Keith R. Galbut - Lawyer in Scottsdale, AZ

Keith R. Galbut leads GalbutBeabeaus corporate, construction, real estate, and outside general counselpractices. Keith has extensive experience in corporate and real estatetransactions, including matters of corporate formation and governance and thenegotiation of commercial contracts, employment agreements, license agreements,leases, mergers, acquisitions, and sales of businesses. He often protects hisclients rights and advances their interests in commercial and real estatedisputes, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, orlitigation. Keith devotes a significant portion of his practice tosupporting clients expanding into Arizona and beyond, into domestic and foreignmarkets.

A community leader in the area of business globalization,Keith has served as an Adjunct Professor of International Business Law at theThunderbird School of Global Management for over ten years and as Chairman andPresident of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. Keith was honoredby Global Chamber as Global Business Service Provider ofthe Year in 2015 and with the PCFR Visionary Award in 2016 by the PhoenixCommittee on Foreign Relations. Keiths strong leadership, integrity, values, vision,and commitment to excellence is also evidenced by his 2021 recognition by the PhoenixBusiness Journal as one of the Valleys Most Admired Leaders.

Keith is regularly recognized with AVPreeminent (the highest peer review rating for legal ability and ethical standards)and Platinum Client Champion (the highest client review rating) designationsby Martindale-Hubbell?.. He has also been recognized by SouthwestSuper Lawyers? and The Best Lawyers in America? in theareas of business, entrepreneurship, family business, and corporate law, and hasbeen highlighted by AZ Business Magazine, Arizona Executive Magazine,and Phoenix Magazine as one of Arizonas Top Lawyers.

Keiths passion for making apositive impact on his community is evident from his community leadership. Keithserves as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Banner Health Foundationand Advance Guatemala, a Trustee on the Scottsdale Arts Board of Trustees, anEmeritus Director of the Board of Directors for the Phoenix Committee ofForeign Relations and Esperança, and a Member of the prestigious GreaterPhoenix Leadership organization. Keith is a recipient of the Cystic Fibrosis FoundationsAZs Finest and AZs FUTURE awards for his contributions to the communityand the Foundation, where he served as Chairman of the Cystic Fibrosis GreatStrides Walk for several years. Keith has also been a Big Brother for thelast eighteen years.

Keith is a Phoenix native and graduate ofASUs Sandra Day OConnor College of Law. He received his Bachelor ofArts in Economics from Emory University and earned Masters Degrees inInternational Management and Business Administration (MIM/MBA), with a concentrationon finance, from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. In addition,Keith studied International Law and Business Transactions at the University ofGeneva, Switzerland and Cambridge University, England.

Keiths passions are his family, international travel,community organizations, and residential construction and architecture. He isthe Founder and President of Advocate? Residential Construction Advisors,a residential construction advisory and owners representation firm.