Julie Mayo serves as senior vice president and chief legal officer of Sempra Infrastructure. She is responsible for Sempra Infrastructure’s legal affairs, including strategy, development, operations, regulatory, and governance matters.

Prior to joining Sempra Infrastructure, Mayo served as a trusted advisor to clients in private practice, most recently as a partner at Baker Botts. Throughout her career, Mayo has acted as a legal advisor on significant energy transactions and projects around the world. She has advised on matters across the spectrum of the energy sector and along the full value chain. From advising on offshore upstream oil and gas acquisitions and dispositions around the world, to some of the world’s largest and most complex liquefied-natural-gas projects and transactions, to projects utilizing the latest technologies to implement the energy transition, Mayo brings significant real-world, hands-on project development and execution experience to Sempra Infrastructure.

During her years in private practice, Mayo’s legal acumen was recognized by several leading publications, including the Chambers Global Guide, Chambers USA, Euromoney, The Legal 500, and Expert Guides. She was also named one of the Top 50 Women in Law by the National Diversity Council and one of Houston Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business in the energy industry. Mayo has also been widely recognized for her diversity and inclusion efforts in the energy sector and the legal profession, including the inaugural Vanguard Award at Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Power Play Awards. Mayo is active in several organizations, including serving as a leader for The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Women in Law.

Mayo obtained her bachelor of arts in anthropology from Emory University, her master of public health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and her law degree from The University of Texas School of Law.

Sempra Infrastructure is not the same company as the California utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) or Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), and Sempra Infrastructure is not regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.