My Story
From Chartered Accountant to Global Entrepreneur and Legal Voice
You don’t outrun the three-generation pattern, you out-design it.
— Harsh Patel
Harsh Patel stands at the intersection of law, finance, and legacy. Known to be one of the world’s most sought-after advisors in asset protection and cross-border tax strategy. He is known not only for designing structures, but for architecting trust, influence, and enduring family legacies.
Introduction
An international Chartered Accountant and lawyer, Harsh Patel is consistently ranked among the world’s most sought-after advisors in asset protection and cross-border tax, an architect of trust, influence, and enduring legacies. As Founder & Global CEO of Water & Shark, he has built one of the most progressive, multi-jurisdictional advisory uniting accounting, law, tax, and strategic structuring into one disciplined platform.
His counsel is entrusted to the who’s who of global enterprise, sovereign and royal offices, unicorn founders, multinational conglomerates, family offices, government dignitaries, and celebrated personalities across aviation, retail, technology, and real estate. Beyond corporate boardrooms, he serves as Chief Legal Advisor to His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon Bin Saeed Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, shaping sovereign-level wealth strategies, legacy governance, and cross-border legal architectures for royal families and billionaire investors.
A global voice on policy and governance, Harsh has addressed the European Parliament, the UK Parliament, and leading international forums, where he actively influences debates on taxation, wealth preservation, and the future of capital flows. His insights appear in Forbes, The Economic Times, and India Today, and his leadership has been recognised by ET Indo Global Leaders 2025 (Global Legal Visionary in Asset Protection & International Tax), Icon of UAE, Champions of Change, and Pride of Maharashtra. Through the Water & Shark Foundation, he advances education, financial literacy, and opportunity for underprivileged children.
At the cornerstone of his practice lies a simple yet powerful philosophy: Protect, Preserve, Prosper, which directs every mandate he designs and every outcome he delivers. Guided by this philosophy, Harsh Patel continues to redefine global advisory, ensuring that legacies are safeguarded, capital is preserved, and prosperity is built for generations to come.
His belief is simple, legacies endure when they are designed, not improvised.
Charting the Course: Harsh’s Entrepreneurial Journey
When Harsh Patel founded Water & Shark in 2012, his vision was not of another law or accounting firm, but of a global platform where borders would never limit ambition. From the outset, he built a partner-led, border-aware practice that fused international tax, corporate law, governance, regulatory filings, and disputes into a single, audit-ready method.
Families, founders, and institutions turned to this model to structure capital, preserve wealth, and design succession strategies that withstand the turbulence of markets and the test of time. Today, his portfolio spans sovereign offices, listed companies, family enterprises, unicorns, and high-growth ventures. His trusted relationships range from the BNW Group and Apparel Group to innovators like Zepto and Bizongo, to aviation disruptor SpiceJet and Bollywood entrepreneur Vivek Anand Oberoi.
Engagements often involve designing multi-jurisdiction holding structures, building family offices, redomiciling entities, architecting joint ventures, and drafting arbitration-resilient contracts. Execution is marked not by noise, but by discipline: clean approvals, fewer handoffs, documented judgment, and decisions boards can adopt swiftly.
Behind it all is Patel’s philosophy that value should compound quietly through precision, discretion, and foresight. One family, one enterprise, one jurisdiction at a time, Water & Shark ensures that results travel seamlessly between banks, regulators, and borders, leaving behind not just compliance, but continuity.
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Harsh Patel
Founder & CEO – Water & Shark
Harsh Patel
CEO & Founder Water & Sharks
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