Shane Johnson advises debtors, DIP lenders, liquidating trustees, official committees of unsecured creditors, and other creditors on various restructuring matters.
Prior to joining Porter Hedges, Shane worked at an international law firm and clerked for bankruptcy judges in the Southern District of New York and the Western District of Texas.
Honors & Recognitions
Chambers USA, Bankruptcy Firm of the Year (Texas), 2019
Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2021-2023
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2012
B.J., University of Texas at Austin, with high honors, 2009
Admissions
Texas
New York
United States District Court for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas
United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, the Honorable Allan L. Gropper, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
- Law Clerk, the Honorable H. Christopher Mott, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas
Experience
Debtors
- Vroom, Inc.
- Alpine Summit Energy Partners, Inc.
- Agilon Energy Holdings II, LLC (Conflicts Counsel)
- MD America Energy, LLC
- SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
- Epic Companies, LLC
- PetroQuest Energy Inc.
Official Committees
- GWG Holdings, Inc. (Co-Counsel to Bondholder Committee)
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative (Co-Counsel)
- Washington Prime Group, Inc. (Co-Counsel to Equity Committee)
- Abengoa Bioenergy US Holding, LLC and Abeinsa Holding Inc.
DIP Lenders
- BUCA Restaurants, Inc.
- Permico Midstream Partners
- OptiScan Biomedical Corporations
- Peninsula Airways, Inc.
- Juniper GTL
§363 Asset Purchases
- Lifesize, Inc.
- BUCA Restaurants, Inc.
- Southland Royalty Company LLC
- NanoMech Industries
Liquidating Trustees
- Montco Offshore Inc.
- Epic Companies, LLC
Other Significant Representations
- U.S. Counsel to Canadian monitor in Just Energy’s Chapter 15 case.
- Counsel to the second largest single creditor in Seadrill Limited’s Chapter 11 cases with a $1 billion claim.
- Counsel to an electricity supply company in Linn Energy’s Chapter 11 cases.
- Counsel to an Indenture Trustee of Puerto Rico bonds as part of the Commonwealth's restructuring.
- Counsel to Foreign Representative of a Chinese solar company in a Chapter 15 case.
- Counsel to French film distribution company in Relativity Media's Chapter 11 cases.
- Counsel to an investment management and advisory services company in Petters' Chapter 11 cases.
- Counsel to a contract counterparty in Caesars’ Chapter 11 cases.
Newsroom
News
Media Mentions
Speaking Engagements
Affiliations
State Bar of Texas, Bankruptcy Law Section
Houston Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section
Houston Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers
American Bankruptcy Institute
Turnaround Management Association
