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, 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 Recommended for International Tax and U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious Award Brief — Legal 500 US
- 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
- Joseph Pari Named Among the “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” Award Brief — Lawdragon
Speaking Engagements
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TEI’s 73rd Midyear Conference
Speaker(s):
Joseph M. Pari and
Graham Magill
March 20, 2023 — Washington, D.C. — Weil Tax Co-Chair Joe Pari will be presenting on a panel titled “Hot Topics in M&A,” and Tax partner Graham Magill will be presenting on a panel titled “Navigating the New Stock Repurchase Excise Tax” as part of TEI’s 73rd Midyear Conference.
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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.
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises The Kroger Company in its Pending $24.6B Merger with Albertsons Deal Brief — October 17, 2022
- Weil Advises Brookfield Business Partners in its Pending $8B Sale of Westinghouse Electric Company Deal Brief — October 11, 2022
Latest Thinking
- International Comparative Legal Guide (ICLG) – USA: Corporate Tax Laws and Regulations 2023 Publication — International Comparative Legal Guides — By Devon Bodoh, Joseph M. Pari, Greg Featherman and Blake Bitter — PDF — January 05, 2023
- 2022 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 03, 2022
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Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Blog Post — Tax Blog
— By
Devon Bodoh,
Graham Magill and
Joseph M. Pari
— August 24, 2022
On August 7, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed legislation (H.R. 5376) that includes significant tax law changes. The Inflation Reduction Act... ...
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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