Keating Chambers

His recent experience includes:

• acting as sole counsel in a week-long, USD 20 million ICC arbitration relating to the sale of a number of aircraft;
• acting as junior counsel in a three-week, USD 400 million LCIA arbitration relating to the construction of an LNG facility in the Middle East;
• acting as junior counsel in a three-week, USD 1 billion ICC arbitration concerning the construction of a near-shore marine works at an LNG facility;
• acting as sole counsel in a Part 8 trial concerning the construction of an automotive manufacturing facility in East Asia; and
• acting in adjudication enforcement proceedings in the TCC (including Illuminesia Limited (t/a Alterego Facades) v RFL Facades limited [2023] EWHC 3122 (TCC)).

While he has experience of all major contract forms, he has particular expertise in the FIDIC suite of contracts.  He has acted in disputes involving the Yellow, Red and Pink books, and has appeared in 10 Dispute Board hearings in the past few years with values ranging between USD 5 million and USD 150 million.

He has conducted advocacy in a wide variety of settings, including the TCC and Chancery divisions of the High Court, international arbitration, Dispute Boards, the County Court, adjudication, and the First Tier Tribunal (in relation to a claim under the Building Safety Act 2022).

Having studied Chinese at Oxford University, John speaks and reads Chinese.  He has acted in disputes for and against Chinese clients, in which he has been required to review Chinese-language documents.

His international work has included disputes in China, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Australia, Germany, Ghana, Angola, South Africa, Uruguay, Brazil, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, India and Pakistan, among other jurisdictions.

In the right case, John is willing to act pro bono. In 2023, he successfully represented an individual in a claim arising from a domestic building contract in a 2-day County Court trial.