Kehoe Arbitration




Experience
Representative Bilateral Investment Treaty Matters, as Counsel:
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Represented Chevron Corp. in landmark bilateral investment treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador, with over $9.5 billion in dispute, concerning oil & gas, claims of environmental harm and fraud, treaty violations and related litigation in the U.S.
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Represented a Spanish company in treaty arbitration against the Republic of Egypt, with over $2 billion in dispute and related litigation in the U.S. concerning Liquid Natural Gas project
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Represented an American company in treaty arbitration against the Republic of Peru, with over $800 million in a dispute concerning mining operations, and related litigation in the U.S.
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Represented a multi-national consortium of oil companies against the Republic of the Philippines, with hundreds of millions in dispute concerning taxes allegedly owed for an offshore natural gas concession
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Represented a French company in treaty arbitration against Russia, with over $100 million in a dispute concerning alleged real estate taking
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Represented a German company in treaty arbitration against the Republic of Bulgaria, with over $50 million in a dispute concerning a waste management concession
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Oversaw various cases where King & Spalding represented a State against an investor in bilateral investment treaty arbitrations
Representative Commercial Arbitration Matters, as Counsel:
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Represented an American textile company in arbitration against a syndicate of American and European insurance companies, with over $2 billion in a dispute concerning claims of lost profits, period of indemnity and property loss at a manufacturing facility
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Represented a Bermudian insurance company with over $80 million in a dispute concerning political risk and reinsurance claims relating to a power plant in Cartagena, Colombia
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Represented Japanese pharmaceutical company in arbitration against American pharmaceutical company; with $60 million in dispute concerning claims of patent infringement and breach of joint venture agreement
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Represented an American company in arbitration against an Australian company, with $2.4 billion in dispute concerning claims under a partnership agreement for LNG ownership, construction obligations and distribution of income
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Represented a European company in arbitration against a South American company in a dispute concerning a contract over patent rights, and claims of breach of contract and controlling ownership of telecommunications towers
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Represented an African company in arbitration against an American company, with $24 million in a dispute concerning patent rights and breach of contract regarding a pharma product
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Represented the developer of a Ritz Carlton hotel owner against a contractor, with over $38 million in a construction dispute
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Represented one of the Big 4 accounting firms in arbitration concerning allegations of malpractice
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Represented one of the Big 4 accounting firms in arbitration concerning its tax products
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Represented the defendant in breach of contract action concerning computer services on the New York Stock Exchange
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Represented an energy company in a $14 million dispute, concerning electric energy trade
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Represented a non-utility generator against an electric utility concerning claims of tariff breach
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Represented various investors outside the United States in enforcement actions in the United States, in amounts ranging from $30 million to $400 million
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Representative Matters, as Arbitrator:
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Dispute between telecommunications companies based in Africa and the U.S.
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Post-closure M&A dispute between two American companies
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Dispute between Egyptian and American companies concerning the international delivery of grain
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Dispute between two pharmaceutical companies concerning patent rights and breach of contract
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Dispute concerning a construction project for the United Nations building in New York City, NY
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Dispute between Chinese and American companies concerning a real estate joint venture in Hong Kong
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Insurance coverage dispute
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Dispute between an airline and an aircraft equipment supplier
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Dispute between two drug manufacturers and the F.D.A.
Credentials
EDUCATION
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J.D., St. John's University, summa cum laude
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B.S. Accounting, Lehigh University
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ADMISSIONS
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New York State Courts
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ​
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York​
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U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York​
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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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ASSOCIATIONS
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The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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New York State Bar Association
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Board Member, American Arbitration Association
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Member, Litigation Counsel of America
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Executive Board Member, New York International Arbitration Center
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CITIZENSHIP
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American and Irish Citizen
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