Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Kevin Schmidt is a corporate partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Co-Chair of the firm's Private Equity Group and a member of the Special Situations team.

He has worked extensively on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments, including cross-border transactions for both private equity and corporate clients.

Mr. Schmidt has spoken at a variety of seminars regarding recurring M&A issues and is a regular speaker at the International Bar Association’s Annual M&A Conference in New York. He is a contributing author of The Private Equity Primer: The Best of the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report and the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report. He is also the author of various articles on M&A issues in M&A Lawyer, The Deal and The Corporate Governance Advisor. Mr. Schmidt has also been a regular contributor to programs at the Practicing Law Institute.

Mr. Schmidt joined Debevoise in 1994 and became a partner in 2002. He received his J.D. with high honors from Rutgers School of Law in 1994, where he was Order of the Coif, and his B.A. summa cum laude from Jersey City State College in 1989.