Graduated from National Law school, Bangalore in 2005. Worked as an Associate in the law firm White & Case LLP at its London office.

Saionton has recently been admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, one among a very few Indians, having secured the highest merit grade in the Solicitors examination in London. (Updated 26th May, 2009)

Has been awarded the Scroll of Honour by the International Council of Jurists. The award ceremony was on the sidelines of the International Conference of Jurists in New Delhi on 21-22 November 2009 which was presided over by Hon'ble Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India and attended by Hamid Ansari, Vice-President of India, Justice K.G Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India, Dr. Veerapa Moily, Law Minister of India, Justice Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Vice-President, International Court of Justice and Justice Chan Sek Qeong, Chief Justice of Singapore.