Outstanding Ankura Construction Experts Acknowledged by Who’s Who Legal

Ankura is pleased to announce that 20 of its professionals have been named among the top construction advisors worldwide in the Who’s Who Legal: Construction 2022 list. This ranking demonstrates Ankura experts’ decades of unparalleled industry experience, wide-ranging knowledge, and global perspective to help clients resolve the most challenging issues they face around the world.

Who’s Who Legal is a leading publication that annually identifies the foremost legal practitioners and consulting experts in business law through nominations, an in-depth database, peer references, and extensive research. Those ranked the highest in their practice areas by Who’s Who Legal’s database are included in its list of leading consulting experts.

This year’s leading Ankura construction experts from the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom receiving recognition include:

1. David Dellar, Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “David has deep knowledge of delay issues.”; “Mr. Dellar is clever, knowledgeable and hard working.”; “He is very easy to work with as an expert.”
2. Greg D. Crider, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Greg is a well-regarded construction delay expert.”; “He is an insightful and disciplined practitioner.”; “Mr. Crider is effective in schedule analysis on complex projects.”
3. Guy Elkington, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Guy is a brilliant construction expert.”; “He is unflappable, pragmatic and sensible in his approach.”; “He is everything a quantum expert should be.”
4. Israel Almodovar, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Israel is a great expert with excellent delivery.”; “We are impressed by his in-depth analysis and clarity when delivering his findings.”; “He has an extraordinary ability to recall dates and facts of a project.”
5. Jacqui Record, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Jacqui is a top-tier expert witness in construction-related disputes.”; “She is a market-leading construction expert.”; “She is the one to have on your side.”
6. Jon Prudhoe, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Mr. Prudhoe is an exceptional expert in the market.”; “Jon is outstanding for quantum issues.”; “He is incredibly well respected when it comes to delay issues on projects.”
7. Mamas Stavrou, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Mamas is able to quickly identify the key issues and data requirements.”; “He conducts thorough interrogations of the information in cases.”; “He is able to present an objective and independent opinion in a clear manner to audiences.”
8. Matthew Finn, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Matthew is an incredibly reliable expert with strong technical knowledge.”; “Mr. Finn is the leading expert from the new generation.”; “He is an outstanding construction expert.”
9. Michael Stokes, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Mr. Stokes is the absolute best I have ever worked with.”; “He has a phenomenal appetite for detail.”; “Michael is an outstanding expert.”
10. Patrick M. Kelly, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say “Patrick is a top name in forensic schedule analysis.”; “He is a clear communicator with a deep understanding of the industry.”
11. Paul Taplin, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Paul is viewed in the market as a real star.”; “He is an incredibly reliable and impressive construction expert.”; “Mr. Taplin is always very hardworking and diligent in his approach.”
12. Peter V. Badala, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Peter is recognised as a senior-level damages professional.”; “He has superb experience of many large and significant construction cases.”; “He is responsive and great to work with.”
13. Robert W. Davenport, Senior Managing Director – Peers and client say: “He does an excellent job of pulling together the design issues on extremely large projects.”; “He produces usable work product that clearly explains the issues to a client.”; “Bob is very versatile in terms of the construction matters he can take on.”
14. Scott D. Gray, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Scott is a great expert for the financial aspects of cases.”; “Mr. Gray is brilliant when giving testimony, both in English and Spanish.”; “He is an excellent costs independent expert.”
15. Scott Jardine, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Scott is extremely professional and executes work in a very timely way with simple and clear responses.”; “He displays a great deal of confidence when dealing with construction issues.”; “He has a pragmatic approach and high-quality output.”
16. Stephen Sandles, Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Stephen is a highly respected and experienced quantum expert who consistently delivers analysis of complex quantum issues with clarity and quality.”; “When presented as evidence, his analysis has stood up to scrutiny and found to be highly persuasive.” 
17. Tony Farrow, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Tony is an excellent construction disputes expert.”; “He is a top expert in engineering and quantum claims.”
18. Toshi Dezaki, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Toshi is a true professional who displays a strong work ethic and excellent communication skills.”; “He is a natural leader who sets high standards for his performance and his teams.”; “Mr. Dezaki possesses strong analytical and quantitative skills.”
19. Volker Schmitz, Senior Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “He is able to understand and handle a variety of different technical and economical claims and variations.”; “He provides sound, robust and well-substantiated expert opinions on highly complex matters.”; “Volker was remarkably responsive throughout the case and continuously supported us with valuable analyses for strategic discussions and decisions ahead.”

Future Leaders

1. Tom Francis, Managing Director – Peers and clients say: “Tom has strong technical knowledge but also a practical approach.”; “Mr. Francis has an excellent command of the theoretical and practical issues associated with delays to construction programmes.”; “He is able to explain issues clearly and succinctly.”