Meet Sterling

Sterling Busbee is a tax attorney and focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, economic development and corporate law.

Sterling's experience includes:

• Tax planning for domestic and international companies
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Negotiating and drafting fee in lieu of tax (FILOT) agreements and other incentives including job development credits and job tax credits
• Business formation and entity structure planning, including drafting articles, bylaws and operating agreements
• Drafting and reviewing conservation easements
• Trust and estate planning
• Formation and governance of charitable and nonprofit entities

She received her Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from New York University School of Law.

Education

Admissions

Honors and Awards

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Corporate Law (2023-2025), Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2023-2025) and Tax Law (2023-2025)
Order of the Coif

Professional and Civic Activities

University of South Carolina School of Law Young Alumni Council, Member (2020-2023)
South Carolina Bar Young Lawyers Division, Co-Chair of Professional Development Committee (2024-Present), Co-Chair of Membership Committee (2020-2023)
Association for Corporate Growth
Leadership Charleston, Class of 2022
Richland County Bar Association, Advisory Committee, Young Lawyers Chair (2020-2021)
Junior League of Charleston

Presentations and Publications

“The Corporate Transparency Act – New Federal Requirements Effective January 1, 2024,” HSB Blog, January 3, 2024
“Corporate Transparency Act,” Charleston Tax Council, November 16, 2023
“Estate Planning in the COVID-19 Era,” HSB Blog, May 14, 2020
“Re-Emergence of the C-Corp,” SCRA Launch & Learn Webinar, March 4, 2020
“The Re-Emergence of the C-Corporation,” HSB 2019 Corporate Law for Accountants Seminar Series
“Planning Under the 2017 Tax Act” (Panelist), Charlotte City Club, Charlotte, NC, April 24, 2018
“Hot Topics for Nonprofits” (Panelist), North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, November 6, 2018

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