Roberto Finzi is a partner in the Litigation Department of Paul, Weiss, co-chair of the White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group and a former federal prosecutor. His practice focuses on a full range of white collar matters, including grand jury and regulatory investigations, enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. He has represented individuals and organizations in a variety of law enforcement initiatives, including prosecutions and investigations involving insider trading, accounting fraud, criminal antitrust, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and health care fraud. His practice also includes providing counsel to clients on all areas of criminal and regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. He regularly represents indigent defendants in pro bono criminal matters. Clients have recognized Finzi as a “tremendous lawyer” adding that he is “careful, strategic and upbeat,” and “always ten steps ahead.”
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | White Collar, Investigations |
| The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2025 | White Collar, Investigations, Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | White Collar, Investigations |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2022 | White Collar, Investigations |
Between February of 1999 and his return to Paul, Weiss in January of 2006, Finzi was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. In his seven years as a federal prosecutor, Finzi handled a wide variety of criminal investigations and prosecutions, conducting numerous jury trials in the district court and briefing and arguing numerous appeals before the Second Circuit. In 2003, Finzi became a member of the Southern District’s Securities & Commodities Frauds Task Force. In that role, he investigated and tried a variety of cases involving, among other things, accounting fraud, investment advisor fraud and market manipulation.
Finzi served as an articles editor for the Cornell Law Review and as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph L. Tauro, United States District Judge in Boston, Massachusetts.