Saionton Basu has joined corporate practice group at Duane Morris as a partner.
Based in London, Basu further strengthens Duane Morris' growing corporate practice, particularly with regard to international matters.
Basu joins Duane Morris from Penningtons Manches, where he was co-head of the firm's India practice.
Basu 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. 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.
Basu has particular experience in counselling global corporates in the highly regulated spheres of telecoms and defence in India. In addition, he is routinely called upon by ultra-high net worth clients in the South Asian sphere to advise on matters, such as estate planning, property purchases, governance of family councils and trust structuring where there are multi-jurisdictional assets involved from a corporate and tax perspective.
Basu was previously the law clerk to the Chief Justice of India, V N Khare. He is a visiting professor at the BPP Law School in London, and he frequently writes and lectures about business and litigation impacting companies with interests in India. Basu is also involved with the charity Child Rights and You (CRY), which focuses on education sector projects for underprivileged children.
