When Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe entered the Boston legal market this past January with a cybersecurity and data team from Ropes & Gray, Orrick chairman Mitch Zuklie said the firm's presence in Boston was sector-focused and not geographically driven. 

Gregg Griner of Orrick/courtesy photo

Orrick can add another practice offering to its growing Boston portfolio after bringing former Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian partner Gregg Griner to the fold. Griner will head up Orrick's corporate practice in Boston.

"I had been speaking with Orrick since the fall," Griner said. "This is an exciting challenge. In 27 years of practicing law I have never been the builder of a practice. Now I have an opportunity to go and establish one."