Biography

Prior to joining Weil, Joseph was National Principal-in-Charge of Washington National Tax at KPMG LLP.
Joseph is on Bloomberg Industry Group's Corporate Taxation Advisory Board and the New York University Institute on Federal Taxation advisory board and is an adjunct faculty member at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is a frequent speaker on tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other divestitures, corporate tax planning, workouts and consolidated return matters.
Joseph has served as chair of the Corporate Tax Committee of the American Bar Association Tax Section; council director for the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Corporate Tax Committee, Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations, and Bankruptcy and Workouts Committee; chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section’s Committee on Affiliated and Related Corporations and its Subcommittee on Consolidated Returns; co-chair of the Federal Bar Association Domestic Corporate Tax Symposia; and member of the advisory boards of the National Foreign Trade Council, Inc. and the Federal Bar Association.
Joseph is recognized as a leading lawyer for Tax in D.C. by Chambers USA, where clients note “he is a tremendous leader who inspires his team and provides exceptional advocacy for his clients.” He is recognized as a “Highly Regarded” lawyer for Transactional Tax in the U.S. and a “Tax Leading Advisor” in D.C. by International Tax Review’s World Tax. Joseph was named a 2020 “Washington, D.C. Trailblazer” for Tax by The National Law Journal and a 2020 Tax “MVP” by Law360. He is also recommended for International Tax and U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious by Legal 500 US. He was shortlisted for the 2020 “North America Tax Practice Leader of the Year” Award for Euromoney International Tax Review’s Americas Tax Awards. Joseph is recognized among Who’s Who Legal’s Thought Leaders - Global Elite for Corporate Tax and named among Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list. He was named Washington, D.C. Tax Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America in 2012.
Awards and Recognition, Speaking Engagements, Guides and Resources, Firm News & Announcements, Latest Thinking
Awards and Recognition
- Joseph Pari Named a “Leading” Lawyer for Tax in District of Columbia Award Brief — Chambers USA
- Joseph Pari Recognized as a “Highly Regarded” Lawyer for Transactional Tax in the U.S. and a “Tax Leading Advisor” in D.C. Award Brief — International Tax Review’s World Tax
- Joseph Pari Named a 2020 MVP: Tax Award Brief — Law360
- Joseph Pari Named a “Washington, D.C. Trailblazer” for Tax Award Brief — The National Law Journal 2020
- Joseph Pari Recommended for International Tax and U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- Joseph Pari Named Among 2020 “Thought Leaders - Global Elite” for Corporate Tax Award Brief — Who's Who Legal
- Joseph Pari Shortlisted for 2020 “North America Tax Practice Leader of the Year” Award Award Brief — Euromoney International Tax Review’s Americas Tax Awards
- Joseph Pari Named a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” Award Brief — Turnarounds & Workouts
- Joseph Pari Named Among the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” Award Brief — Lawdragon
Speaking Engagements
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Cross-Border M&A Tax Planning 2022: Doing Worldwide Deals from an Empty Office Building
Speaker(s):
Joseph M. Pari
March 15, 2022 — New York, NY — Co-Chair of Weil’s Tax Department Joseph Pari spoke on a panel titled “Cross-Border Spin Offs” as part of PLI’s Cross-Border M&A Tax Planning 2022: Doing Worldwide Deals from an Empty Office Building.
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Federal Bar Association’s 2022 Tax Law Conference
Speaker(s):
Joseph M. Pari
March 4, 2022 — Co-Chair of Weil’s Tax Department Joseph Pari spoke on a panel titled “Domestic Corporate | Recent Developments in Corporate Tax” as part of the Federal Bar Association’s 2022 Tax Law Conference.
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advised MGM Resorts International in its $17.2B Sale of MGM Growth Properties LLC Deal Brief — April 29, 2022
- Weil Advised CBAM in the Sale of a Portfolio of Its Assets to The Carlyle Group Deal Brief — March 21, 2022
Latest Thinking
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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. ...
- 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
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International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – USA: Corporate Tax Laws and Regulations 2021
Publication — International Comparative Legal Guides
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Joseph M. Pari and
Lukas Kutilek
— PDF
— December 14, 2020
This chapter first appeared in the International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – Corporate Tax 2021. ...
- Tax Country Comparative Guide — U.S. Tax Publication | Tax — By Devon Bodoh, Joseph M. Pari, Alfonso J. Dulcey and Alexandra Jamel — PDF — October 05, 2020
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Final Debt/Equity Regulations
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Graham Magill,
Joseph M. Pari and
Charlie Roarty
— May 18, 2020
On May 13, 2020, the IRS finalized the “debt/equity” regulations under Section 385 by publishing T.D. 9897. These final regulations implement the... ...