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Keith
Martin
Partner
Practice Description
Keith Martin’s principal areas of practice are tax and project finance. He is a transactional lawyer who advised 171 companies last year and worked on transactions in the United States and eight foreign countries. He also lobbies Congress and the Treasury Department on policy issues.
Honors
He is listed as one of the world's leading project finance lawyers in the latest Chambers global directory and International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers published in London and as a premier tax lawyer in The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers in America. (All four publications base their recommendations on peer reviews and polling of corporate law departments.)
Activities and Affiliations
- Speaker: Mr. Martin is a frequent speaker. Recent talks include at a solar project development and finance tutorial in San Francisco in July 2008, the Ocean Energy 2008 conference in Galveston and the Global Windpower 2008 conference in Houston in June 2008, the Goldman Sachs annual power and utilities conference in New York in May 2008, the solar finance and investment summit in San Diego and a global marine energy conference in New York in April 2008, a renewable energy conference in Houston in March 2008, the wind finance and investment summit in San Diego, a global renewables conference in Lisbon and a Guggenheim energy analysts conference in New York in February 2008, a biomass and biofuels conference in Miami in January 2008, a solar conference in San Diego in November 2007, the fall finance conference of the American Wind Energy Association and a coal-to-liquids workshop in New York in October 2007, the annual meeting of the Independent Energy Producers in California and a renewable energy finance workshop in San Diego in September 2007, a wind finance conference in Denver in July 2007, and the Global Windpower 2007 conference in Los Angeles, the Euromoney Renewable Energy Finance Forum and a coal-to-liquids conference in New York in June 2007.
Publications
- Editor: Project Finance NewsWire, and a contributing editor of International Tax Report, Practical US/International Tax Strategies and Natural Gas & Electricity magazine.
- Author: He is the author of more than 130 articles and book chapters. Recent papers include:
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"Calculating How Much Tax Equity Can Be Raised", Project Finance NewsWire, June 2008
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"Master Limited Partnerships", Project Finance NewsWire, March 2006
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"Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy," distributed by the Solar Energy Industries Association, January 2006
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"Financing Pollution Control," Project Finance NewsWire, October 2005
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"Tax Break for Repatriated Earnings", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2005
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"Calculating How Much Tax Equity Can Be Raised", Project Finance NewsWire, June 2008
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"Master Limited Partnerships", Project Finance NewsWire, March 2006
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"Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy," distributed by the Solar Energy Industries Association, January 2006
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"Financing Pollution Control," Project Finance NewsWire, October 2005
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"Tax Break for Repatriated Earnings", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2005
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"Tax Issues in Project Sales", Project Finance NewsWire, (reprinted in Practical US/Domestic Tax Strategies), February 2003
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"Tax Issues and Incentives for Wind Power Projects," Project Finance NewsWire, December 2002
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"Potential Effects of Invading Iraq", Project Finance NewsWire, October 2002
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"Corporate Inversions Come Under US Scrutiny," International Tax Review, May 2002
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"Storm Over Argentina", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2002
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"Fallout from Enron," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2002
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"Municipal Power Deals," Project Finance Monthly, February 2001
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"Latest Tax Angles for Latin American Projects," Practical Latin American Tax Strategies, September 1999
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"Cross Border Leasing," Proceedings, EEI Tax School, July 1997
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"Beware the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," International Commercial Litigation, October 1996
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Speeches and Events
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Green Business Summit II - Assessing the Risks and Opportunities in Renewable Energy in the New Economic Climate,
New York, NY, October 17, 2008
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Solar Power International,
San Diego, CA, October 15, 2008
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"Wind’s Potential and the Road Map," (chair), Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, New York, NY, October 6-7, 2008
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Green Business Summit II - Assessing the Risks and Opportunities in Renewable Energy in the New Economic Climate,
New York, NY, October 17, 2008
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Solar Power International,
San Diego, CA, October 15, 2008
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"Wind’s Potential and the Road Map," (chair), Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop, New York, NY, October 6-7, 2008
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Practice Areas
Tax
Project Finance
Lobbying
Climate Change
Special Investigations and Government Enforcement
Industries
Energy
Regions
North America
United States
Canada
Latin America
Europe
Asia
Africa and the Middle East
Education
- Wesleyan University, B.A., 1974
- The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1977
- London School of Economics and Political Science, M.S., 1978
Professional Background
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Legislative Assistant, Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-Washington), 1974-1977
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Counsel, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York), 1979-1982
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Joined Chadbourne & Parke LLP as a partner, 1983
Admissions
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1978
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District of Columbia
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1985
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New York
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Languages
English
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