Keith Martin’s principal areas of practice are tax and project finance. He is a transactional lawyer who advised 168 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.

Activities and Affiliations

Speaker: Mr. Martin is a frequent speaker. Recent talks include at the annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Power Association in Houston, a biomass project development tutorial in Atlanta, a renewable energy mergers & acquisitions conference in Washington and an ocean energy conference in Washington in April 2009, a solar finance summit in San Diego and a Credit Suisse energy conference in New York in March 2009, the wind finance and investment summit in San Diego and the Tax Executives Institute meeting in Houston in February 2009, a biomass finance conference in Miami in January 2009, a solar finance and investment summit in San Diego and a geothermal workshop in Palm Springs in November 2008, a green business summit in New York, the Solar Power 2008 convention in San Diego, the fall finance conference of the American Wind Energy Association in New York and a tutorial on developing and financing renewable energy projects in San Diego in October 2008, the annual tax meeting of the American Petroleum Institute and the annual meeting of the Independent Energy Producers in California in September 2008, a solar project development and finance tutorial in San Francisco in July 2008, the Ocean Energy 2008 convention in Galveston and the Global Windpower 2008 convention in Houston in June 2008, the Goldman Sachs annual power and utilities conference in New York in May 2008, and the solar finance and investment summit in San Diego and a global marine energy conference in New York in April 2008.

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:

• "Calculating How Much Tax Equity Can Be Raised", Project Finance NewsWire, June 2008
• "Master Limited Partnerships", Project Finance NewsWire, March 2006
• "Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy," distributed by the Solar Energy Industries Association, January 2006 and updated in October 2008
• "Financing Pollution Control," Project Finance NewsWire, October 2005
• "Tax Break for Repatriated Earnings", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2005
• "Canadian Income Funds," Project Finance NewsWire, December 2003
• "Tax Issues in Project Sales," Project Finance NewsWire, February 2003
• "Tax Issues and Incentives for Wind Power Projects," Project Finance NewsWire, December 2002
• "Potential Effects of Invading Iraq", Project Finance NewsWire, October 2002
• "Corporate Inversions," International Tax Review, May 2002
• "Storm Over Argentina", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2002
• "Fallout from Enron," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2002
• "Municipal Power Deals," Project Finance Monthly, February 2001
• "Latest Tax Angles for Latin American Projects," Practical Latin American Tax Strategies, September 1999
• "Cross Border Leasing," Proceedings, EEI Tax School, July 1997
• "Beware the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," International Commercial Litigation, October 1996
• "Calculating How Much Tax Equity Can Be Raised", Project Finance NewsWire, June 2008
• "Master Limited Partnerships", Project Finance NewsWire, March 2006
• "Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy," distributed by the Solar Energy Industries Association, January 2006 and updated in 
   October 2008
• "Financing Pollution Control," Project Finance NewsWire, October 2005
• "Tax Break for Repatriated Earnings", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2005
• "Canadian Income Funds," Project Finance NewsWire, December 2003
• "Tax Issues in Project Sales," Project Finance NewsWire, February 2003
• "Tax Issues and Incentives for Wind Power Projects," Project Finance NewsWire, December 2002
• "Potential Effects of Invading Iraq", Project Finance NewsWire, October 2002
• "Corporate Inversions," International Tax Review, May 2002
• "Storm Over Argentina", Project Finance NewsWire, February 2002
• "Fallout from Enron," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, January 2002
• "Municipal Power Deals," Project Finance Monthly, February 2001
• "Latest Tax Angles for Latin American Projects," Practical Latin American Tax Strategies, September 1999
• "Cross Border Leasing," Proceedings, EEI Tax School, July 1997
• "Beware the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," International Commercial Litigation, October 1996 Practice Areas

• Wesleyan University, B.A., 1974
• The George Washington University, J.D., 1977
• The London School of Economics, M.S., 1978

• Legislative Assistant, Senator Henry M. Jackson (D-Washington), 1974-1977
• Counsel, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-New York), 1979-1982
• Joined Chadbourne & Parke LLP in 1983 as a partner

• 1978 District of Columbia
• 1985 New York