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Shaheed Patel
Consultant

Lawyer

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.
 

Awards & Recognitions
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    The team is highly involved in court matters even though counsel has been briefed.
    Legal 500, South Africa, 2026
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    They practice due diligence which ensures perfect delivery of legal services.
    Legal 500, South Africa, 2026

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 
     

Education

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

Insights by Shaheed

No More Value-Added Tax Increases by Decree

07 Apr 2026 11 min read

No More Value-Added Tax Increases by Decree

07 Apr 2026 10 min read

2026 Tax Policy Proposals

26 Feb 2026 12 min read

2026 Tax Policy Proposals

26 Feb 2026 12 min read
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