Priyanka Timblo

Priyanka Timblo is a trial lawyer who represents clients in high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration. She has significant experience handling antitrust and breach of contract disputes on both the plaintiff and defense side, as well as in securities class actions, internal investigations, and white-collar matters. She is skilled at crafting case narratives, developing trial strategy from the outset of a case, and preparing and examining witnesses. Priyanka’s recent engagements include:

• Representing Visa in multi-district class action antitrust litigation filed on behalf of merchants, as well as in opt-out cases brought by the world’s largest retailers, challenging network rules benefitting all domestic cardholders;
• Representing Melody Business Finance, a hedge fund, in litigation against former hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone, securing an award of $69.8 million—approximately 99% of the amount sought following a trial on damages;
• Representing a MacAndrews & Forbes company in an antitrust jury trial against News Corp. in the Southern District of New York; and
• Representing, as first chair, a financial services company as plaintiff in a breach of contract arbitration.

Priyanka’s practice is particularly well-suited to disputes with an international component, as she is trained in both the common and civil law traditions. In her pro bono practice, she has led a civil rights case in Louisiana based on excessive force use, and successfully represented immigration clients at the Immigration Board of Appeals.

Priyanka brings to her practice special expertise in analyzing, pricing, and managing legal risk from her time as an investment professional at global legal finance and risk management company Omni Bridgeway. Earlier in her career, she was a litigation associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. She clerked for the Honorable Eileen Gillese and the Honorable Sarah Pepall of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and is a graduate of the McGill Faculty of Law.

In 2023, she was named to Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40” list, as well to Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation. Priyanka was also recognized as a Woman Worth Watching by Profiles in Diversity Journal in 2019.

Noteworthy

• Priyanka Timblo Named to Bloomberg Law’s “They’ve Got Next: The 40 Under 40”
• Priyanka Timblo Named to Lawdragon 500 x – The Next Generation
• Holwell Shuster & Goldberg Secures $70 Million Win in Financial Dispute Against Fallen Hedge Fund Star Philip Falcone
• Priyanka Timblo to Speak at 2023 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
• Priyanka Timblo Rejoins Holwell Shuster & Goldberg as Partner
• Priyanka Timblo Named to Profiles in Diversity Journal’s 2019 Women Worth Watching List
• Priyanka Timblo Joins National Women’s Law Center’s Leadership Advisory Committee

Notable Cases

• Melody Business Finance, a hedge fund, in litigation against former hedge fund billionaire Philip Falcone, securing an award of $69.8 million—approximately 99% of the amount sought following a trial on damages.
• Valassis, a MacAndrews & Forbes company, as plaintiff in litigation against News Corp. and its subsidiaries alleging federal and state antitrust violations, unfair competition, and tortious interference seeking more than $600 million in damages. Valassis defeated summary judgment and reached a confidential settlement during jury deliberations following a nearly three-week jury trial in the Southern District of New York in July 2021.
• Visa in multi-district class action antitrust litigation filed on behalf of merchants, as well as in opt-out cases brought by the world’s largest retailers, challenging network rules benefitting all domestic cardholders.
• Financial services company as plaintiff in a breach-of-contract arbitration.
• Professional sports league in a fraud-related class action
• Hedge fund and its principal in an insider trading-related securities class
• Multinational bank in an internal FCPA investigation into hiring practices in
• Hedge fund affiliate of a multinational bank in a fraud-related securities class
• Cable equipment company in a pre-merger regulatory

Writings

“Antitrust Risks Related to ESG Efforts,” Risk & Compliance Magazine (June 26, 2023) (author)