Saionton is a partner in the corporate team and jointly heads the India group with Rustam Dubash. He is an experienced mergers, acquisitions and projects lawyer and advises on international corporate and commercial activities involving a wide range of industries and jurisdictions. His particular areas of specialisation are structuring and executing domestic and cross-border transactions as well as projects focusing on Public Private Partnerships. He advises international clients who are active in India, including banks, corporations, foreign governments and financial institutions as well as Indian companies doing business in the UK and Europe.
Saionton was previously the law clerk to the Chief Justice of India, V N Khare. He featured in the up and coming Indian lawyers under 35 list in the India Report 2010 of a leading industry publication. He was also invited to judge the UK Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court National Finals 2011. Saionton has recently spoken on the legal and regulatory considerations of doing business in the UK/Europe-India corridor at the International Trade Forum and UKTI. He is also involved with the work of the charity CRY (Child Rights and You), which focuses on education sector projects for underprivileged children in India.