After establishing its presence on the West Coast for more than a century, Loeb & Loeb is finally opening an office in San Francisco after hiring a group of six trusts and estates lawyers from Cooley.

The group, led by partners Audrey Scott, Myron Sugarman and Nicole Webb, also includes associates Alison Sundberg, Jessica Mills and Elizabeth Mak. The team focuses on estate planning and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals and families.

“We have been wanting to open the San Francisco office for a really long time, and to do that we needed critical mass,” said Loeb & Loeb partner Leah Bishop, co-chair of the firm's trusts and estates department and its family office group. “When the Cooley group came to us, I kept teasing them [that it's like] we're opening a high-end mall and suddenly we have our anchor tenants. To have a group as distinguished as this group, with the client base they have, gives instant credibility in opening the office there.”