Management Team
Our managing director, Metehan Caglar Sonbahar, is an expert in quantum and delay disputes, and has extensive experience in international construction arbitration. Metehan is highly proficient in the analysis and resolution of commercial and contractual problems on large-scale projects in Turkey, Europe, the CIS and Russia, and the Middle East.
Founder & Director
Metehan Caglar Sonbahar
Qualifications
- MSc Construction Management
- LLM Construction Law & Arbitration
- Chartered Civil Engineer
- FIDIC Certified Adjudicator
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Academy of Experts
- Adjudication Society UK
- Society of Construction Law UK
- Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
- Association of Turkish Civil Engineers
- Association of Turkish Consulting Engineers and Architects
- EFCA European External Aid Committee
Background
Metehan Caglar Sonbahar is a dual-qualified construction professional with more than 22 years of international experience across construction, engineering and dispute resolution. His background combines technical delivery, project controls and claims expertise with advanced legal study in construction law and arbitration.
As a Chartered Civil Engineer with postgraduate qualifications in both construction management and construction law, Metehan advises on complex matters involving delay, quantum, contractual entitlement and dispute strategy in both live project and formal dispute environments.
Specialist Expertise
Metehan specialises in the FIDIC suite of contracts and has been appointed as a Dispute Adjudication Board member under FIDIC. He has advised across a broad range of sectors including infrastructure, highways, buildings, manufacturing, power, water, utilities, marine works and industrial facilities.
His dispute-resolution experience spans arbitration proceedings at the ICC, LCIA, DIAC, ISTAC, ITOTAM, DIFC, UNCITRAL and ICSID, as well as alternative dispute resolution through negotiation, dispute boards and adjudication. He has been cross-examined in arbitral proceedings and has given concurrent evidence.
A core feature of his work is the ability to bridge technical and legal issues — from programme and productivity analysis to contractual risk, entitlement review and the structured presentation of complex project events.
Training & Industry Contribution
Metehan delivers FIDIC contract and claims workshops to both small and large groups of practitioners. He serves as a Committee Member of the European External Aid Committee of EFCA and has published a number of articles on construction and dispute resolution topics, contributing to the development of professional practice in the field.
His project and dispute experience spans Europe, the CIS region, Africa and the Middle East — giving Equitas the cross-jurisdictional perspective required to advise on complex international construction disputes with confidence.
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71-75 Shelton Street London Greater London WC2H 9JQ UK