Adnan Islam

Prior to joining Friedman, Adnan served an array of clients ranging from startups to publicly traded companies, including Avon, MeadWestvaco, Honeywell, Verizon, Agilent, SunGard, Booz Allen, IDT, AMEX, Conair and various private equity and hedge funds.

His experience includes:

• Advising companies, owners and fund partners as they navigate the burgeoning blockchain and crypto currency spaces to optimize their tax structures and achieve compliance.
• Managing international tax analyses with various jurisdictions including: Canada, UK, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Cyprus, Germany, Ireland and Mexico.
• Advising on cross-border reorganizations including mergers, acquisitions and liquidations.
• Providing guidance to inbound companies with respect to their expansion and growth into the US, including advising on debt-equity issues, dispositions of US real estate (FIRPTA), foreign partner reporting and withholding.
• Coordinating with foreign partners and technical branches of the IRS / Treasury.
• Drafting memoranda on technical international tax positions with respect to subpart F, section 956, FDII, etc.

Affiliations

• Licensed attorney admitted to practice law in New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and California
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (NY and CA)
• CGMA
• Taxation Law Specialization (State Bar of California)