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Robert Gaitskell

Address: 

Keating Chambers,
15 Essex Street,
LONDON WC2R 3AA,
United Kingdom

Phone Number: 
+44 (0) 207 544 2600
Fax Number: 
+44 (0) 207 544 2700
Email: 
rgaitskell@keatingchambers.com
Born: 
1948, Zimbabwe
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
British
Education: 
PhD (King’s College London, 1999)
Barrister (Gray’s Inn, 1978)
BSc (Engineering) (Univ. of Cape Town, 1971)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn, London (July 1978)
Queen’s Counsel (London, 1994)
Present Position: 
Queen’s Counsel in Keating Chambers, London, UK, practicing in international arbitration
Professional Experience: 

Professional engineer (Chartered Engineer – CEng):
1971 – 1978: Reyrolle-Parsons, UK; Bulawayo Electricity Department; GEC
South Africa; Matthew Hall, London; Rendell Palmer & Tritton Consulting
Engineers, London; Lawyer: Barrister/Queen’s Counsel: 1979 – present:
Keating Chambers, London.

Professional Associations: 

1. Professional Engineer:
a. Former V President of Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET),
Europe’s biggest professional engineering body; Fellow of Institution of
Engineering & Technology (FIET)
b. Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE)
2. Lawyer
a. Q.C and member of the Bar of England & Wales;
b. Bencher (member of governing body) of Gray’s Inn, London;
c. Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb);
d. Member of the Court (governing body) of the Worshipful Company of
Arbitrators, London
e. Member of IBA (International Bar Association)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

LCIA (London Court of International
Arbitration), HKIAC (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre); SIAC
(Fellow of Singapore International Arbitration Centre), KLRCA. Regularly
conduct arbitrations for ICC (International Court of Arbitration of the
International Chamber of Commerce, Paris), LCIA, DIAC (Dubai International
Arbitration Centre) tc.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 100 international arbitrations conducted as
chairman or sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator for ICC, LCIA, DIAC, KLRCA,
Swiss Chambers etc. Over 80 awards published. Many others as counsel.

Areas of Specialization: 
Oil & Gas
Contracts
Mining and Natural Resources
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
Construction Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2nd ed (ICE),
London 2011. Many articles in journals