Biography
Devon Bodoh is a partner in Weil’s Tax Department and is based in Miami and Washington, D.C. Devon is the head of the Firm’s international and cross-border Tax practice, a member of the Tax Department’s leadership team and Managing Partner of the Miami office.
Devon advises clients on cross-border mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, other divisive strategies, restructurings, bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy workouts, the use of net operating losses, foreign tax credits, and other tax attributes, and consolidated return matters.
Prior to joining Weil, Devon was the leader of KPMG’s Global Complex Transactions group. He was also the Principal-in-Charge of the Washington National Tax International M&A Group, and a member of KPMG’s global leadership group for International Tax and Deal Advisory (M&A) Tax. He also was Principal-in-Charge of KPMG’s Latin America Markets Tax practice. Prior to joining KPMG in 2010, he was a partner at another major law firm.
Devon is widely recognized by industry publications and directories as a leading lawyer, including having been named a 2023 “Tax Law Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal. Devon is also ranked as a leading lawyer for Tax in the District of Columbia by Chambers USA, where clients describe him as “a brilliant transactional lawyer and a great international tax planner” who “is a commercial force in the transactional tax community; an innovative thought leader with a vast network of relationships.” He is recommended for Tax: Financial Products, US Taxes: Non-Contentious and International Tax by Legal 500 US and recognized as an expert in Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Corporate Tax and as a “Bankruptcy Tax Specialist” by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine. Devon 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 and named among Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list. Devon is also recognized as a “Best Lawyer” for Tax Law in Washington, D.C. by Best Lawyers in America. He was also included among the 2021 “Top Tax Lawyers in North America” by MergerLinks.
Devon frequently speaks on related subjects for groups including the Practicising Law Institute, International Fiscal Association, DC Bar, Tax Executives Institute, the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Fundaçao Brasileira de Contabilidade and the Latin Lawyer. He has been an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law, and formerly was a member of the Dean's Advisory Board for the University of Detroit School of Law.