San Francisco-based law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, commonly known as Gordon & Rees, has announced the opening of a Salt Lake City office. The entrance into the Utah market is part of the firm’s long-term plan to open offices in strategic locations that best serve its clients’ needs, according to a news release from the firm.

Mark Nickel will serve as managing partner of the Salt Lake City office.

“As a national firm with more than 700 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Gordon & Rees is positioned to expand its services to clients doing business in Utah or looking to expand into Utah,” Nickel said.

Nickel’s practice focuses on general and complex commercial litigation, construction litigation, business tort litigation, professional negligence and other business-related litigation, including securities fraud, corporate and partner disputes, real estate disputes, landlord and tenant disputes and creditors’ rights litigation. Nickel earned his B.S. degree in economics from Brigham Young University and graduated from the Arizona State University College of Law.