Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Bartek Rejch as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office. He joins the firm’s environmental/toxic tort and product & general liability practice groups. Rejch represents and advises manufacturers and distributors of products and industrial premises owners in various sectors. He defends litigation arising from toxic exposures and product liability. Companies and professionals have also relied on him for difficult cases involving catastrophic injuries, medical malpractice, employment issues, and contract disputes. His product knowledge and experience includes a wide range of categories: joint compound, metals, paint, automotive parts, cosmetics, HVAC equipment, plastics, and electrical equipment.

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added commercial litigator Nancy Nguyen Sims as a partner in Los Angeles, as the firm continues to expand its offerings in Southern California. She brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial litigation with a focus on complex business disputes and investigations. Sims has experience defending class actions in the consumer, franchise, insurance and labor and employment spaces. She has defended dozens of class actions in various sectors and defended companies in bet-the-company cases, including class and representative actions in the franchise arena. She joins Baker McKenzie from DLA Piper and will be a member of the firm’s North America litigation and government enforcement practice and its global disputes practice.