Shaheed Patel

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English

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Shaheed is a Tax consultant with 16 years of experience, providing tax advice in respect of mergers and acquisitions, corporate rationalisations, domestic and foreign investments and transactions, funding transactions, executive share schemes, and black economic empowerment transactions.

He also advises on withholding tax, capital gains tax and indirect tax matters.

Shaheed operates within the broadcasting, energy, education, logistics, manufacturing, mining, technology, and telecommunication sectors. Furthermore, he advises several non-profit organisations and tax-exempt institutions.

Relevant experience

A traditional community’s investment holding company - advised on the tax implications of a lucrative and tax efficient executive share scheme for the investment holding company.
A listed South African insurer - advised on the tax implications of the de-merger of the insurer
A leading beverage company - advised on BEE ownership schemes for a leading beverage company.
A South African based Japanese tyre manufacturer - advised on the corporatization of its branch office in South Africa.
Insurers, brokers, fleet managers and automotive manufacturers - advised on the income tax implications on the assumption of contingent liabilities, in a sale of business transaction for a company providing support and services to insurers, brokers, fleet managers and automotive manufacturers.
A South African platinum mining company - advised on mining income, mining capex deductions, prospecting expenditure deductions, and unincorporated joint ventures.
A South African Bank – advised on a banking product for environmental rehabilitation trust investments offered by the bank.
A leading black economic empowerment platinum mining company – advised on the listing of the platinum mining company in South Africa.
Various South African public benefit organisations – assisted various non-profit companies with applications for tax exempt and tax-deductible status.
A technology investment company – advised a technology investment company on a controlled foreign company exemption.
A South African television series producer – represented a television series producer with allowances on future expenditure in a tax dispute regarding the application of section 24C.

Publications

Shaheed has written and published expert insight on Tax related topics:

Podcasts:

Memberships & Roles

Admitted Attorney, High Court of South Africa
Member of the Legal Practice Council

Awards & Rankings

Legal 500, South Africa, Tax | Tier 3, 2025

Education

2008 - Higher Diploma Tax Law, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
2002 - LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Practice Areas

Tax

Insights

Global Reach