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
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
J.D., St. Johns University, summa cum laude
B.S. Accounting, Lehigh University
ADMISSIONS
New York State Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
ASSOCIATIONS
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New York State Bar Association
Board Member, American Arbitration Association
Member, Litigation Counsel of America
Executive Board Member, New York International Arbitration Center
CITIZENSHIP
American and Irish Citizen
