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Kat is a tax partner and co-founder of the Tax Controversy Group. Kat regularly handles disputes with the IRS, DOL and other administrative bodies, and assists clients in managing disputes with non-U.S. tax authorities. Kat represents public companies, private investment funds, institutional investors, private companies and high net worth individuals before the U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and other federal and state courts. Kat’s practice encompasses a wide range of partnership and international tax issues, with a focus on the asset management and life sciences industries. Kat advises private investment fund managers on structuring and launching funds, and has worked extensively on fund investment and secondary transactions. She regularly assists life sciences companies in evaluating ongoing tax issues arising from international growth, development and implementation of new technology and products and formation and management of joint ventures. She also represents public and private clients in ongoing tax issues, as well as merger, acquisition and restructuring transactions.