Adam Y. Housel

Adam Housel has 20 years of consulting experience in complex commercial disputes, economic damages, and valuation matters within the energy industry. His expertise encompasses natural gas midstream and trading disputes, oil and gas royalty matters, contract performance and industry custom and practice, asset and contract valuation, and damages and lost profits analyses. He has directed complex financial, economic, and industry analyses and prepared and signed expert reports in support of litigation and arbitration.

Adam began his consulting career with FTI Consulting in 2006, where he spent over a decade conducting financial, economic, and industry analyses and quantifying damages in complex energy matters. He subsequently held senior positions in the dispute advisory practices of BDO USA and Secretariat. Adam has been involved in disputes involving force majeure, contractual performance and termination provisions, gathering and processing rate structures, market disruption, natural gas trading practices, oil and gas royalties, and matters involving market-value provisions and post-production costs.

At Baker & O’Brien, Adam focuses on complex energy disputes involving commercial contracts, economic damages, asset and contract valuation, and royalty matters within the upstream and midstream sectors.

Previous Experience

2020-2026: Secretariat International,
Director, Dispute Advisory

2017-2020: BDO USA,
Director, Dispute Advisory Service

2006-2017: FTI Consulting,
Senior Director, Forensic and Litigation Consulting