Toshi Dezaki is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Washington, DC. He has nearly 30 years of experience providing consulting services to national and international clients, primarily in the construction and government contracting sectors. Toshi works with public and private owners, contractors, architectural/engineering firms, subcontractors, and their counsel in a variety of advisory and dispute capacities. He has worked on projects located in the U.S., Canada, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Toshi’s construction and government contracting engagement experience spans a variety of industry sectors including energy (and renewables – solar, wind, and biofuels), entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, infrastructure, oil and gas, power, marine, residential, telecommunication, transportation, and vertical construction (office, mixed-use, retail, residential).
His experience in these industries includes addressing issues related to change order disputes, delays, differing site conditions, disruption (acceleration and loss of productivity), terminations (convenience/default), and lost profits, among others. He has also performed construction audits as part of ongoing project reviews and project close-outs. He is often called upon to calculate the allocation of damages between parties.
Toshi has been qualified as an expert in construction damages by both U.S. federal and state courts. In addition, he has offered verbal and written testimony in U.S. arbitrations (AAA, JAMS, private) and international arbitrations (ICC and AOA), including participation in numerous witness conferencing sessions (e.g., “hot-tubbing”).
Toshi has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a thought leader as well as both an expert witness and a consulting expert in the construction and energy industries.