Education
  • North Carolina State University
    M.S. Structural Engineering (1991)
  • Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
    B.S. Civil Engineering (1987)
Areas of expertise
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC)
  • Independent Engineer / Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Markets & Strategy
  • Offshore
  • Pipeline
  • Arbitration
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Commercial Terms Review
Industries
  • Oil & Gas Production
  • Chemicals and Petrochemicals
  • Petroleum Refining
  • LNG
  • Power Generation

Summary of Experience

Luis Rey offers more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry in technical and executive roles where he has been responsible for business operations (profit/loss), project management, enterprise and project risk management, project engineering, and structural engineering. He has managed upstream, midstream, and downstream EPC activities for major high-value international projects and has designed and assessed several offshore oil and gas facilities.

Luis has held various corporate roles in Operations, Project Management, and Risk Management. He has provided oversight of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), Detailed Engineering, and management of large-scale EPC projects. Luis has experience performing due diligence and peer reviews of major EPC projects and has led the integration team of two major company mergers. Prior to joining Baker & O’Brien, Luis provided expert witness testimony in ICC arbitrations related to complex engineering and construction disputes. He had also provided expert testimony in a refinery EPC dispute and fact witness testimony in an offshore facility EPC dispute.

Since joining Baker & O’Brien, Luis has prepared expert witness testimony regarding technical claims in ICC and DIAC arbitrations and court proceedings for complex EPC disputes, including a drilling rig collapse dispute. Luis has co-authored publications on the seismic performance of reinforced concrete columns for ACI and ASCE and has presented at conferences, including the OTC and SPE, regarding the assessment of offshore platforms. Luis is fluent in both English and Spanish.

Previous Experience

2017-2020: Wood plc,
Vice President of Mexico Operations

2012-2017: Amec Foster Wheeler - Oil & Gas Americas,
Director of Project Management
Director of Risk Management

2007-2012: Global Industries Offshore, LLC,
Director of Worldwide Risk Management

2006-2007: The Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc.,
Vice President of Dispute Resolution
Manager of the Texas Regional Office

1991-2006: Halliburton/KBR/Brown & Root,
Project Director
Project Manager
Commercial Manager
Project Engineer
Structural Engineer
Engineer-in-Training