Mehmet Karakoc is a Managing Director at Secretariat and is based in in London. With 20 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr. Karakoc specialises in the resolution of a wide range of complex disputes, forensic investigations, providing witness testimony, delay and disruption analyses, preparation of extension of time, disruption and cost claims, programming and project advisory matters. Mr. Karakoc regularly provides written and oral testimony (including witness conferencing), primarily in international arbitration matters.

Through his years of experience as an engineer and as an expert consultant, Mr. Karakoc has developed a detailed knowledge of construction, project management, scheduling and project controls. In addition, he regularly delivers trainings and speaks at key industry events.

Mr Karakoc has been appointed as a delay and quantum expert in numerous construction and energy disputes as a party-appointed expert as well as acting in the capacity of tribunal appointed expert and expert determiner. His experience spans across numerous industries including infrastructure, power, process and industrial, hospitals, commercial, healthcare, hospitality, water structures and oil & gas, data and technology projects.

In addition to UK projects, he has undertaken commissions, as the named delay expert, all over the world (from Africa to Americas) in 37 countries. These include mega projects and major disputes, such as construction of one of the longest gas pipelines in the world, the longest extradosed bridge in Europe, the tallest building in Europe, one of the largest offshore windfarms in the UK, the biggest semi-conductor plant in Europe, various data centre disputes and substantial gas plant arbitrations in MENA region.

Mr. Karakoc holds a BSc degree in civil engineering and a MSc in construction law and dispute resolution from King’s College. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in England and Wales, Society for Construction Law, Chartered Institute of Building, Society for Petroleum Engineers and The Academy of Experts.

Who’s Who Legal (Lexology) distinguishes Mr. Karakoc as a “Global Thought Leader” expert in arbitration. Lexology also recognises him in its Construction Expert Witness and Consulting Expert categories since 2019 and it says Mr. Karakoc “combines powerful cognitive skills with outstanding performance on the witness stand” and his “expertise in construction cases is second to none”.