Scott Galt understands that government actions increasingly impact companies involved in the global trade of goods and services. To manage and mitigate those added risks associated with overseas transactions, Scott handles corporate compliance issues and global transactions for foreign and domestic companies in a wide variety of industries and contexts. His knowledge of local legal requirements, including trade regulations and data privacy regimes in many countries, helps organizations enhance their worldwide networks in a cost-efficient manner. As globalization continues to take hold, Scott advises clients on the licensing and regulatory needs related to their international business concerns, including in connection with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) economic and trade sanctions regimes, anti-boycott laws, competition law, and anti-bribery laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act. In a similar vein, Scott helps clients navigate cross-border data flows in the wake of the changing data privacy and protection landscape wrought by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other federal and state data privacy regimes. By developing trade, data privacy, competition law, franchise, or FCPA compliance programs, or facilitating the implementation, assessment, and auditing of current programs, Scott can spot problems and provide guidance on their limitations and the attendant consequences.

When a company wants to grow its business, either organically or through acquisition, Scott serves to guide it through the maze of issues associated with their global or domestic expansion. Whether it is corporate formation, entity selection, structure, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border movements, competitive effects, privacy concerns, or disclosure obligations, he works to ensure that each agreement contemplates the appropriate procedures, appreciates jurisdictional nuances, minimizes tax implications and risk, and fulfills the client’s objectives.

Scott also brings the benefits of a commercial litigation perspective to his international and domestic corporate and compliance work, serving as outside corporate counsel for a number of regional clients for whom he handles a wide variety of high-dollar litigation and corporate disputes. Scott also serves as outside corporate counsel for a national manufacturing trade association.

Scott also has extensive experience representing corporate and individual fiduciaries, personal representatives and beneficiaries in a variety of trust and estate disputes. He has successfully resolved contentious matters for clients involving adverse tax consequences, questions of undue influence and mental capacity, trust modifications, fraudulent transfers and asset recovery, among other disputes. Scott regularly assists with estate and trust administration matters before the probate courts in the City of St. Louis, St. Louis County and Madison County, Illinois.

Scott also participates in many cultural institutions within the St. Louis community. He presently serves as a trustee and capital campaign co-chair for the Missouri Historical Society, is a member of the William Greenleaf Eliot Society and serves as the chair of its Patrons Committee, and formerly served on the Board of the City Academy. In addition to these fine St. Louis institutions, Scott is an active supporter of the St. Louis Art Museum, the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri Veterans Endeavor and St. Luke’s Hospital.