Expert profile

Nader Akkaoui

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Highlights

Experienced Professional Engineer.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination in international arbitration.
Experienced in the delivery of multi-billion-dollar construction projects around the globe.
Bilingual in English and French.
Certified Project Management Professional.

Services

Construction Delay & Disruption | Construction Quantum | International Arbitration

Industries

Nader’s depth of analysis is truly impressive. He is very good at bullet-proofing the work he does. Nader is extremely reliable.
Lexology Index - Construction - Future Leader

Expertise

Nader has 18 years of experience in construction, project management, and claims and dispute resolution. He has been appointed as a delay or damages expert on 15 occasions.

Nader has been cross-examined in arbitration and has acted as expert for disputed values of up to $200 million. He has delivered numerous expert reports and provided construction litigation support for projects ranging from major infrastructure and industrial facilities to a variety of power projects and building uses.

Nader also specializes in performing construction cost and schedule assessments, construction cost audits, project management reporting optimization, and risk management. He is fluent in English and French and experienced in the evaluation and development of construction claims using bespoke, AIA and CCDC contracts.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Construction – Future Leader

Nader Akkaoui stands out to market commentators for his “delay and quantum subject-matter expertise” and “his notable ability to explain his analysis and its requirements” throughout the dispute process.
Lexology Index - Consulting - Construction - Quantum Delay and Technical - Future Leader

Background

Nader has a background working on international, multi-billion-dollar projects in North America, the Middle East, and Africa in LNG, mining and metals, and infrastructure sectors for a global engineering and construction corporation. His main roles included project and construction management, field engineering, planning, and change management.

Nader is a Professional Engineer in Quebec, Canada with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University, an MBA from McGill University. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.