Nader Emile

Nader Emile is a Partner at HKA, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is a legally qualified Civil Engineer with 25 years’ experience in the construction and engineering industries. He has extensive experience in project management, planning and analysis of extension of time claims.

Nader provides claims consulting and delay expert services, including claims preparation and defence, planning advisory, forensic delay analysis and arbitration support on a wide range of projects for several clients in the Middle East and North Africa. Nader has also been both party and tribunal appointed as an independent delay expert providing testimony in formal proceedings.

Nader’s experience portfolio includes many prestigious and challenging projects including retail malls, residential/office buildings, hotels, universities, airports, railways, power stations and oil & gas installations. He is familiar with many standard forms of contract, the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol, the AACE recommended practices for forensic scheduling and the Saudi Government Tenders & Procurement Law and its Implementing Regulations.

Nader holds qualifications in construction engineering (BSc), project management (PMP), business administration (MBA), construction law and arbitration (LLM) and contracts and claims (PGDip). He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a member of the Society of Construction Law, the Saudi Council of Engineers and the Egyptian Engineers Syndicate. He is also an Accredited Expert Witness with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and has obtained his certificate in Independent Expert Determination. Nader is named in Lexology Index (Formerly Who’s Who Legal) as a Construction Expert in Saudi Arabia and has been granted the Client Choice Award for 2024 and 2025.