As director of the firm’s corporate and strategic business counseling practice, Keith is responsible for acting in a variety of legal and executive management roles with clients of the firm, including roles as lead in-house/outside counsel, chief financial officer and chief restructuring officer. His engagements typically involve coordination of legal and business objectives, involving raising debt and equity capital, and operating and selling privately-held businesses. Keith frequently led engagements involving the development and execution of strategic plans, financial modeling, financial restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, business development, board development and joint ventures. He frequently represents wealthy family groups in their private equity investments and regional banks in their day-to-day business lending.

Keith is also a member of the adjunct faculty at Albany Law School. At the law school, he teaches a JD/MBA level course which reviews business and legal issues in sophisticated mergers and acquisitions, private equity, lending, investment banking and corporate transactions.

Professional Associations & Memberships

New York State Bar Association

Albany Law School
Adjunct Professor, 2008-Present

Rensselaer County Chamber of Commerce
Chair of the Board of Directors

Other positions included Executive Committee, Counsel, Chair of Economic and Governmental Affairs Committee, Nominating Committee, Co-Chair of Investment Committee of the Economic Development Partnership and Member of the Board of Directors of the Rensselaer Gateway Development Corporation

Arts Center of the Capital Region
Chair of the Board of Directors

Other positions included Chair of the Presidential Search and Nominating Committees, Co-Chair of the Development Committee and Member of the Executive Committee

Pace Law School
Board of Directors of Pace Law School Alumni Association (2004 – 2010); and Alumni Mentor and Admissions Interviewer (2008 – 2010)

Pittstown Republican Committee
2009-2014