Palm Beach Gardens-based law firm Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero has opened a Broward County office with the hiring of Fort Lauderdale-based corporate and securities lawyer Brian Pearlman, who joined the 40-lawyer firm as shareholder this month.

In an interview, firm president Gary Gerson said the firm's corporate practice has benefited from New York investment bankers moving to Florida and recognizing that Florida-based law firms such as his can charge less for the same work than comparable New York law firms.