Roberto Finzi, a former federal prosecutor, partner in the litigation department and co-chair of the firm’s white-collar and regulatory defence practice, focuses on white-collar criminal matters, regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, and internal investigations. Since his return from government service in 2006, he has represented individuals and organisations in many recent law enforcement initiatives, including prosecutions and investigations involving stock options backdating, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), insider trading, accounting fraud, healthcare fraud and criminal antitrust. His practice includes representing clients in all aspects of government inquiries, from the investigation stage through trial. His practice also includes regular counselling of public companies and general counsels on all areas of criminal and regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings.
His experience includes: the representation of an international financial institution in connection with a global multi-jurisdictional criminal and regulatory investigation; the representation of an investment adviser in connection with criminal insider-trading charges in the Southern District of New York; the representation of major pharmaceutical corporations in separate Department of Justice and US Attorney’s Offices investigations of alleged off-label marketing in violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; the representation of members of an audit committee of a public company in connection with an SEC options-backdating investigation; the representation of a CEO in connection with a grand jury investigation of a pharmaceutical company; the representation of an executive in connection with a DOJ criminal antitrust investigation; the representation of an individual in connection with a DOJ FCPA investigation; and the pro bono trial defence of an indigent man wrongly accused of murder.
WWL says: Roberto Finzi is highly sought after by clients for his impressive expertise handling a wide array of white-collar matters. He brings his experience as a federal prosecutor to bear in defence of clients on complex criminal cases.
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