HKA strengthens Australian construction claims practice with senior appointments ​ 

Mukul Soul joins HKA as Partner in Perth and Ibrahim Elsisi as Director in Brisbane, following the appointment of Steven Tan to the Australian team in October as a Director. A Managing Director will join HKA in Perth in January 2027. 

Mukul Soul joins HKA as an experienced programming and delay expert with extensive project controls and planning experience, particularly across the resources and infrastructure sectors. He has acted as a delay expert on disputes involving major mining, energy, transport and building projects in Australia and throughout Asia. 

His work includes forensic schedule and delay analysis, expert reports, claims preparation and defence, dispute resolution and project planning. He has advised contractors and owners and worked under instruction from lawyers on complex project disputes. 

Based in Brisbane, Ibrahim Elsisi brings more than 18 years of construction and infrastructure experience across Australia, North Africa and the Middle East. A professional engineer and RICS Registered Expert Witness, he is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He holds master’s degrees in construction law, arbitration, and construction project management. 

His experience spans forensic delay analysis, construction claims, expert commissions, litigation and arbitration proceedings across infrastructure, mining, defence, energy, oil and gas and other sectors. 

The appointments follow the arrival of Steven Tan, who joined HKA’s Australian Construction, Claims and Expert Services team in October as a Director. 

Steven Tan is a construction professional with close to ten years’ experience specialising in quantum and delay disputes. His experience spans major government, oil and gas, road and infrastructure projects, with particular expertise in quantum assessment, disruption and productivity analysis, and the preparation and defence of construction claims. 

Steven has acted as lead assistant to quantum experts in adjudication, arbitration and litigation, including disputes on projects valued at up to $18.5 billion. 

The appointments form part of HKA’s continued investment in its Construction, Claims and Expert Services practice across the International region. 

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