Senior Managing Associate

Ankur Shingal

White Collar Defense and Investigations
Commercial Litigation and Disputes
Consumer Class Actions
Government Strategies

ashingal@sidley.com

Chicago +1 312 853 7760

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ANKUR SHINGAL, a former federal prosecutor, represents clients in government and internal investigations, complex commercial litigation with a focus on consumer class actions, and congressional inquiries. Ankur has first-chaired multiple trials, argued dispositive motions in both criminal and civil matters, taken and defended depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and prepared individuals for testimony in federal and state courts, and before the United States of Department of Justice, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and the United States Congress. In addition to his focus on white collar, consumer class action, and congressional matters, Ankur has handled matters involving, among other things, breach of contract, securities fraud, various business torts, and intellectual property disputes.

Ankur serves as a trusted advisor to clients across a broad range of industries, including the financial, automotive, technology, retail, and pharmaceutical industries. Based on his experience as a former federal prosecutor, clients often call upon Ankur to conduct investigations both in response to government and internal inquiries. Ankur has deep experience in interviewing witnesses, understanding the legal and practical business implications facing his clients, and developing themes for resolution, whether that means a government criminal referral, beneficial settlement, or trial. Ankur is a versatile advocate, with experience in handling a wide-range of matters, stretching from DOJ grand jury investigations to handling multi-district and cross-border civil litigation matters involving complicated technologies. Ankur also has the rare experience of preparing multiple high-ranking business executives for testimony before the United States Congress and associated inquiries, underscoring his ability to effectively assist clients in high pressure situations on the most public of stages.

Prior to joining Sidley, Ankur served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of California (San Francisco). During his time as a federal prosecutor, Ankur tried multiple cases, and handled numerous other court appearances, including evidentiary, suppression, and sentencing hearings. Ankur prosecuted an array of offenses involving narcotics trafficking, firearms, fraud, money laundering, child exploitation, and robbery. A number of these investigations carried a digital component, including online child exploitation, narcotics trafficking, and cryptocurrency laundering. Those experiences ensure that Ankur is equally comfortable interviewing a client’s employee as he is cross-examining the opposing side’s most important witness.
Ankur maintains a very proactive pro bono practice. He has handled matters including prisoners’ rights, habeas corpus appeals, and immigration matters for asylum-seekers.

Before serving as an AUSA, Ankur worked as an associate at two other law firms, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jerome A. Holmes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Experience

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Counsel for a leading telecommunications company related to DOJ’s allegations regarding trade secret misappropriation.
Counsel to former executive of a leading social media platform related to SEC investigation.
Counsel for major hedge fund related to FCPA, AML, and forfeiture investigation.
Counsel to a innovative real estate platform related to inquiries from DOJ Civil Division.

Commercial Litigation and Disputes

Counsel to leading enterprise technology provider in environmental litigation.
Counsel to foreign national in breach of contract and tort lawsuit against former business partner.
Non-profit Wetlands Preservation Foundation, based in Stockton, California, in litigation against the California Department of Water Resources and The Nature Conservancy concerning gross mismanagement of an integral island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Following a ten-day bench trial, the Court issued a writ of mandate against the Department of Water Resources and held that it had failed to comply with its public trust obligations on Staten Island. Ankur’s experience included briefing and arguing pretrial motions, deposing and defending numerous witnesses, preparing witnesses for trial, and serving as a key trial team member for the trial in California state court.
Intuitive Surgical against patent infringement allegations targeting Ethicon’s surgical staplers and endocutters used with Intuitive’s Da Vinci robotic surgical systems. Ankur’s experience included briefing and arguing pretrial motions, assisting in deposition preparation for witnesses, and assisting in drafting of expert reports.
Counseled a major mobile gaming company related to pre-litigation trademark and copyright disputes against competitor.

Consumer Class Actions

Counsel to leading automotive companies in multi-district litigation regarding allegations of defective airbag inflators.
Counsel to leading automotive company in multi-district litigation regarding allegations of defective airbags.
A real estate investment platform in a securities class action.

Government Strategies

Counsel for a former executive of a leading social media platform in testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Counsel for one of the seven largest banks in the U.S. in relation to inquiries and oversight hearings by the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee.

*Some of the above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.

Ankur represented an elementary school student in an appeal of an exclusionary discipline decision. In partnership with co-counsel, Ankur was able to help the student fully reinstate without maintaining a record of expulsion.
At a prior firm, Ankur represented and assisted in obtaining the re-sentencing and release of Clifton Jones, who had been imprisoned in California State Court for 15 years for allegedly killing his infant son. Ankur assisted in researching and drafting motions and petitions that ultimately led to Jones's release based on faulty science related to “shaken baby syndrome.”
Drafted and filed an amici brief in front of the First Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of numerous administrative law professors in an immigration matter related to Matter of A-B-.
University of Chicago Law School, Pro Bono Service Initiative – Dean’s Certificate of Recognition

Associates’ Inclusion Committee

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

California
Illinois

Education

The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2014 (Edith Lowenstein Scholarship Recipient, and Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – Co-Chair & Regional Semifinalist)
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2011 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Chancellor's Service Award, and Political Science Departmental Honors Award)

Clerkships

Jerome A. Holmes, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit (2017 - 2018)
Virginia M. Kendall, U.S. District Court, N.D. of Illinois (2016 - 2017)