Several Am Law 200 firms have announced new offices within the past week, including two top South Carolina-based firms branching out into new markets.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, a 414-lawyer general services firm based in Columbia, South Carolina, is setting up shop in Nashville after hiring Laurence “Larry” Papel, the former head of the corporate and M&A practice at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, according to the Nashville Business Journal.