Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Patrick Browne represents major corporations and private equity funds on a wide range of U.S. federal income tax matters, including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings. He focuses on general corporate tax issues, international tax planning, and partnership-related issues, including section 355 distributions, tax-free reorganizations, cross-border tax planning, FIRPTA-related issues, tax treaty issues, and section 470. Patrick is also a member of the Firm's Washington, D.C. Pro Bono Committee.

Before joining Jones Day, Patrick was a senior manager in the national tax office of a Big Four accounting firm. Prior to that, he was an associate at a New York-based international law firm where he focused on advance pricing agreements for a Fortune 100 company and various U.S. international tax issues, such as foreign tax credit optimization and subpart F planning.

Patrick is a member of the American Bar Association (Taxation Section) and the District of Columbia Bar Association (Tax Section).

Areas of Practice

• Tax

Representative Cases

• Acquisition of Bandag
• Acquisition of Impinj's logic non-volatile memory (NVM) IP business , (2009)
• Acquisition of The Purdy Corp.
• Disposition
• Employees Benefit Plan
• Formation and Operation of a U.S. Tax-exempt Charitable Organization , (2009)
• Longacre Lea Syndicate
• Sale of Consumer Healthcare Business
• Sale of Latrobe Steel
• Sale of PPC Insulators
• The 1990 Institute , (2007)
• World War I Memorial , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Corporate Taxation, Estate & Gift Taxation, Excise Taxes, Income Taxation, International Taxation, Payroll Taxes, Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Sales & Use Taxes, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Louisiana

Education

• Tulane University

Published Works

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009: Description of Key Business Provisions, 2009
• 470 & Pass-Thru Entities, Business Entities, 2005

Address

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001-2113

Phones

1.202.879.5457 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.202.626.1700 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com