Deloitte has expanded its capital projects practice with the addition of Mark W. Cohen, who rejoins the organization as a director in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. Cohen will be based in New York.
Cohen has more than 20 years of dispute resolution, project advisory, and risk management experience spanning a wide range of domestic and international engineering and construction projects.
He has also presented expert witness testimony in international venues including American Arbitration Association, International Chamber of Commerce and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law arbitrations, as well as in U.S. Courts. He has provided independent internal arbitration and mediation services for owners, designers and contractors involved in various types of engineered and constructed projects. +
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