Vinson & Elkins will open an office in Denver on Friday, a launch capitalizing on growth in the Am Law 100 firm’s client base in the region and Colorado’s extensive roster of corporate headquarters.

Sarah Morgan, a co-head of the firm’s capital markets and M&A practice group, will serve as managing partner of the new office. Two others—Los Angeles partner Mike Joyce, a co-practice group leader of the energy transactions and projects practice group, and Houston capital markets partner Ramey Layne—will also work in the new Denver office.