diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-grapes-burn.md b/.changeset/hungry-grapes-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5da33d079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-grapes-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"aws-sdk-js-codemod": patch
+---
+
+Split getClientNewExpression into global/local name
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/getClientIdNamesFromNewExpr.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/getClientIdNamesFromNewExpr.ts
index b4f11b1f8..d2596eff8 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/getClientIdNamesFromNewExpr.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/getClientIdNamesFromNewExpr.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import type {
 } from "jscodeshift";
 
 import { DOCUMENT_CLIENT, DYNAMODB, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT } from "../config";
-import { getClientNewExpression } from "../utils";
+import {
+  getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName,
+  getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName,
+} from "../utils";
 
 export interface GetClientIdNamesFromNewExprOptions {
   v2ClientName: string;
@@ -70,27 +73,27 @@ export const getClientIdNamesFromNewExpr = (
   ]) {
     if (v2GlobalName) {
       namesFromGlobalModule.push(
-        ...getNames(j, source, getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName, v2ClientName }))
+        ...getNames(j, source, getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, v2ClientName))
       );
       if (v2ClientName === DYNAMODB) {
         namesFromGlobalModule.push(
           ...getNames(
             j,
             source,
-            getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName, v2ClientName: DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT })
+            getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT)
           )
         );
       }
     }
     namesFromServiceModule.push(
-      ...getNames(j, source, getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientLocalName }))
+      ...getNames(j, source, getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName(v2ClientLocalName))
     );
     if (v2ClientName === DYNAMODB) {
       namesFromServiceModule.push(
         ...getNames(
           j,
           source,
-          getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientLocalName: `${v2ClientLocalName}.${DOCUMENT_CLIENT}` })
+          getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName(`${v2ClientLocalName}.${DOCUMENT_CLIENT}`)
         )
       );
     }
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceClientCreation.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceClientCreation.ts
index ad269b1f6..8521db075 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceClientCreation.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceClientCreation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import type { Collection, JSCodeshift, ObjectExpression } from "jscodeshift";
-import { getClientNewExpression } from "../utils";
+import {
+  getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName,
+  getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName,
+} from "../utils";
 import { getNewClientExpression } from "./getNewClientExpression";
 
 export interface ReplaceClientCreationOptions {
@@ -25,14 +28,14 @@ export const replaceClientCreation = (
   const clientName = v2ClientName === v2ClientLocalName ? v3ClientName : v2ClientLocalName;
 
   source
-    .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientName, v2ClientLocalName }))
+    .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName(v2ClientLocalName))
     .replaceWith((v2ClientNewExpression) =>
       getNewClientExpression(j, clientName, { v2ClientNewExpression, awsGlobalConfig })
     );
 
   if (v2GlobalName) {
     source
-      .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName, v2ClientName }))
+      .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, v2ClientName))
       .replaceWith((v2ClientNewExpression) =>
         getNewClientExpression(j, clientName, { v2ClientNewExpression, awsGlobalConfig })
       );
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceDocClientCreation.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceDocClientCreation.ts
index 2b0019736..50b71a9ed 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceDocClientCreation.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-instances/replaceDocClientCreation.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
 import { DOCUMENT_CLIENT, DYNAMODB, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT } from "../config";
-import { getClientNewExpression } from "../utils";
+import {
+  getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName,
+  getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName,
+} from "../utils";
 import { getDynamoDBDocClientArgs } from "./getDynamoDBDocClientArgs";
 
 export interface ReplaceDocClientCreationOptions {
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ export const replaceDocClientCreation = (
     source
       .find(
         j.NewExpression,
-        getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName, v2ClientName: DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT })
+        getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT)
       )
       .replaceWith((v2DocClientNewExpression) =>
         j.callExpression(
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ export const replaceDocClientCreation = (
   source
     .find(
       j.NewExpression,
-      getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientLocalName: `${v2ClientLocalName}.${DOCUMENT_CLIENT}` })
+      getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName(`${v2ClientLocalName}.${DOCUMENT_CLIENT}`)
     )
     .replaceWith((v2DocClientNewExpression) =>
       j.callExpression(
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-names/getNamesFromNewExpr.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-names/getNamesFromNewExpr.ts
index 50e403c96..5a8e1f712 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-names/getNamesFromNewExpr.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/client-names/getNamesFromNewExpr.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Collection, Identifier, JSCodeshift, MemberExpression } from "jscodeshift";
 
 import { DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT } from "../config";
-import { getClientNewExpression } from "../utils";
+import { getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName } from "../utils";
 
 export const getNamesFromNewExpr = (
   j: JSCodeshift,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const getNamesFromNewExpr = (
   v2GlobalName: string
 ): string[] => [
   ...source
-    .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName }))
+    .find(j.NewExpression, getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName))
     .nodes()
     .map(
       (newExpression) => ((newExpression.callee as MemberExpression).property as Identifier).name
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const getNamesFromNewExpr = (
   ...source
     .find(
       j.NewExpression,
-      getClientNewExpression({ v2GlobalName, v2ClientName: DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT })
+      getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT)
     )
     .nodes()
     .map(
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getNewExpressionCount.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getNewExpressionCount.ts
index 03ae259d9..cf756b2cc 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getNewExpressionCount.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/modules/getNewExpressionCount.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import type { Collection, JSCodeshift } from "jscodeshift";
 
 import { DOCUMENT_CLIENT, DYNAMODB, DYNAMODB_DOCUMENT_CLIENT } from "../config";
-import { getClientNewExpression } from "../utils";
+import {
+  getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName,
+  getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName,
+} from "../utils";
 import type { ClientModulesOptions } from "./types";
 
 export const getNewExpressionCount = (
@@ -15,14 +18,14 @@ export const getNewExpressionCount = (
   if (v2GlobalName) {
     const newExpressionsFromGlobalName = source.find(
       j.NewExpression,
-      getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientName, v2GlobalName })
+      getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName(v2GlobalName, v2ClientName)
     );
     newExpressionCount += newExpressionsFromGlobalName.length;
   }
 
   const newExpressionsFromClientLocalName = source.find(
     j.NewExpression,
-    getClientNewExpression({ v2ClientLocalName })
+    getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName(v2ClientLocalName)
   );
   newExpressionCount += newExpressionsFromClientLocalName.length;
 
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpression.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpression.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fe5505e69..000000000
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpression.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-import type { NewExpression } from "jscodeshift";
-
-export interface ClientNewExpressionOptions {
-  v2ClientLocalName?: string;
-  v2ClientName?: string;
-  v2GlobalName?: string;
-}
-
-export const getClientNewExpression = ({
-  v2ClientLocalName,
-  v2ClientName,
-  v2GlobalName,
-}: ClientNewExpressionOptions): NewExpression => {
-  if (!v2GlobalName && !v2ClientLocalName) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `One of the following options must be provided: v2ClientLocalName, v2GlobalName`
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (v2GlobalName && v2ClientLocalName) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Only one of the following options must be provided: v2ClientLocalName, v2GlobalName`
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (v2GlobalName) {
-    if (v2ClientName) {
-      // Support for DynamoDB.DocumentClient
-      const [clientName, subClientName] = v2ClientName.split(".");
-
-      if (subClientName) {
-        return {
-          type: "NewExpression",
-          callee: {
-            type: "MemberExpression",
-            object: {
-              type: "MemberExpression",
-              object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
-              property: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
-            },
-            property: { type: "Identifier", name: subClientName },
-          },
-        } as NewExpression;
-      }
-
-      return {
-        type: "NewExpression",
-        callee: {
-          object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
-          property: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
-        },
-      } as NewExpression;
-    }
-
-    return {
-      type: "NewExpression",
-      callee: {
-        object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
-        property: { type: "Identifier" },
-      },
-    } as NewExpression;
-  }
-
-  // Support for DynamoDB.DocumentClient
-  const [clientName, subClientName] = v2ClientLocalName!.split(".");
-
-  if (subClientName) {
-    return {
-      type: "NewExpression",
-      callee: {
-        object: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
-        property: { type: "Identifier", name: subClientName },
-      },
-    } as NewExpression;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    type: "NewExpression",
-    callee: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
-  } as NewExpression;
-};
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9079418c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import type { NewExpression } from "jscodeshift";
+
+export const getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName = (
+  v2GlobalName: string,
+  v2ClientName?: string
+): NewExpression => {
+  if (v2ClientName) {
+    // Support for DynamoDB.DocumentClient
+    const [clientName, subClientName] = v2ClientName.split(".");
+
+    if (subClientName) {
+      return {
+        type: "NewExpression",
+        callee: {
+          type: "MemberExpression",
+          object: {
+            type: "MemberExpression",
+            object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
+            property: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
+          },
+          property: { type: "Identifier", name: subClientName },
+        },
+      } as NewExpression;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      type: "NewExpression",
+      callee: {
+        object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
+        property: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
+      },
+    } as NewExpression;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    type: "NewExpression",
+    callee: {
+      object: { type: "Identifier", name: v2GlobalName },
+      property: { type: "Identifier" },
+    },
+  } as NewExpression;
+};
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7175d2921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { NewExpression } from "jscodeshift";
+
+export const getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName = (v2ClientLocalName: string): NewExpression => {
+  // Support for DynamoDB.DocumentClient
+  const [clientName, subClientName] = v2ClientLocalName.split(".");
+
+  if (subClientName) {
+    return {
+      type: "NewExpression",
+      callee: {
+        object: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
+        property: { type: "Identifier", name: subClientName },
+      },
+    } as NewExpression;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    type: "NewExpression",
+    callee: { type: "Identifier", name: clientName },
+  } as NewExpression;
+};
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
index e7efe5903..45a1144c3 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from "./getClientDeepImportPath";
-export * from "./getClientNewExpression";
+export * from "./getClientNewExpressionFromGlobalName";
+export * from "./getClientNewExpressionFromLocalName";
 export * from "./getFormattedSourceString";
 export * from "./getMostUsedIndentationType";
 export * from "./getMostUsedStringLiteralQuote";