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James R. Brown is a partner in the Tax Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher llp in New York. Mr. Brown specializes in the tax aspects of complex investment fund transactions. He regularly advises sponsors of investment funds on tax structuring and operational issues relating to these funds, including the taxation of registered and unregistered investment funds (e.g., private equity funds, debt funds, hedge funds, commodities funds and regulated investment companies or mutual funds). He also advises on acquisitions, mergers, recapitalizations, joint ventures and other types of transactions involving funds, their portfolio investments and their sponsors. Selected Professional and Business Activities
Mr. Brown is a member of the Regulated Investment Companies Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation. Mr. Brown is the co-author of Taxation of Regulated Investment Companies and Their Shareholders, the leading treatise on 1940 Act investment fund taxation. Prior Experience
Prior to joining Willkie, Mr. Brown was a partner at Ropes & Gray LLP.Education
1991, Harvard Law School, J.D.1988, University of Texas - Austin, B.A. Bar Admissions
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