Lorna Cuthbertson Tardif is a registered professional engineer and Partner at HKA Global (Canada), Inc. Lorna has over 35 years of experience in expert testimony, claims consultancy, dispute resolution and project advisory services across the construction industry.

Lorna has been retained as an independent expert on more than 200 occasions by owners, contractors, design professionals, and financial institutions. She has given expert witness testimony before courts and arbitration panels across Canada and in the USA on disputes valued up to several hundred million dollars. Her areas of expertise include delay analysis, productivity analysis and quantification of damages.

Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA)

Chartered Business Valuator (CBV)

Valuations, Damages Quantification

Patrizia Netal has been recognized in international directories as "a highly regarded name for construction and arbitration proceedings" and "absolutely excellent to work with". She has been continuously ranked among "European top 10 future leaders" in Who's Who Legal Arbitration. She was described as "an 'extremely focused' lawyer who is highly recommended for her outstanding work as both counsel and arbitrator in international proceedings". Clients cited in Who's Who Legal 2019-2021 commended her "truly excellent work" and highlighted her "very clear and straightforward way of thinking and arguing" as well as her "tenacity, reliability and diligence".

Patrizia is Vice President of the VIAC Board (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) and a senior member of VIAC's working group drafting the latest amendments of the new 2021 Vienna Rules. She is co-director of the Willem C. Vis Moot, the world's largest student competition in the field of international commercial arbitration. Patrizia lectures on arbitration subjects at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna and she is a faculty member of the Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP) at Delos.

Patrizia is Austria's Steering Committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA - The Pledge).

Patrizia serves both as counsel and arbitrator. She has more than 15 years' extensive experience in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Her core practice is international commercial arbitration, focusing on construction and engineering, transportation, M&A projects, energy and international sales and supplies.