Biography

Prior to joining Weil, Mr. Pari was National Principal-in-Charge of Washington National Tax at KPMG LLP.
Mr. Pari 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.
Mr. Pari 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.
Mr. Pari is recognized as a 2020 “Washington, D.C. Trailblazer” for Tax by The National Law Journal, is named a 2020 Tax “MVP” by Law360 and is named among Who’s Who Legal’s Thought Leaders - Global Elite in 2020 for Corporate Tax. He is shortlisted for the 2020 “North America Tax Practice Leader of the Year” Award for Euromoney International Tax Review’s Americas Tax Awards. He has also been selected for inclusion in publications including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500 US, Who’s Who Legal, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Washington D.C. Super Lawyers and Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. Mr. Pari 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 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 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
Speaking Engagements
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Cutting Edge Tax Issues with SPACs: Creative Approaches and Pragmatic Solutions
Speaker(s):
Devon Bodoh,
Graham Magill,
Michael Nissan and
Joseph M. Pari
December 02, 2020 — Part of Weil’s 2020 Tax Webinar Series
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69th Tulane Tax Institute
Speaker(s):
Joseph M. Pari
November 18, 2020 — Co-Chair of Weil’s Tax Department Joseph Pari spoke on “Corporate Spinoffs – Nuts and Bolts, Section 355” as part of Tulane University Law School’s 69th Tulane Tax Institute.
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II in its Pending $9 Billion Merger with Paysafe Deal Brief — December 09, 2020
- Six Weil Partners Named 2020 MVPs by Law360 Firm Announcement — October 26, 2020
Latest Thinking
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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... ...
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COVID-19 – Benefiting from Worthless Stock Losses
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Graham Magill,
Joseph M. Pari and
Blake Bitter
— April 14, 2020
As the economic effects arising from the worldwide spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to develop, it is clear that forced closures, travel and trade restrictions, steep declines in demand, and other pressures will cause many businesses throughout the world to struggle. In these uncertain times, taxpayers may obtain a significant benefit by evaluating […]
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Guidance on Certain Net Operating Loss Elections Under the CARES Act
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Greg Featherman,
Graham Magill,
Joseph M. Pari and
Blake Bitter
— April 13, 2020
On April 9, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service issued procedural guidance addressing the new 5-year net operating loss (NOL) carryback period enacted as part of the CARES Act. Specifically, Revenue Procedure 2020-24 provides detailed guidance on making an election to (i) waive the carryback period for an NOL arising in a taxable year beginning in […]
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