Tax
Comprehensive knowledge of how the complex and continually evolving nature of tax law plays a crucial role in corporate transactions, restructurings and other commercial matters. Weil’s Tax lawyers deliver value to clients by providing creative, strategic solutions that make sound business sense and are pragmatic commercially.
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Global Practice
Weil's Tax practice, mirroring the Firm's profile, is global in scope. Our more than 50 lawyers located throughout our U.S. and European offices regularly work with multinational clients and private equity sponsors to navigate the often complex tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions that cross national borders. Our Tax lawyers in the United States advise both U.S. companies investing abroad and non-U.S. investors in the United States. Similarly, our Tax lawyers in London, Paris, Munich and Frankfurt advise local clients on the national tax impacts of their international transactions. We pride ourselves on working together as one integrated team.
High-Profile, Complex Cross-Border Transactions
- Complex M&A;
- Private Equity and Private Funds matters;
- Restructurings and Recapitalizations;
- Securitizations;
- Real Estate and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs); and
- Capital Markets and other financing matters.
Our global tax practice is largely a transactional and financing practice. We provide sophisticated, deal-specific tax advice that allows our clients to accomplish their commercial objectives on a tax-efficient basis. Our extensive deal experience and deep bench allows us to provide real-time advice that takes into account current tax developments. We regularly counsel clients across multiple jurisdictions in connection with acquisitions and dispositions of global business operations, spin-offs, joint ventures, financings, and offerings of both debt and equity.
Private Funds – From Formation through Exit
Weil’s Tax Group has a diverse range of experience in all major industry segments– buyout funds, growth equity funds, middle market funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, debt funds, fund-of-funds, secondary funds, special situations funds, hedge funds and other industry-specific funds, and in the entire fund life cycle, from formation to exit. We take full advantage of our global presence in designing investment vehicles to meet diverse needs. On the fundraising side, we are able to offer, and negotiate, a wide range of structures tailored to the needs of the important constituencies – U.S. taxable, U.S. tax-exempt and non-U.S. investors and sponsors. For sponsors, we also design general partner and management company arrangements to maximize the after-tax returns for the lead individuals and the investment professionals who support them. We work with large, middle market and small funds. In all our projects, we strive through our extensive experience and up-to-date knowledge to create structures that are acceptable to investors and that enable our clients and transactional tax lawyers to efficiently enter and exit investments, both onshore and offshore.
Weil's Tax Group regularly counsels large investors in funds. Our tax teams in the United States and United Kingdom, in particular, have extensive experience counseling institutional and sovereign investors on the particular tax consequences of investing in private equity funds, REITs and co-investment opportunities globally.
Tax Aspects of Bankruptcy and Restructuring
Weil’s Tax Group also has extensive experience in the bankruptcy tax field, advising debtors, creditors (including creditors committees, banks, financial institutions and insurance companies), equity holders (including fund sponsors), investors, buyers and sellers alike.
Our tax lawyers assist in all phases of a restructuring (whether in or outside of bankruptcy), including:
- Advising in connection with modifications of debt, and debt/equity exchanges;
- Structuring tax efficient plans of reorganization and liquidation, including evaluating and designing structures to retain valuable corporate tax attributes and to protect debt holders and equity holders from phantom income;
- Working to align or otherwise take into consideration the needs of all parties-in-interest in tax matters;
- Pre-bankruptcy planning to manage sales and employment tax liabilities to protect management and controlling persons from personal liability for such taxes;
- Representing debtors before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other tax authorities in resolving disputes over prepetition and administrative tax liabilities; and
- Dealing with the IRS and other tax authorities in obtaining rulings and closing agreements where appropriate.
Key Contacts

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Recent Announcements
- Weil Advised Brookfield Asset Management on Formation of Brookfield Global Transition Fund Deal Brief — June 22, 2022
- Weil Advised Advent International in its Acquisition of a Significant Stake in Imperial Dade Deal Brief — June 16, 2022
- Weil Advises Blackstone in its $130M Acquisition of a Minority Stake in PayCargo, LLC Deal Brief — June 15, 2022
- Weil Advised Cornell Capital in its Acquisition of Advancing Eyecare Deal Brief — June 13, 2022
- Weil Advises MGM Resorts in its Pending $450M Sale of the Operations of Gold Strike Casino Resort Deal Brief — June 09, 2022
Shortcut Links
Named Tax “Practice Group of the Year”
Law360 2021
Named “U.S.: Washington, D.C. Tax Firm of the Year”
ITR Americas Tax Awards 2021
Ranked Tier 1 for U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious
Legal 500 US 2021
Ranked Tier 1 for Tax in New York and Washington D.C.
International Tax Review’s World Tax 2022
Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax, Global-wide, in the U.K. and in the U.S.
Chambers Global 2022
Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in France
Chambers Europe 2022
Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in New York, District of Columbia and the U.S.
Chambers USA 2021
Named a “Leading” Firm for International Tax
Legal 500 US 2021
Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in London
Chambers UK 2022
Winner of “Tax: Transactional” New York Award
Chambers USA 2019
Joseph Pari Named a “Washington, D.C. Trailblazer” for Tax
The National Law Journal 2020
Eleven partners named among the leading “Bankruptcy Tax Specialists in the Nation’s Major Law Firms”
Turnarounds & Workouts 2021
Shortlisted for “U.K. Tax Firm of the Year” and “U.S. Corporate Tax Firm of the Year”
ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements, Recent Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Weil Named Tax “Practice Group of the Year” Award Brief — Law360 2021
- Weil Named “U.S.: Washington, D.C. Tax Firm of the Year” Award Brief — ITR Americas Tax Awards 2021
- Weil Ranked Tier 1 for Tax in New York and Washington D.C. Award Brief — World Tax 2022
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in Texas and United Kingdom Award Brief — World Tax 2022
- Weil Ranked Tier 1 for U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2021
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax, Global-wide, in the U.K. and in the U.S. Award Brief — Chambers Global 2022
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in France Award Brief — Chambers Europe 2022
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for International Tax Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2021
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in the U.S., New York and District of Columbia Award Brief — Chambers USA 2021
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for Tax in London Award Brief — Chambers UK 2022
Speaking Engagements
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PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2022
Speaker(s):
Jason Vollbracht
June 8, 2022 — San Francisco, CA — Weil Tax partner Jason Vollbracht spoke on a panel titled “Advanced Topics in Joint Venture Formations” as part of PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2022.
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50th Annual Conference of the USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association
Speaker(s):
Devon Bodoh
June 3, 2022 — Washington, D.C. — Weil International Tax Head Devon Bodoh spoke on panel titled “Traps for the Wary: Cross-Border Tax Conundrums” as part of the 50th Annual Conference of the USA Branch of the International Fiscal Association.
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PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2022
Speaker(s):
Kimberly S. Blanchard
May 11, 2022 — New York, NY — Weil Tax partner Kimberly S. Blanchard spoke on a panel titled “International Joint Venture Issues” as part of PLI’s Tax Planning for Domestic & Foreign Partnerships, LLCs, Joint Ventures & Other Strategic Alliances 2022.
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IFA’s 2nd North American Region Meeting
Speaker(s):
Devon Bodoh and
Alfonso J. Dulcey
May 5, 2022 — Mexico City, Mexico — Weil International Tax Head Devon Bodoh and Tax counsel Alfonso Dulcey spoke on panels titled “Practical Issues and Learning from Recent Tax Treaty Law Cases” and “Ultimate Beneficial Ownership,” respectively, as part of IFA’s 2nd North American Region Meeting.
Latest Thinking
- Friction Between Pillar Two and U.S. Tax Principles Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — June 03, 2022
- PFIC Proposed Regulations and §1297(d) Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — April 01, 2022
- Defining ‘Pension or Retirement Benefits’ for Tax Treaty and Other Purposes Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — February 04, 2022
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International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – USA: Corporate Tax Laws and Regulations 2022
Publication — International Comparative Legal Guides
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Joseph M. Pari,
Greg Featherman and
Blake Bitter
— PDF
— December 08, 2021
This chapter first appeared in the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Corporate Tax 2022. ...
- Comments on T.D. 9360: PFIC Purging Elections Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — December 03, 2021
- 2021 Tax Country Comparative Guide — U.S. Tax Publication — The Legal 500 — By Devon Bodoh, Joseph M. Pari, Greg Featherman and Alfonso J. Dulcey — PDF — October 05, 2021
- The Tax Court’s Erroneous Decision in Toulouse Publication — Bloomberg BNA — By Kimberly S. Blanchard — PDF — October 01, 2021
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised Brookfield Asset Management on Formation of Brookfield Global Transition Fund Deal Brief — June 22, 2022
- Weil Advised Advent International in its Acquisition of a Significant Stake in Imperial Dade Deal Brief — June 16, 2022
- Weil Advises Blackstone in its $130M Acquisition of a Minority Stake in PayCargo, LLC Deal Brief — June 15, 2022
- Weil Advised Cornell Capital in its Acquisition of Advancing Eyecare Deal Brief — June 13, 2022
- Weil Advises MGM Resorts in its Pending $450M Sale of the Operations of Gold Strike Casino Resort Deal Brief — June 09, 2022
- Weil Advises Covetrus in its $4B Sale to CD&R and TPG Deal Brief — May 25, 2022
- Weil Advised Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. in its $960M Acquisition of Antares Pharma, Inc. Deal Brief — May 24, 2022
- Weil Advised Blackstone in its $300M Acquisition of a Minority Stake in Recurrent Ventures Inc. Deal Brief — May 18, 2022
- Weil Advised MSP Recovery, LLC in its $32.6B Business Combination with Lionheart Acquisition Corp. II Deal Brief — May 18, 2022
- Weil Advised Aterian Investment Partners in its Acquisition of Allentown, LLC Deal Brief — May 11, 2022