Two more deal lawyers are leaving Locke Lord’s Houston office.
Partner Philip Lau is moving to Mayer Brown and partner Walker Clarke is going in-house at Enterprise Products Partners, sources said.
Neither Lau nor Clarke could be reached for confirmation. Their bios were still on the Locke Lord website Friday morning.
Locke Lord issued a statement wishing both well in their new positions.
“We wish Phil and Walker all the best as they pursue new career opportunities,” the firm said. “We’re very proud of Walker and look forward to staying in touch with him as he joins Enterprise Products Partners, a long-standing client of the firm. Phil is a very well-respected partner and we have appreciated all of his contributions to Locke Lord.”
A spokesman for Mayer Brown has not yet responded to a request for comment.
Enterprise Products Partners general counsel Harry (Hap) Weitzel couldn’t be reached.
The two departures follow the announcement last week that Locke Lord partners and global capital markets co-chairs Michael Blankenship and Eric Johnson were moving to Winston & Strawn.
Clarke, who has been at Locke Lord for 13 years and was elected partner in 2015, has typically worked on middle-market transactions, often involving private equity firms.
Lau, who has been at Locke Lord for 18 years, has focused on energy-related commercial transactions and construction, primarily in the midstream and downstream segments.
Last year Clarke led the Locke Lord team representing London-based Hunting plc on its purchase of Arconic Inc. unit RTI Energy Systems Inc. for $12.5 million and Intervale Capital-backed Sentry Energy Solutions on its acquisition of Himarc Environmental Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Clarke also was part of the team that represented Spur Energy Partners on its partnership with KKR last year to purchase Permian oil and gas properties from Carnelian-backed Percussion Petroleum for an undisclosed sum.
In 2017, Clarke also was part of the group that counseled White Deer Energy-backed O-Tex Holdings and O-Tex Pumping on their sale to C&J Energy Services for $240 million.
Over time, Clarke has advised on deals involving Marimon Business Systems, Triple-S Steel Holdings, Legacy Measurement Solutions, NGP-backed PCORE Exploration & Production and Encap-backed Felix Energy and Symrise Inc.
Last year Lau was part of Locke Lord teams that advised Amp Americas on the sale of 20 ampCNG fueling stations to American Natural Gas for $41 million and EnCap Flatrock Midstream-backed Nuevo Midstream Dos on its purchase of ArcLight Capital Markets-backed Republic Midstream for an undisclosed sum.
In 2017, Lau also was part of the group that counseled Energy & Minerals Group- and Laredo Petroleum-owned Medallion Gathering & Processing on its sale to a Global Infrastructure Partners affiliate for $1.8 billion.
Over the years Lau has provided counsel on deals involving Lodestar Energy Group, Nuevo Midstream Dos, Satellite Petrochemical USA Corp., Matador Resources Co., Cone Midstream Partners, Columbia Pipeline Group, Crestwood Midstream Partners and Targa Resources Corp.