Perkins Coie and O’Melveny & Myers announced Tuesday that they are expanding their respective presences in Asia in an effort to put their lawyers in closer proximity to major clients.

For its part, Perkins Coie announced that it is opening its third Asian office by launching Perkins Coie Foreign Legal Affairs Attorneys at Law in Taipei. The office in Taiwan’s capital city, which will be heavily IP-focused, is intended to help the firm serve such local clients as HTC, ATEN International, Largan Precision, Princo and Monolithic Power Systems.