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Robert Hayes

Currently booked

FCIArb · New York

Experience
32 yrs
Appointments
180
As presiding
90
Seat
New York
Law
USA England & Wales
Focus
Construction & Infrastructure Energy Oil & Gas
Rules
Ad-Hoc ICC ICSID
Langs
English — native Spanish — working

01Biography

Updated Oct 2026

New York arbitrator in upstream and LNG disputes, with three decades in energy transactions before taking the bench full time.

Robert led the energy practice of a Wall Street firm for twenty years before turning to full-time arbitral work. He has chaired tribunals in LNG sale-and-purchase, FPSO charter and refinery construction disputes on four continents.

02Representative matters

Confidential · party names withheld

  • Oil & Gas 2023

    LNG sale and purchase agreement dispute over the buyer's right to divert cargoes and the seller's claim for profit sharing.

    Presiding arbitrator ICC · USA New York seat
    $310M

  • Energy 2022

    Refinery turnaround contract dispute; delay, acceleration and the measure of lost production.

    Sole arbitrator Ad-Hoc · USA
    $74M

  • Construction & Infrastructure 2020

    Investment treaty claim over the cancellation of a toll-road concession after a change of government.

    Co-arbitrator ICSID
    $450M

03Qualifications & memberships

Admissions & appointments

  • 1992 Admitted, New York Bar
  • 2010 FCIArb

Education

  • 1991 JD — Columbia Law School

Professional memberships

AAA-ICDR Panel IBA Arbitration Committee