. Prior to this role, Riva held positions at Slaughter and May as an Associate in Corporate and as a Trainee Solicitor from March 2018 to October 2025, and gained experience as a Foreign Attorney at Fenwick & West from September 2022 to July 2023. Riva's early career includes a brief stint as a Spring Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in April 2016 and work in an in-house legal team at Cloudreach from October 2015 to March 2016. Riva also contributed to the UK Ministry of Defence as part of the Civil Service Fast Stream in the Armed Forces Covenant Team during the summer of 2014. Academic credentials include a LPC and Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law School, and a Bachelor's Degree in History from the University of Oxford. Riva's foundational education was completed at St Paul's Girls' School from 2005 to 2012.