Sean T. Johnson

Representative Cases and Experience

• Managed a team of lawyers that successfully prosecuted a first of its kind administrative complaint at the Texas Railroad Commission.
• Recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas disputes without having to resort to litigation.
• Managing Counsel for the Legal Department of the U.S. subsidiary of an international Fortune 500 energy company including responsibility for all U.S. litigation, commercial agreements, and corporate governance.
• Discovered evidence of arbitrator bias and managed a team that successfully had three adverse arbitration awards vacated.
• Technology Control Officer of an offshore E&P company responsible for ensuring compliance with U.S. export laws including through the creation and administration of training and policies.
• Lead counsel for various operational disciplines of a midstream company including:
  • Engineering & Construction (including the negotiation of construction, master service, consulting, and other types of agreements).
  • Operations (including the negotiation of offshore and onshore O&M agreements, and maritime agreements).
  • Procurement (including the negotiation of supplier agreements);
  • Information Technology (including extensive experience in negotiating software license and syndicated content agreements).
  • Human Resources (including counsel on various issues and involvement in employee investigations).
  • Real Estate (including responsibility for all U.S. leases, acquisitions, and divestitures).
  • Ethics & Compliance (including co-drafting various compliance training programs);
  • Internal and External Affairs (including responsibility for all social media issues).
  • Rights-of-Way (including responsibility for all ROW activities for certain pipeline expansion projects).
• Responsible for an intellectual property portfolio, including the prosecution of two patents, and all company trademarks, and acquiring licenses for third party intellectual property as needed.
• Provided commercial and strategic counsel to executive management on a commercial relationship with a foreign state-owned energy company including oversight of complex multi-year agreements for the marketing, purchase, importation, and sale of propane from Africa.