A year after Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe took on a group of cybersecurity and data lawyers from Ropes & Gray to open a Boston office, the firm is expanding its privacy offerings again, this time with a San Francisco hire and a global focus.

Shannon Yavorsky, a partner with special expertise in European privacy laws, joins from Venable. Licensed to practice in California, England and Wales, and Ireland, she has also practiced at Kirkland & Ellis and Squire Patton Boggs.