Meet Philip

Philip Land is a business lawyer. His clients include company owners, real estate developers, investment funds and international businesses. He strives to provide practical solutions to complex legal matters.

EXPERIENCE

• •  Mergers and acquisitions
• •  Tax Incentives and Credits
• •  Commercial Transactions
• •  CFIUS compliance for Greenfield and M&A
• •  Outside Corporate Counsel to international manufacturers
• •  Tax efficient entity structuring for domestic and international businesses
• •  General advice and counsel regarding asset protection, risk mitigation, dispute resolution and strategic growth

Prior to joining Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, Philip was on the staff of a United States Senator. He maintains close relationships with legislators and federal agencies in Washington, DC, which serves his work with international investment and cross-border transactions.

• Georgetown University Law Center, Executive LL.M., Taxation, 2020
• University of South Carolina, J.D., 2011
• Hampden-Sydney College, B.A., 2006

• South Carolina, 2011
• District of Columbia, 2022
• New York, 2023

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (2021-2025), Corporate Law (2021-2025) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2021-2025)
• Greenville Business Magazine “Legal Elite of the Upstate” Banking and Finance Law (2019), Business Litigation (2020-2021), Commercial Real Estate Law (2021), Corporate Law – Business Organizations (2022-2023), Corporate Law - Mergers & Acquisitions (2017-2018, 2020-2023), Corporate Law – Securities (2022-2023), Economic Development (2022-2023), Government Relations Law (2016, 2020-2021) and International Law (2020, 2022-2024)
• University of South Carolina School of Law Bronze Medallion 2011 Compleat Lawyer Award and 2011 Claud Sapp Award

• South Carolina Bar
• Southern Economic Development Council, FDI Committee Member (2023-Present)
• South Carolina Economic Developers' Association
• District of Columbia Bar, International Law Community, Foreign Investment and Finance Committee Co-Chair (2023-Present)
• Japan-America Association of South Carolina (JAASC)

• “Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States Update,” Southern Economic Development Council, September 26, 2024
• “Committee for Foreign Direct Investment in the United States Update,” Southern Economic Development Council 2023 Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA, August 14, 2023
• “Proposed Bill Could Increase CFIUS Jurisdiction, Further Restrict FDI,” HSB Blog, July 31, 2023
• “What does the new CFIUS proposed rule mean for foreign investment?,” HSB Blog, June 20, 2023
• Co-author of “FDI Oversight: Dawn of a New Era?,” National Security Law Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, January 6, 2023
• “CFIUS Compliance Takes Form,” GGI Real Estate News, No. 15, Autumn 2022 and HSB Blog, June 20, 2022
• “The Limitations of SC’s New Affordable Housing Tax Credit,” Upstate Business Journal, August 26, 2021
• “Are Incentives for Mixed-Use Developments Legitimate?” Upstate Business Journal, July 30, 2020
• “Tax Incentives/Economic Development,” Greenville County Bar “Year-End” CLE, Greenville, SC, February 7, 2020
• “The Re-Emergence of the C-Corporation,” HSB 2019 Corporate Law for Accountants Seminar Series
• "The Nuts and Bolts of Economic Development Incentives," South Carolina Economic Development Institute, North Augusta, SC, August 8, 2019
• "Keeping the Walls Up: Tips for Avoiding Amalgamation," HSB 2018 Corporate Law for Accountants Seminar Series
• "Exclusion from New Tariffs on Chinese Goods," GGI International Tax Newsletter, Autumn 2018