Suchita Saigal is the General Counsel at Cleantech Solar. She joined the Company, a leading provider of renewable energy to corporations in Southeast Asia and India, in February 2021 as the Assistant General Counsel to head their India legal team. In December 2021, she was promoted to Acting General Counsel (India and SEA) and in March 2022 she was confirmed as the General Counsel (India and SEA). Suchita has 12+ years’ experience in top tier law firms across jurisdictions and leading power companies. She advises on transaction structuring, acquisitions, project development, project financing, litigations and disputes, and other operational matters.

Suchita started her career as a trainee lawyer at Clifford Chance, London, and thereafter, joined its Energy and Infrastructure practice as an associate, advising on key cross-jurisdiction financings and acquisitions, including the acquisition of the biggest residential solar rooftop portfolio. Subsequently, on relocating to India, Suchita worked with the Projects practice in JSA and Trilegal. In 2016, she moved in-house to join the CLP India (now Apraava Energy) legal team.

In 2019, Suchita received the CLP India Service Excellence Award. The CLP India legal team was recognised as a leading in-house team by Legal 500 and was included in the prestigious GC Powerlist India Teams. She was a finalist for the Women Lawyer In-House Category (2020) by the Asian Legal Business Awards and a finalist in the Young Lawyer – In-house Category (2019) by IDEX Legal Awards. Recently, she was recognised as a leading lawyer by the World Intellectual Property Forum.

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I have had the pleasure of working with Suchita on several assignments in the renewable energy space over the last one year since she joined Cleantech Solar. She comes across as a very confident and energetic lawyer with excellent commercial acumen and well-rounded experience across contractual negotiations, financing, litigation and corporate compliances. Her rich experience across such diverse domains is a tremendous asset for an organisation like ours in a rapidly growing sector like renewable energy. I find her very efficient and responsive, helping us close complex assignments in a time bound manner. No wonder she has become a core member in our team within such a short time and has been promoted to Acting General Counsel for the Cleantech Solar group. Personally, she is an amazing team player with firm belief in training and grooming her team members to help them grow professionally. She is highly approachable and always available to help on various matters. I would recommend her for this award/recognition whole heartedly.

Prashant Kothari
Vice President, Finance and Operations (India), Cleantech Solar