News | October 17, 2025
Secretariat Experts Receive Recognition in Lexology Index Thought Leaders – USA 2026
Secretariat is proud to share that 11 of our experts have been named as USA Thought Leaders in Lexology Index’s 2026 listing.
Mr. Aktas has 18 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in project scheduling, construction and contract management, forensic delay analysis, and expert advisory for construction and engineering projects.
Kagan Aktas has 18 years of experience in the construction industry, specializing in project scheduling, construction and contract management, forensic delay analysis, and expert advisory for construction and engineering projects. He has been appointed as an independent delay expert and has testified numerous times. Mr. Aktas has particular experience with matters involving schedule delay analyses stemming from project impacts.
Mr. Aktas has consulted on construction projects worldwide about preparing forensic delay analyses and independent expert reports, schedule control, and dispute resolution matters. Additionally, he has experience in general contracting and structural and civil engineering. His expertise includes preparing and reviewing schedule analyses on delay, disruption, productivity, time impacts, acceleration, and other project management and dispute issues.
Before working as a consultant, Mr. Aktas worked in general contracting, construction management, and research and development. He held contract management responsibilities constructing various private projects worldwide and several research projects within the United States.
Mr. Aktas has been consistently ranked by Who’s Who Legal as one of the prominent delay experts in arbitration. According to Who’s Who Legal:
Kagan Aktas “has a good balance of knowing and being able to apply delay analysis methodologies, whilst remaining firmly grounded by practicalities”. He is able to clearly and concisely communicate technically difficult information. He is hard working and committed to meeting time frames.
Kagan Aktas “has a good balance of knowing and being able to apply delay analysis methodologies, whilst remaining firmly grounded by practicalities”.
Secretariat Experts Receive Recognition in Lexology Index Thought Leaders – USA 2026
Secretariat is proud to share that 11 of our experts have been named as USA Thought Leaders in Lexology Index’s 2026 listing.
87 Secretariat Professionals Named in Lexology Index 2025 Consulting Expert Reports
Secretariat is pleased to share that 87 of our experts have been named in the Lexology Index 2025 Consulting Expert Reports series, achieving recognition as global industry leaders across several key categories.
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