
About Us
A global brand
BLACKROCK EXPERT SERVICES GROUP is the global brand that unites Blackrock Expert Services, IT Group and Haberman Ilett
Beyond dispute

70+
instructed by over 70 leading global law firms
24
diverse staff of a collective 24 nationalities
6
experience spanning six continents

Our unique proposition
Blackrock Expert Services Group is a specialist firm of construction, technology and accounting professionals, all experts in our respective fields.
Collectively, our service proposition is unique – a range of expert witness, dispute resolution, advisory, investigative and electronic discovery services that are beyond dispute, spanning global industries across the world’s continents.
When our clients are faced with complex challenges, risk and uncertainty, disagreements and disputes, we understand the difficulties they are experiencing. And when complexity needs clarity, we apply our knowledge and expertise to give insightful, independent and objective advice and expert opinion that our clients and their lawyers can rely on.
Our professionalism, attention to detail, independence and integrity set us apart.
Award-winning teams
Access to the world’s leading construction, technology, accounting and financial services experts
Indisputable expert services for our clients
With over 200 professionals based in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Blackrock Expert Services Group provides clients and partners with seamless access to the world’s most highly regarded and respected accounting, delay, engineering, information technology and quantum experts. The unifying of three brands – Blackrock Expert Services, IT Group and Haberman Ilett – unites our group of expert advisory, dispute resolution and investigation specialists to form an integrated service offering for global industries across the world’s continents.

Proud recipients of high-profile industry awards
We are proud of our industry awards, accolades and recognition for our performance, hard work and commitment. In 2017, we won the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for our outstanding sales growth in overseas markets. We are regular contributors to Who’s Who Legal, a world leading guide to lawyers and consulting experts, and its sister publication Global Arbitration Review and have been named Expert Witness of the Year for both Construction and Arbitration (for the fifth consecutive year).

Training for lawyers
Interactive seminars
Drawing on a wealth of experience both from industry and in the disputes field, Blackrock Expert Services Group can deliver tailored formal and informal seminars and presentations to barristers, law firms and other interested parties. These interactive seminars help lawyers develop their understanding of a range of matters and considerations relevant to disputes in their field of expertise. They are delivered at a time and place of their recipients’ choosing, either in-person or virtually.
If your team of litigation or arbitration lawyers or barristers would like to find out more about our seminars, please email training@blackrockx.com.

Tailored to requirements
Previous seminars have covered a broad range of topics but can be tailored as required. Our experienced teams have in-depth knowledge across construction, technology, accounting and valuation, and capability to present on matters such as working with your expert and cross examination training to subject matter, technical and topical issues across all of our industry specialisms.

Our history
A reflection of our history and origins, dating from 2004 to the present

2004
IT Group UK founded by Tony Sykes as a specialist IT dispute consultancy, based in Newport, Shropshire

2006
IT Group UK relocates to offices in Telford, Shropshire

2009
Black Rock Programme Management, trading as Blackrock PM, founded by world-renowned delay expert David Barry

2010
Jason Coyne joins IT Group UK as company relocates to Preston Technology Management Centre, Lancashire

2012
IT Group UK adopts Intella Connect, a web-enabled, browser-based document review platform

2013
Launch of The Haberman Partnership LLP by founding partner, Philip Haberman, joined by Liz Perks and Vikki Wall

2013
Blackrock PM appoints quantum expert Joanne Prior to establish new quantum team

2014
Frank Ilett joins The Haberman Partnership LLP

2015
The Haberman Partnership LLP becomes Haberman Ilett LLP

2015
UK private equity firm Dunedin takes a minority stake in Blackrock PM, providing a platform for growth and expansion

2015
First Blackrock PM international office opens at Latifa Towers in Dubai, UAE

2016
Blackrock PM ranked 44th in The Sunday Times Heathrow SME Export Track 100, which ranks Britain’s 100 small- and medium-sized (SME) companies with the fastest-growing international sales

2016
IT Group relocates to Lockside Office Park in Preston as the company continues to expand

2017
Blackrock PM awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade

2017
Blackrock PM ranked 36th in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table, which ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales

2017
Black Rock Programme Management, trading as Blackrock PM, renamed as Blackrock Expert Services

2017
Blackrock Expert Services forms a new partnership with specialist international asset manager Intermediate Capital Group (ICG), replacing Dunedin, and providing both debt and equity financial support

2017
Blackrock Expert Services relocates to new corporate headquarters at the Grade II-listed Adelphi building by the Strand in London, England

2017
Blackrock Expert Services agrees three-year sponsorship deal with Ireland Men’s Sevens rugby team

2017
Blackrock Expert Services ranked 87th in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales

2018
Blackrock Expert Services opens international office in Paris, France

2018
David Barry named Who’s Who Legal’s Construction Expert Witness of the Year

2018
Blackrock Expert Services acquires Preston-based IT Group UK, expanding expert services offering to include technology

2018
Blackrock Expert Services ranked 95th in The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 league table which ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales

2019
Blackrock Expert Services ranked 162nd in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales

2019
Blackrock Expert Services merges with Haberman Ilett, adding expert accounting and valuation services to its portfolio

2019
Blackrock Expert Services and Haberman Ilett both ranked in the top 10 in the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100 Expert Witness Firms’ Power Index

2019
Philip Haberman named Who’s Who Legal’s (WWL’s) Arbitration Expert Witness of the Year for the 5th consecutive year

2019
IT Group UK becomes RelativityOne certified partner in the UK for SaaS cloud-based eDiscovery software solutions

2019
Blackrock Expert Services, IT Group UK, Haberman Ilett and Martello Financial Services unite under a new global brand, Blackrock Expert Services Group

2020
Nine of our partners continue to be recognised as Global Leaders in arbitration by Who’s Who Legal