Shoba Pillay

Shoba Pillay is a partner and co-chair of Jenner & Block LLP’s Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice in Chicago. She advises clients on mitigating and responding to cybersecurity threats and national security risks, as well as developing robust regulatory compliance programs. Mr. Pillay is a former federal prosecutor and corporate crisis manager with extensive trial and investigations experience who leads complex and high-stakes internal and government-facing investigations. Due her technical expertise and significant investigation experience, she was the court-appointed examiner in the bankruptcy of digital asset lender Celsius Network LLC. As a federal prosecutor, Ms. Pillay gained 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 11 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois, she 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. Ms. Pillay received her B.A. in political science in 1998 from Washington University and her J.D. in 2003 from Boston College Law School.