Expert profile

Haroon Niazi

Partner, Head of Construction Claims and Expert, EMEA

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Highlights

Global construction experience coupled with in-depth Middle Eastern dispute resolution.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Acted in arbitration proceedings in Saudi Arabia.
Combines quantity surveying expertise with legal experience.
Specialist in construction costs.
Acted as quantum expert for disputes in excess of $300 million.

Services

Construction Delay & Disruption | Construction Quantum

Industries

Haroon is an excellent expert who has in-depth knowledge of the construction industry. He always takes the time to understand the details of the case he is working on.
Lexology Index - Construction - Thought Leader

Expertise

Haroon Niazi is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with more than 15 years of experience in the construction industry. He has been appointed as a quantum expert and provided expert testimony in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on two occasions.

Haroon has worked as both a quantity surveyor and a barrister, regularly appearing before tribunals in the UK. He has been instructed on matters ranging from domestic construction disputes, adjudications and lower value commercial claims through to acting as part of arbitration teams in multi-million-dollar arbitration proceedings.

Haroon specialises in the quantification of construction cost claims. He supports clients across various market sectors from power and oil and gas to major buildings and infrastructure projects.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Construction – Thought Leader
Firm Management – Thought Leader
Client Choice – Construction

Haroon Niazi is a seasoned quantum expert and former barrister with deep regional experience in the Middle East, known for his sharp analysis of complex construction claims.
Lexology Index – Consulting - Construction – Quantum, Delay and Technical

Background

Haroon has experience in all forms of dispute resolution and has a good knowledge of the JCT, NEC, FIDIC, MPW contracts in Kuwait, Saudi Public Works Contract and the Saudi Aramco standard form contracts, as well as various ad hoc contracts.

Haroon holds a masters in both law and quantity surveying and is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. He is chair of the RICS world regional board for the Middle East and Africa, where he contributes to the advancement of professional standards and thought leadership in the construction and disputes sector. Haroon is fluent in both English and Urdu and uniquely placed to support clients across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East region.