Shoba Pillay

Career

From cyber-attacks and the theft of trade secrets to the risks of foreign influence and corruption, Shoba Pillay helps businesses understand, prepare for, investigate, and litigate a range of internal and external threats. Shoba is a former federal prosecutor and dynamic trial lawyer who leads complex and high-stakes internal and government-facing investigations, advises clients on mitigating and responding to cybersecurity risks, and provides advice and guidance on developing robust regulatory compliance programs.

Shoba currently serves as the court-appointed Examiner in the chapter 11 cases of Celsius Network LLC and its affiliated debtors. To contact her regarding the Celsius case, please use this e-mail: [email protected].

Increasingly, all businesses are data businesses, and Shoba works with companies and individuals of all sizes and in all industries. Shoba leverages her technical acumen, national security experience, and understanding of the threat landscape to provide clients with advice on preparing for a cybersecurity incident, managing and navigating the aftermath, and handling regulatory compliance and litigation.

As a federal prosecutor, Shoba gained substantial experience with complex investigations and prosecutions involving cybercrime, complex fraud, human trafficking, theft of trade secrets, terrorism, espionage, and export control and international sanctions violations. Among her significant trials during her eleven years in the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois, Shoba prosecuted a theft of trade secrets case involving a Chinese competitor, the computer intrusion of a Fortune 500 company, and the illegal export of technical data to China. She was honored with the Department of Justice John Marshall Award from the Attorney General in 2022. Shoba serves as a Co-Chair of the firm’s Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice and of its Post-Dobbs Task Force.