As the firm’s senior tax attorney, John Devlin specializes in tax, corporate and business transactional law, entity selection and formation, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial real estate and finance. He advises clients on a wide range of transactional matters spanning the entire corporate and business lifecycle from formation to mergers and acquisitions stage. He regularly advises clients in structuring and negotiating joint ventures and strategic alliances, including real estate, healthcare and manufacturing. He also represents clients in general secured and unsecured commercial financings, and both debt and equity financing attendant to mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructurings.  He values building long-term relationships with clients and becoming a trusted resource as their business grows and evolves.

John’s many years of experience include representation of clients in connection with corporate governance and compliance, corporate best practices, shareholder relations and business succession planning. Prior to assuming his present role as Of Counsel to the firm in 2012, he was a firm Shareholder from 1980 to 2012 and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee from 1993 to 2012.  He also served as Chair of the firm’s Business and Corporate practice group from 1985 to 2012.     

Honors & Awards

• Rated AV® preeminent by Martindale Hubbell.
•  Named to the 2005-2007 and 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers list, published by Thomson Reuters. See Super Lawyers Selection Methodology HERE. 

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association (Sections on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Corporate, Banking, Business and Transactional Law)
• Burlington County Bar Association
• New Jersey Bar Association

Community Activities

• Adjunct Professor (Business and Corporate Law) BCC/Rowan University (1991-2012)