K&L Gates has beefed up its West Coast corporate offerings for life sciences and emerging tech companies with the addition of partners from Reed Smith and Hanson Bridgett last week, including a former emerging companies practice chair.

Mattias Luukkonen and Michael Gorback joined K&L Gates on March 11. They join West Coast offices that consist of four corporate partners in Palo Alto and seven corporate partners in Orange County, according to K&L Gates’ website.