Jamshed J. Patel is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Patel's work has included principal responsibility and extensive experience in counseling clients with respect to U.S. and foreign tax matters in cross-border transactions. He is a member of the Taxation, Finance & Financial Institutions, International, and Transactional & Securities Practices.

Mr. Patel concentrates on the tax issues relating to:

Transnational reorganizations and joint ventures, Section 482 transfer pricing issues, and development of tax-efficient earnings repatriation mechanisms
Financing matters, including derivatives, hybrid securities, and other financial products
Transfers of intellectual property to joint venture entities and to related parties; structuring cost-sharing research agreements and research funding agreements for multi-national groups; structuring intellectual property holding companies
Regulated investment companies, private equity funds, and hedge funds