Bryan E. Loocke is a Partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP and serves as the Managing Partner of the Houston office. With nearly two decades of experience, Bryan is an accomplished transactional lawyer specializing in energy, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity. He represents both public and private clients in domestic upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions. Bryan is highly experienced in leading complex deals that require multidisciplinary teams, and his work includes drilling participation agreements, farmouts, operating agreements, gathering and transportation agreements, rig agreements, production payments, preferred equity investments, and both traditional and mezzanine financings.