Expanding its global oil and gas group, Mayer Brown has hired Philip Lau, the former co-chair of Locke Lord‘s construction law practice group.

Lau joined Mayer Brown on Monday as a partner in Houston. Alex Chequer, the global leader of the oil and gas group at Mayer Brown, said adding Lau to the team is part of a “global plan” for growing the oil and gas group. Other recent hires include Bob Palmer, who joined as a partner in May 2019 in London, and Vera de Gyarfas, who moved to the firm’s Houston office last December from King & Spalding.