Adam Housel has significant experience in the oil & gas industry and focuses on litigation and disputes.
Adam Housel has significant experience in the oil & gas industry and focuses on litigation and disputes. He has 13 years of consulting, from analyzing claims and contracts, and developing oil & gas valuation models, to preparing expert reports. His experience includes analyzing financial statements, developing financial models, and performing business valuations.
Mr. Housel currently consults and advises on contractual disputes, industry customs and practices, including Force Majeure, early termination, price re-openers, joint operating agreements, evolving market conditions, and trading practices. He also develops complex cash flow models, completes comprehensive financial statements and market analyses, and works on royalty dispute engagements and disputes related to business valuation.
Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Housel held a senior manager position at BDOin the Litigation, Arbitration & Disputes practice. He previously worked as a financial analyst for a large retail company preparing and analyzing
financial data.
Jury Trial Victory for Marathon Oil Co. in Landmark $123.7M Force Majeure Case
Managing Director Bob Broxson provided expert reports, deposition, and trial testimony on behalf of Marathon Oil Co. in a high-stakes, precedent-setting contract dispute arising from a natural gas delivery impeded in 2021 by Winter Storm Uri.
Taking The Right Approach in Asset Searching and Recovery in 2025
The tension among regulators between the push for increased transparency and the need to protect individual privacy is always apparent in asset searching exercises. This tension is a global phenomenon, central to the ongoing debate surrounding registering beneficial ownership information.
Marking 135 Years of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Today, Secretariat marks the 135th anniversary of the Sherman Antitrust Act, enacted by the 51st U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on July 2, 1890. The Act was the first comprehensive federal legislation to promote competition, criminalize monopolistic behavior, and empower courts to uphold economic efficiency as a public good.