Terry Hawkins

Managing Director

Terry Hawkins has more than 20 years of contracting, advisory, and expert witness experience in the construction and engineering sectors. He is regularly appointed as an expert on quantum matters in international arbitration proceedings and has been cross-examined before arbitral tribunals on numerous occasions.

Mr. Hawkins has extensive experience assessing the financial consequences of construction disputes in international arbitration, litigation, and other forums, and has provided oral testimony under cross-examination on numerous occasions, including multiple appearances before ICC tribunals.

Mr. Hawkins has advised and prepared quantum analyses for both public and private sector clients. He has been instructed to provide independent expert opinion on cost overruns and loss and expense. Mr. Hawkins concentrates on the valuation of construction claims, including the measurement and valuation of works, the valuation of termination claims, and the quantification of prolongation and disruption costs. 

Mr. Hawkins’ expertise spans major construction and engineering projects across the energy, infrastructure, real estate, and oil & gas sectors in the United Kingdom, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. 

Mr. Hawkins is recognized as a Thought Leader  by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), with Lexology noting: “Described as ‘razor-sharp’ and ‘excellent on the stand,’ quantum expert Terry Hawkins is praised for his diligent approach to complex construction disputes, both domestically and abroad.” Sources share, Mr. Hawkins is “calm, thorough and has exceptional attention to detail,” “great at seeing the bigger picture,” offering a truly impressive and “unique perspective on certain aspects of loss calculations.”

Mr. Hawkins authored the ‘Damages in Construction Arbitrations’ chapter in the GAR Damages in International Arbitrations Guide, Fifth and Sixth Editions and the ‘Delays in Quantum and Financial Methods for Computing Costs and Damages’ chapter in the GAR Guide to Construction Arbitration; Edition 5, 2023.

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