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Pratiksha Patel

Counsel
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Pratiksha Patel is a Counsel of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group in Miami. Ms. Patel assists high net worth individuals and families with developing suitable estate plans to maximize and protect the transfer of wealth to future generations.

Practice Focus

Ms. Patel’s practice focuses on estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning, and estate and trust administration matters.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Florida Bar - Tax Section

Corporate Responsibility

  • Member, Baker McKenzie Miami Office Pro Bono Committee

Admissions

  • Florida~United States (2009)

Education

  • University of Florida (LL.M. Taxation) (2010)
  • University of Florida (J.D., cum laude) (2009)
  • University of South Florida (B.A. International Studies and Political Science, summa cum laude) (2006)

Languages

  • English
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi

Publications

Presentations

Co-presenter, "Planning with US Trust Structures," Baker & McKenzie’s 17th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Coral Gables, Florida, 27-28 October 2016

Co-presenter, "Venezuelan Update," 16th Annual International Tax & Trust Training Program, Miami, FL, 15-16 October 2015

Co-presenter, "Advising Elderly Clients and Planning for Incapacity," 37th Annual North America Tax Conference, Coronado, CA, 8 January 2015

Publications

Author, “Final Regulations Stem the Tide of S Corporation Income that Could Potentially be Untaxed”, Baker McKenzie's North American Tax Practice Group - Tax News and Developments Newsletter, August 2019

Author, "Notice 2012-20 Clarifies Portfolio Debt Issues Concerning Bearer Debt Obligations," Baker & McKenzie's North American Tax Practice Group - Tax News and Developments Newsletter, June 2012

Co-author, "Transfer Tax Planning Under the 2010 Act," Baker & McKenzie’s North American Tax Practice Group - Tax News and Developments Newsletter, February 2011

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