Mehmet Karakoc has 16 years of experience in dispute resolution, delay and disruption analyses, contract review, preparation of claims, quantum, and programming matters in the construction industry on infrastructure, information technology, leisure, oil & gas, power, commercial, and energy projects. In addition to working in the United Kingdom, he has worked in the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Germany, India, Greece, Belgium, Trinidad, Egypt, France, Turkey, Ghana, South Africa, Netherlands, Finland, Ukraine, Iraq, Seychelles, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Libya, Qatar, Colombia, Turkmenistan, Gabon, Ireland, Serbia, Oman, the United States, and Ecuador. 

Mr. Karakoc regularly delivers training programs and publishes on construction and programming matters. He recently authored an article on concurrent delay and COVID-19 for Construction Law Journal and lectured on technical issues and risk assessments in construction law at the University of Cambridge.

Mr. Karakoc has been appointed as a delay and quantum expert on multiple contentious and non-contentious disputes. He has testified several times in arbitration proceedings, including giving concurrent expert evidence. 

Who’s Who Legal recognizes Mr. Karakoc as a “Future Leader Arbitration Future Leaders – Expert Witnesses 2022” and “Global Leader Construction Expert Witnesses 2022”. Mr. Karakoc was also shortlisted by Lexology for its Arbitration Expert Witness Client Choice 2021 award.

Who’s Who Legal describes Mr. Karakoc as:  

“Tireless, very thorough and knowledgeable”
“He is reliable, confident and comes across very well in testimony”
“He is extremely responsive and has a common-sense approach”
“He is calm and persuasive under cross-examination” 

Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Karakoc was a senior managing director at a large management consultancy. He also gained hands-on experience in project management, contracts, and claims during his years as a civil engineer at a Top 50 international contractor.