Kenneth Schuhmacher is a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure Group of Orrick’s New York office.

Kenneth has 25 years of experience in development and project financings, privatizations and acquisitions, both in the United States and abroad for infrastructure projects, power projects (including IPPs), and oil and gas matters. He has represented developers, borrowers, lenders, multilaterals, export credit agencies, issuers, off-takers, governments and national utilities in all phases of development, financing and acquisition of U.S. and international projects, including projects in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Indian sub-continent.

Kenneth has extensive experience in all phases of project development and financing, including: project structuring; bid and risk analysis; drafting and negotiating equity and joint venture arrangements, project agreements (including availability and revenue risk concessions), construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, and government supports and guarantees; and advising on, drafting and negotiating financing and security agreements for a wide variety of project financings including bank, bond, ECA, multilateral, TIFIA and multi-source financings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Kenneth was Commercial Director & General Counsel at Skanska Infrastructure Development North America, one of the world's leading infrastructure investors, where he had overall legal responsibility for all of its North American projects and transactions, including the successful financial close of the Elizabeth River Crossings Project. Before joining Skanska, Kenneth was a partner in the Project Finance Group at Latham & Watkins.

Kenneth has been recognized by Chambers as a top projects lawyer.