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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Offices
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2001 M STREET, NW, SUITE 600
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Joseph Pari
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Position
Co-Chair of Weil’s Tax Department
Career
Joseph Pari is Co-Chair of Weil’s Tax Department. He advises on federal income taxation of domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, other divestiture types, restructurings, bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy workouts, acquisition financing and the use of pass-through entities in acquisitive and divisive transactions, with a particular emphasis on corporate tax planning, the utilization of net operating losses and other tax attributes and consolidated return matters. Prior to joining Weil, Joseph was National Principal-in-Charge of Washington National Tax at KPMG LLP.
Education
Providence College (B.S., cum laude, 1984); Boston College Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1988)..
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Tax > Financial products
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP benefits from the firm’s global presence, enabling it to provide multi-jurisdictional tax advice on private equity and funds matters, securitizations, REITS, capital markets, and other financing matters. Practice head Joseph Pari, who is based in Washington DC and New York, has extensive expertise advising on federal income taxation matters. In Washington DC, Daniel Nicholas practice covers worldwide finance, capital markets and derivatives transactions, with a specific focus on debt instruments, asset-based financing transactions and derivatives, international taxation, and taxation of financial products. Also in DC, Graham Magill and Devon Bodoh advise debtors, creditors, and other investors on modifications of debt and debt and equity exchanges whilst David Levy has a special focus on REITs and other real estate-related tax work.
United States > Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP‘s experienced non-contentious tax practice handles complex M&A, capital markets offerings, restructurings, securitizations, and real estate investments, among other matters. The team has a strong reputation for its private funds expertise, which extends to advising newer entrants to the market such as sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and DFIs, as well as for its tax bankruptcy offering, regularly representing debtors, creditors and other investors in relation to a wide range of matters, including tax efficient plans of reorganization and liquidation. Practice head Joseph Pari, operating from both New York and Washington DC and with major clients in the tech and private equity spaces, has a broad practice covering mergers, spin-offs, workouts, and financings. Stuart Goldring in New York is well known for handling federal income tax matters for financially distressed companies, advising debtors, creditors, acquirers, and investors. Devon Bodoh in Washington DC heads the firm’s international tax practice. New York’s Chayim Neubort has considerable experience advising major corporations on internal tax planning and reorganizations. Noah Beck, also in New York, primarily works with private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
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Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: litigation
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Tax > Financial products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense