Kevin W. Johnson
Kevin W. Johnson is a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Securities, and Environmental, Energy & Natural Resources departments. While Kevin has significant experience in a number of industrial sectors, he tends to focus his practice on assisting clients to devise structures to create value through transactions related to the purchase, sale, development, financing and commercialization of infrastructure and natural resources projects on a global basis. He has represented both national and international clients in a wide variety of transactions. When dealing with infrastructure and natural resources projects, Kevin likes to say that he helps clients turn dirt into cash.
Prior to joining the firm, Kevin was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Molycorp, Inc., a publicly traded international rare earth mining and processing company with corporate offices in Denver, where he was responsible for all aspects of Molcorp’s legal affairs on a global basis. Before joining Molycorp, Kevin was a partner at Holland & Hart in Denver, Colorado. Kevin began his legal career at The Dow Chemical Company, where he had the opportunity to live and work in Europe for five years. Kevin speaks Spanish.
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Accomplishments
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D., 1984)
Winner of John S. Welch Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
Member, Board of Advocates
London School of Economics (M.Sc. in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, 1983)
Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1980)
Associations
Member, Denver Bar Association
Member, Colorado Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Co-Chair, Special Institute on Due Diligence in Mining and Oil & Gas Transactions
(2018)
Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Association
Past Chairman
(2010-2011)
Holland & Hart TerraLex Representative
(1999-2009)
Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Alumni Board
(2005-2007)
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Adjunct Professor, International Finance
(2000 - 2003)
Licensed/Admitted
Michigan (Inactive)