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Kenneth Keith

Arbitrator in 5 published cases (presiding or sole arbitrator in 3) before ICSID, Ad hoc arbitral tribunal (Exchange of Le, UNCITRAL tribunals, in fisheries, diplomatic dispute (rainbow warrior affair), postal and courier services disputes.

ICSID, Ad hoc arbitral tribunal (Exchange of Le, UNCITRAL fisheries, diplomatic dispute (Rainbow Warrior affair), postal and courier services, Oil and gas (Orinoco Belt extra-heavy oil and offshore Corocoro projects)

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Overview

In the published awards, Kenneth Keith has been appointed by claimants 1 times and by respondents 0 times, and has presided or sat alone in 3 cases. Of the party appointments, 1 came from States and 0 from investors or companies. 1 dissenting or separate opinion(s) are recorded.

Outcome for the appointing side, where the published decision is clear: claimant prevailed in 100% of the 1 claimant appointments. Mixed outcomes count as half.

Appointed most often by: New Zealand (1).

5Published cases

3As chair or sole arbitrator

1Party appointments

1Dissents recorded

Track record

Year	Case	Role	Appointed by	Institution / rules	Sector	Award
2025	ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V., ConocoPhillips Hamaca B.V. and ConocoPhillips Gulf of Paria B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (appointed as president by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council under Article 38; resigned 21 March 2016; replaced by Eduardo Zuleta)	President	Appointing authority	ICSID	Oil and gas (Orinoco Belt extra-heavy oil and offshore Coroc	Read award →
2007	United Parcels Service of America Inc. v. Canada	President	—	UNCITRAL	postal and courier services	Read award →
2007	United Parcel Service of America Inc. v. Government of Canada	President	—	—	—	Read award →
1990	New Zealand v. France	Co-arbitrator	Claimant	Ad hoc arbitral tribunal (Exchange of Le · New York	diplomatic dispute (Rainbow Warrior affair)	Read award →
—	Australia v. Japan and between New Zealand and Japan, Award dissent	Co-arbitrator	—	ICSID · Washington, D.C.	fisheries	Read award →

Expertise

The legal issues and sectors decided most often in the published awards. Each links to the cases in the database.

ConocoPhillips 1 PDVSA 1 Netherlands–Venezuela BIT 1 unlawful expropriation 1 nationalization 1 Orinoco Belt 1 Petrozuata 1 Hamaca 1 Corocoro 1 good faith negotiation of compensation 1 valuation date 1 reconsideration 1 res judicata 1 arbitrator disqualification 1 WikiLeaks cables 1 annulment 1 stay of enforcement 1 OFAC sanctions 1 alter ego 1

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Ministry of External Relations and Trade (New Zealand) 1

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