Paul Taplin

Senior Managing Director, Ankura

Paul Taplin is a senior managing director based in Ankura’s Dubai office, having been resident in the UAE since 2013. Paul has more than 30 years’ experience in the construction sector and as a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) is a highly experienced chartered quantity surveyor, chartered construction manager and quantum expert witness specialising in the evaluation and analysis of complex construction claims on major domestic and international projects including infrastructure, building, power, civil engineering, industrial, water and oil and gas pipelines. As well as working in the UK, Paul has extensive international experience covering mainland Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the USA. Paul is regularly appointed as a quantum expert witness and has given evidence many times in the UK, Bahrain and the UAE. He has been cross examined by Queens Counsel and has extensive experience of witness conferencing often termed ‘hot tubbing’. He is also an accredited mediator and panel-registered adjudicator.