Like numerous others in Big Law, Shearman & Sterling is continuing a march across Texas, growing its footprint there with a new location. The firm officially opened a Dallas office on Monday, starting with six partners and plans to grow.

Anchoring the new location are former Jones Day partners Scott Cohen and Robert Cardone and three Shearman lawyers who transferred from the firm’s Houston office—restructuring partners Luckey McDowell and Ian Roberts and tax partner Ryan Bray. Another Jones Day M&A partner, Alain Dermarkar, will join the new office ”shortly,” Shearman announced in a press release.