Sean Davis

Practice Areas

Restructuring & Insolvency

Syndicated Finance

Career

Sean Davis is a shareholder in Winstead's Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. Sean's practice focuses primarily on commercial bankruptcy and restructuring matters in numerous industries, including: real estate, construction, equipment and vehicle leasing and finance, oil and gas, maritime shipping, health care, food service, livestock, office supply, and manufacturing. Sean's experience includes representing and counseling secured lenders, lessors, trade creditors, and financial institutions in a wide-variety of liquidation and reorganization proceedings and related bankruptcy and civil litigation. Prior to licensure, Sean was a judicial intern for The Hon. Leticia Z. Paul in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas and for The Hon. Terry Jennings in the Court of Appeals of Texas, First District. Sean also serves as the pro bono coordinator for Winstead's Houston office.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of Texas

American Bar Association

American Bar Foundation, Fellow

Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Member

Texas Minority Counsel Program, Steering Committee (2021-present)

University of Texas - Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference, Planning Committee (2016-present)

Houston Bar Association

Houston Bar Foundation

Houston Young Lawyers Association (Leadership Academy, 2012-2013)

Houston Association of Young Bankruptcy Lawyers (Treasurer, 2013-2016)

Arthur L. Moller/David B. Foltz, Jr. American Inn of Court

Houston Pro Bono Joint Initiative (Coordinating Committee, 2011-present)

Southwest Association of Bank Counsel

Turnaround Management Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Publications

Top 100, The National Black Lawyers, 2024

The Best Lawyers in America, (BL Rankings, LLC), 2024-2025

Chambers USA Guide to America, Chambers & Partners Publishing, 2025

Texas Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2015-2019

Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas, 2014-2017

Texas Bar College

National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Next Generation Program Participant, 2019

Top 40 Under 40, The National Black Lawyers, 2020

Experience

Served as co-counsel to DIP lender in Serta Simmons bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to agent for pre-petition secured and DIP lenders in Tailored Brands bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as counsel to purchaser of Debtor’s assets in the Approach Resources bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to agent for pre-petition ABL lenders in Belk, Inc. bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to agent for pre-petition secured lenders in Monitronics, Inc. bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as counsel to senior secured lender in the BRH-Garver Construction bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to coalition of potentially responsible parties in connection with a superfund site in California Resources Corporation bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as counsel to senior secured lender in Coast Drilling Land Company case (S.D. Tex.)

Served as counsel to secured lender and hedge counterparty in the Activa Resources case (W.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to agent for pre-petition secured lenders in Stage Stores bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to international oil and gas exploration and production company in Diamond Offshore Drilling bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Represented potential asset purchaser in Templar Energy bankruptcy cases (D. Del.)

Represented royalty interest owners in Amazing Energy bankruptcy cases (E.D. Tex.)

Represented former officer of the Debtor in Ebony Media Operations bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to DIP Lender in Warrior Golf bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to secured noteholder group in Frontera Holdings bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to pre-petition secured lender and DIP lender in ENTREC Corporation cross-border bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Represented junior secured lender and hedge counterparty in Buzzards Bench (S.D. Tex.), Remnant Oil Company (W.D. Tex.), and Nine Point Energy (D. Del) bankruptcy cases

Represented oil and gas exploration and production companies as creditors and predecessors-in-title in Fieldwood Energy bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to railcar lessor in Covia Holdings bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Represented landlords in several retail bankruptcy cases, including: In re Payless ShoeSource (E.D. Mo.); In re Mattress Firm (D. Del.); In re J.C. Penney (S.D. Tex.); In re CEC Entertainment (S.D. Tex.); and In re Cinemex Holdings (S.D. Fla.)

Represented agent for secured pre-petition and post-petition lenders in Lockwood Holdings bankruptcy case (S.D. Tex.)

Represented transportation service agreement counterparty in litigation concerning enforcement of claim in Linn Energy/Berry Petroleum bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to energy financing investors concerning enforcement of claims in GenOn Energy, Inc. bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Assisted in the representation of secured pre-petition and post-petition lenders and asset purchasers in ATP Oil & Gas bankruptcy and ancillary litigation (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to ad hoc group of noteholders in Midstates Petroleum Company bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to agent for first lien lenders in Stone Energy bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as co-counsel to a noteholder group in Ultra Petroleum bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Served as counsel to purchaser of Debtor’s assets in the Trinity River Resources bankruptcy case (W.D. Tex.)

Represented mineral interest owner in Swift Energy bankruptcy (D. Del.)

Assisted in the representation of secured lender in TMT Procurement Corporation, bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Assisted in the representation of vendors and former employees in Seahawk Drilling bankruptcy (S.D. Tex.)

Assisted in the representation of secured lender to producer of hydraulic fracturing proppants in Oxane Materials bankruptcy (S.D. Tex.)

Assisted in the representation of equipment lenders in Sanjel (USA) bankruptcy cases (W.D. Tex.)

Represented mineral interest owner in RAAM Global Energy bankruptcy cases (S.D. Tex.)

Represented equipment and heavy machinery lessors, vendors, and contractors in reorganizations of excavation, construction, and mid-stream energy companies in the Southern District of Texas (In re Diverse Energy; In re KTP Construction; In re Vales & Industrial Resources; In re Heritage Consolidated)

Represented trade vendors and service providers in energy restructuring matters in the Southern District of Texas (In re McDermott International, Inc.; In re Bouchard Transportation; In re Shale Support Global; In re Seadrill Limited; and In re EP Energy)

Represented secured lender to outpatient psychiatric healthcare facility in 11500 Space Center bankruptcy case (S.D. Tex.)

Represented secured lender to firearms retailer in CTLI, LLC bankruptcy case (S.D. Tex.)

Represented unsecured vendors in the DBSI, Inc., et al., Peregrine I, LLC, and Opus East, LLC bankruptcy cases (D. Del.)

Represented secured lenders in several single asset real estate bankruptcy cases and ancillary guarantor liability litigation

Represented shareholders in reorganization of outpatient healthcare facility

Representation of trade vendors in preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance actions

Education