Khaitan & Co advised SGS India Private Limited (a subsidiary of SGS SA, the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company) on the direct acquisition of Prescient Cyber Audit & Assurance Private Limited — forming part of SGS Group’s global acquisition of the Prescient Security group.
Prescient Security is a leading penetration testing and offensive security firm helping engineering and security teams validate defences, prove compliance and reduce real-world risk.
Eversheds Sutherland was the instructing counsel.
The Firm assisted on the deal end to end including diligence, and transaction documentation for the acquisition of Prescient Cyber Audit & Assurance Private Limited.
The core team consisted of Rabindra Jhunjhunwala (Senior Partner), Kevin Shah (Partner), Niyanta Munyal (Principal Associate) and Pratyusha Dasgupta (Associate) with assistance from the following:
Employment and labour benefits aspects: Deepak Kumar (Partner) and Aakarsh Chandranahu (Associate);
Data privacy aspects: Harsh Walia (Partner), Shobhit Chandra (Counsel) and Khyati Goel (Senior Associate);
Specific corporate law aspects: Dnyaneshwari Chincholikar (Senior Associate).
