Terry Hawkins is a Managing Director at Secretariat based in London. He has more than 18 years’ experience in the construction and engineering sectors, serving in contracting, advisory and expert witness related roles.
Mr. Hawkins is regularly appointed as an expert on quantum matters in international arbitration proceedings and has been cross-examined before arbitral tribunals on several occasions.
Mr. Hawkins has considerable construction and litigation experience having assisted clients on a wide variety of large-scale construction and engineering projects in the energy, infrastructure, real estate and oil and gas sectors in the United Kingdom, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
He has provided advice and prepared quantum analyses for both public and private sector clients and has been instructed to provide independent expert opinion in respect of matters relating to cost overruns and loss and expense. His primary areas of concentration are in the valuation of construction claims, including the measurement and valuation of works, valuation of termination claims and the quantification of prolongation and disruption costs.
Mr. Hawkins has a bachelor’s degree in commercial management and quantity surveying and an LLM in construction law and arbitration. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Member of the Academy of Experts.
WWL says: “Terry is always quick to turn work around and provides sound analysis of
issues” “He is highly professional, analytically strong and always provides solid advice”
“He is calm and reasonable and can navigate difficulties very effectively” “Clients
absolutely love him”
Education
- LL.M, Construction Law and Arbitration
- B.Sc. (Hons), Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying
Professional Associations
- Fellow Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)